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Course N°141 — E-commerce

The Supplier Playbook: Source Products Without Getting Burned

with Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

A step-by-step sourcing system for product sellers: vet factories, negotiate MOQ and unit price, run quality control, and land stock on budget without costly surprises.

16 lessons16 videos5h 32mIntermediateLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Calculate true landed cost before you commit a single dollar
02Tell a real factory from a trading company in ten questions
03Negotiate MOQ, tooling and unit price without losing the supplier
04Write QC specs and inspection checklists an inspector can run
05Structure payment terms and Incoterms that protect your cash

Curriculum

4 chapters · 16 lessons

5h 32m total
01Pick a Product That Survives Landed Cost
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  1. 1Screening Categories by Margin, Weight and Return RateVideo
    18:40
  2. 2Landed Cost Maths: From EXW Quote to Shelf PriceVideo
    24:10
  3. 3The Five-Filter Screen That Kills Bad Ideas FastVideo
    15:25
  4. 4Competitor Teardown: Reverse-Engineering a Winning SKUVideo
    21:05
02Finding and Vetting Suppliers
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  1. 1Where Real Factories Live: Directories, Trade Shows, AgentsVideo
    22:30
  2. 2Trader or Factory? Ten Questions That Reveal the TruthVideo
    17:50
  3. 3Verification: Business Licences, Audit Reports, Reference CallsVideo
    19:15
  4. 4Building a Three-Supplier Shortlist and a Clean RFQ PackVideo
    26:40
03Negotiation, Samples and Quality Control
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  1. 1Negotiating MOQ, Unit Price and Who Pays for ToolingVideo
    28:20
  2. 2The Sample Loop: Spec Sheet, Golden Sample, Written Sign-OffVideo
    23:45
  3. 3Writing a QC Checklist an Inspector Can Actually UseVideo
    20:10
  4. 4Pre-Shipment Inspection and What to Do When It FailsVideo
    16:55
04Payment, Freight and the Long Relationship
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  1. 1Payment Terms That Protect You: Deposits, Escrow, Letters of CreditVideo
    21:35
  2. 2Incoterms Decoded: EXW, FOB, DDP and Who Carries the RiskVideo
    19:40
  3. 3Freight, Duty and Customs Paperwork Without SurprisesVideo
    25:00
  4. 4Reorder Cadence, Annual Price Reviews and Second-Source InsuranceVideo
    18:05

Your instructor

Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.

“I renegotiated my main supplier using the RFQ pack and cut unit cost by 14 percent. The inspection checklist alone saved me a bad 2,000-unit run.”

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