How-To Guides

• First order guide

  A practical roadmap for placing a first order through AXTIMES, covering product requirements, factory matching, samples, quotation structure, contracts and payment, production, quality control, logistics, and documents. Applicable to ready-made products, wholesale orders, customization, OEM, and new SKU development.

• How to Find a Candy Factory

  A practical buyer guide to finding candy factories in China through Alibaba, 1688, Made-in-China, Global Sources, trade shows, referrals and corporate databases, with a step-by-step system for supplier verification, samples, factory audits and production control.

• How to Make Private Label

  A step-by-step buyer guide to finding, validating and launching private label candy production in China, covering the brief, factory validation, samples, packaging, quotations, payment, production, QC and logistics handover.

• Candy Reorder Planning

  A practical B2B guide to reordering private label candy: how to calculate replenishment lead time, reorder point, safety stock, inventory position, remaining shelf life and safe reorder quantity.

• Samples from China

  A practical B2B guide to shipping gummy, marshmallow, freeze-dried, air-dried and chocolate-coated candy samples from China, covering courier selection, customs documents, declared value, product protection and destination checks.