1)search supplier and confirm with samples. 2)Quotation:you can inquiry for a price to be FOB or CIF term. FOB:you need to pay the shipping cost and your port charges. CIF:Your port charges are for you only. 3)You need to check the product w...

Its not the payment method you have to be worried about. The legitimacy and the honesty of the supplier is what you need to be worried about. Afterall how you pay someone cant change their business prcatices....

In China, the normal payment is by T/T, 30% deposit, balance against fax of B/L, this is a very common way that all supplier in China using, and L/C for big amount or first time transaction. But that is really no way to guarantee on this deposit payment...