Recently, people always ask me: "Should I go to this LED exhibition?" How should I choose if I go there? " To be honest, I went to the exhibition with my friends last year and stepped on a big thunder - it looked like a very lively exhibition, but it turned out that 80% of them were middlemen, and the truly powerful manufacturers did not come at all. Let’s chat a little bit today, Teach you how to find genuine suppliers at exhibitions。
1. Exhibition Selection Three Don’ts
To pour cold water on it first, not all exhibitions with the "international" name are reliable. Remember these three pitfall principles:
- Don’t trust the scale of the exhibition
Last year, an exhibition claimed to have 500+ exhibitors, but fewer than 30 actually had production capacity. Let me teach you a trick: Check whether there are qualifications such as "National High-tech Enterprise" in the exhibitor directory.
- Don’t be fooled by the specially designed booths
A colleague spent 200,000 yuan to build a luxurious booth, but his factory only had 2,000 square meters. A truly powerful company must have real-time production workshop monitoring footage on its booth.
- Don’t ignore the details
Those who dare to print product parameters directly on the brochure are the true experts. For example, if you see specific data such as "refresh rate ≥ 1920Hz" and "intelligent brightness adjustment", you can basically judge that it is a technology-based manufacturer.
2. Four-step method for on-site inspection
Don’t rush to get a quotation when you’re in progress, follow this process:
- Touch the screen cooling vent
For screens that run for more than 2 hours, the heat sink temperature should be between 40-50°C. Excessively high temperatures indicate a defect in the thermal design.
- Mobile phone photo test
Turn on the camera and shoot a video on the screen. If water ripples appear, it means the refresh rate has not reached the 1920Hz standard.
- Check seam treatment
Squat down and look at the seams of the box. The gaps in high-quality products are evenly ≤0.05mm. A bank card can be inserted into the seam of a sample at an exhibition last year. This is a direct pass.
- Ask about after-sales response time
Those who dare to promise "24-hour technical response + 3-year warranty" are really reliable. There was a problem with the screen that a customer bought last year. The supplier debugged it remotely in 2 hours, saving 50,000 yuan in maintenance fees.
3. Five Tips for Negotiating and Bargaining
Pay attention to strategies when dealing with exhibitors:
- Best deals on Friday afternoons
Many exhibitors have to rush for weekend sales, and the bargaining success rate increases by 60% at this time. Last Friday, I negotiated an order for a client worth RMB 320,000, but I cut off the remaining payment of RMB 40,000.
- Putting pressure on competing product quotes
But pay attention to the skills. Don't directly say "XX's price is lower", but ask "Why is your product 15% more expensive for the same configuration?" "
- Save money by purchasing in packages
For example, if you want a display screen + a control system at the same time, you can usually save 8-12% of your budget. But remember to sign separate contracts to avoid later disputes.
- Strive for value-added services
Services such as installation guidance and operating training are more important than bargaining. Last year, a customer asked for 2 extra days of training and later saved 30,000 yuan in debugging fees.
- Do not deposit more than 30%
The worst contract I have ever seen requires a 70% deposit, but the delivery was delayed by three months. It is recommended to choose the "3331" payment method as the safest.
Let me tell you a real case: At an exhibition in Shenzhen last year, an exhibitor’s screen was able to operate stably in heavy rain. After careful questioning, I found out that it used military-grade protective materials. This kind of technological breakthrough hidden in the details is the real value of the exhibition. remember, Good products speak for themselves, but you need to have a keen eye to discover them. . Next time you go to an exhibition, remember to bring a laser pointer and look at the screen to see if there are any dead lights - this is a trick only experts know.