For buyers
Importers & Distributors
An importer buys a range rather than a product: the order has to fill a container, serve more than one channel and survive the first season with a parts policy behind it. This page sets out what we confirm before a quotation, what travels with a shipment, and how a mixed container of houses, room pieces and doll families is planned. It assumes the buyer will land the goods and support the range after the sale, so packing data, colour continuity and the add-on line are treated as part of the product rather than as extras.
What this buyer needs from the range
- A model list that can share one container, with MOQ per model of 1-1,000 pcs and carton dimensions and cube per model, so a loading plan exists before the booking is made.
- A document pack per order: commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, origin paperwork and a product data sheet per model with age grade, material, size and carton data.
- Report status stated per model before quotation, so the importer knows what exists for the destination market and what would have to be commissioned for it.
- A spare-parts route for hinges, fittings bags, loose furniture and figure replacements, quoted per model and packed with the next production run.
- Payment and shipping terms agreed up front: deposit and balance, FOB Ningbo or Shanghai, and the forwarder nominated by either side.
How we supply it
- A quotation within two business days of a model list and a destination market.
- Mixed containers planned model by model, with the loading plan and carton cube confirmed before the deposit.
- A finish reference held for repeat orders, so an extension room set or a second run matches the first house.
- Spare parts quoted and packed with the next production run, without a separate parts container.
- A written list of what is confirmed per model and what is not, instead of a blanket specification claim.
FAQ
Can we mix categories in one container?
Yes, and for this catalogue it is the normal way to buy. Complete houses, room pieces and doll families can share a 40HQ, and the loading plan is built from carton dimensions rather than from the number of styles. The constraint is MOQ per model, not per container: a house at 500 pcs and a room set at 20 pcs are both fine in the same booking, but a spread of fifteen models each below its own minimum is not. We confirm the mix, the cartons and the cube together before the deposit, and we say when a mix loads poorly instead of accepting the order and explaining later.
How many dollhouses fit in a 40HQ?
It depends almost entirely on the size band. A tabletop house with a carton of about 0.026 m3 gives roughly 2,300 units in a 40HQ at 88 per cent fill, the standard band at a median of 0.076 m3 gives roughly 790, and the large band at 0.10-0.25 m3 gives roughly 240-400. A mixed load sits between those figures and is calculated carton by carton, because a large house leaves gaps that a flat carton can fill. The 40HQ figure we use is 68 m3 of usable volume; the working number, after pallets and door clearance, is closer to 60 m3. We produce the loading plan for the specific model list rather than quoting a generic container count.
What documents come with a shipment?
Every order ships with a commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading, plus origin paperwork and a product data sheet per model covering age grade, material, assembled size and carton data. Test reports are released per model and per market where they exist, and where they do not exist we say so before the order rather than after. Private-label and marketplace buyers also need carton and product labels returned for sign-off before production, and those are added to the same pack. Nothing on this site is a claim that a model has been cleared for a particular market; the buyer owns the import declaration and the conformity documents for the destination.
Send the shortlist
Send the models or the range you are planning, the destination market and the quantity shape; we return the confirmed specification and packing data.
Need a specification pack?
Ask for the model list and packing data for the categories you are reviewing.