Process of buying from lash factory in Vietnam

There is a common process of buying directly from lash factory in Vietnam. It’s not a must, it’s just widely accepted and applied.

Step 1: Sourcing

Market research

In which countries/areas there are many lash factories?

For example, at the moment, in Vietnam, There are 4 areas where you can find most lash factories Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh city, Thanh Hoa Province, Nam Dinh province and Hanoi.

And which supplier segment are they?

For example, in the North or the South, are there more suppliers of individual lash trays? Where can you find the majority of pre-made fan lashes? Where are the suppliers predominantly large, and where are they smaller-scale? Where is the work done professionally, and where should you expect lower quality? Where do lash factories primarily produce for brands, and where do they focus on non-branded lashes? Where do suppliers specialize in one type of lash, and where do they tend to offer a variety?

These specific information will be updated as time goes by. That’s why we don’t give you those information right here but giving you only the approach. However, this approach would remain valuable for your sourcing process in your journey of finding your right lash factory in Vietnam.

Refer to:

Short-list

To have a short-list, you need a sheet of information of suppliers that you found in the areas that you have already chosen. There are 3 main sources of information that you can collect for your consideration to have a short-list of lash factory in Vietnam:

information published by the lash factory (website, instagram, facebook, alibaba…)
information collected when you talked with each supplier
information you collect in lash groups/channels/forums/community.

It’s better to have a model of information with specific creterias to choose a lash factory before collecting the information.

Refer to: 7 key factors to select a good lash supplier

Quality
Cost/Price
Production Capacity
Technical Level
Service
Creativity
Social Responsibility

Step 2: Sampling

After having a short-list of potential lash factory in Vietnam, you can ask for a sampling process. The point here is considering it as a process so that you can test the quality of their both product and service. Therefore, it’s always better to ask for samples as your requests rather than available samples that they have already prepared.

Step 3: Designing

Designing should not be understood in a narrow meaning like designing the packaging. It would be considered in a broader meaning like: designing the catalog structure (which items should be included in your catalog and their rate of quantity), designing the general approach for your products (ex: design to cost, or design to branding…) before designing the packaging, designing each tiny details on the lashes.

Examples:

Design the Catalog structure: which items are best selling at your market? which are not best selling but a must? An experienced lash factory in Vietnam can always answer this question. She is even willing to help you build an optimized catalog based on your budget.
Design Packaging: Does this lash supplier care about your market segment and budget before offering suitable packaging solution? Is she doing more standard or customization? Is she able to help you customize the packaging for both of your function and aesthetic purpose?
Design the details on the lashes: Would you like glue tape with more or less stickiness? Would you prefer dark matte or dark glossy black? Would you prefer wide or narrow fans? And How about the stem – long or short?…. A strong lash factory in Vietnam can help you customize almost everything that you want.

Refer to: Unlimited Customization Service of Sen Lash Factory Vietnam

*Unlimited customzation on your Private label or custom-designed lash boxes*

Step 4: Ordering

Ordering is not only giving a list of lashes items that you need but also other requirements that you need your lash factory in Vietnam to fulfill. In a broader meaning, when you place your order, all the terms and conditions in both the general contracts and the specific contract of that order should be mutual agreed.

For examples, at least, your orders should have these requirements in details:

Products list, quality, time to delivery
Packaging
Stickers/Label
Documents that you needs

….

Process to buy directly from a lash factory in vietnam. Ordering. Documents requests

Step 5: Building the relationship

Improve the performance

Since you have 7 key groups of factors to choose a right lash factory in Vietnam you can expect that you find a supplier performing oustandingly in all of those aspects. That’s why you would always have a need of their performance improvement. By giving your feedback and expectation, listenning to the supplier proposal and mutual following up, you build a practical relationship with your lash supplier.

Design the role

You’re might not working with 1 lash factory in Vietnam because of 2 reasons:

Reason 1: 1 factory can’t do everything for you as you want
Reason 2: You would like to work with more than 2 suppliers for safety and to make use of the strength of each one.

These are very reasonable thoughts. That’s why each supplier would play a specific role in your supplier pannel. These are some main roles that you can use in your taxonomy:

Partner
Massive manufacturer
Innovator
Challenger

SO, WHAT (IN SHORT) CAN BE A PROCESS OF BUYING DIRECTLY FROM A LASH FACTORY IN VIETNAM?

Step 1 – Sourcing: You get to know which area in Vietnam with many lash factories and their segmentation in each area. You got a short-list of potential suppliers.
Step 2 – Sampling: You test the quality of both the product and service of some lash factories in your short-list.
Step 3 – Designing: You and your supplier design the catalog structure, the packaging and the details on the lashes.
Step 4: Ordering: You and your supplier get agreement on not only the items of lashes but also other requirements like: quality details, delivery time, labeling and packaging, documents that you need…
Step 5: Building a relationship: You proactively involving in improving the performance of your lash factory in Vietnam and getting her playing her role more efficiently and effectively.