I used to live in Germany and now I moved back to India (where I am came from)
Amazon atleast in India is better than anything else.
It's very difficult to source things which are not common place goods.
For example, if I want to buy 3 phase, 1 horsepower motor, 4 pole motor AC induction motor. There would be no websites who directly sell, and if exists then it will charge rediculous price.
Most B2B purchase in India requires going through IndiaMart, where you post requirement (that too can't upload photo, has very small description limit)
Then vendors will hammer your phone with useless calls, asking the details you already offered and no one really replies to text. They don't understand not everyone wants to be on call.
There are rediculous number of vendors who import from China and live around a port city and have goods stocked in their wharehouse, shipping all over India. And they lie about being manufacturer, I am pretty sure they aren't even inserting a bolt in the final product.
And either companies are too big where they don't care about a guy who wants 1 motor, or they are too small that they don't even know how to sell online.
Amazon expanded the available products which can be bought without BS at competitive rates but it too missed niche category stuff.
For example, I can't buy lithium iron phosphate battery online at the moment, few websites appear in Google but they ask you to contact them.
Amazon atleast in India is better than anything else.
It's very difficult to source things which are not common place goods.
For example, if I want to buy 3 phase, 1 horsepower motor, 4 pole motor AC induction motor. There would be no websites who directly sell, and if exists then it will charge rediculous price.
Most B2B purchase in India requires going through IndiaMart, where you post requirement (that too can't upload photo, has very small description limit)
Then vendors will hammer your phone with useless calls, asking the details you already offered and no one really replies to text. They don't understand not everyone wants to be on call.
There are rediculous number of vendors who import from China and live around a port city and have goods stocked in their wharehouse, shipping all over India. And they lie about being manufacturer, I am pretty sure they aren't even inserting a bolt in the final product.
And either companies are too big where they don't care about a guy who wants 1 motor, or they are too small that they don't even know how to sell online.
Amazon expanded the available products which can be bought without BS at competitive rates but it too missed niche category stuff.
For example, I can't buy lithium iron phosphate battery online at the moment, few websites appear in Google but they ask you to contact them.