u/ApartChemical9062

I’ll keep it short. I wanted to start a business. Found some items on alibaba i wanted to buy but alibaba’s logistics were daaamn expensive. I told my supplier exactly this and they told me out freight forwarders.
No the thing is i have actually talk to many freight forwarders but i couldn’t seem to trust them.

Now i know its alot but i hope someone who has imported goods from china could tell me which freight forwarder to go with.
And also what to look out for to avoid being scammed

As the title says i am tired of trying everywhere but can seem to find a good supplier for my newly started online business. some are too cheap in quality and still the prices these so called wholesalers give is not less than what price i could get for just a single handbag in retail. i tried retail market too to get an idea of prices.
some that have good/mediocre quality are expensive for example i saw a handbag that i liked and it was like 1450 in wholesale but i saw multiple online stores selling them for like 2k. what about the ad costs? what about the delivery charge? and forget about profit you'll be in loss.
i have already make a website, bought a domain made courier account and what not but can't find the products to sell. some i liked and asked for there real life pictures and they were cheap-looking bad quality. something i won't buy myself, so can't sell it.
if anyone can help me in this, would be great.

Long story short (maybe)
key points: 1- I am almost 30 years old
2- i was financially not in a bad place at any point in time
3- i can't explain everything and you might feel i am unthankful
i feel like a complete and total failure all the time. The thing is i was going to take admission in NUST in bscs accounting and finance many years back but didn't because when i saw the subjects there were some irrelevant subjects in it. So i started with the ACCA and after i had passed in 13 of the 14 papers i got a job(internship) which was 3k pkr a month which was pocket change at the time( for reference my driver was paid 30k at that time). i thought maybe after i will pass my last paper things will improve and i asked around and every employer told that fresh affiliates are paid 8k in the start and after 1-1.5 years experience you could expect around 30k a month. so i left the job and joined the family business.
So now the thing is i never gave the last paper and i'm stuck in the most toxic environment. money in essence is not the issue. i have to bear a-lot from my parents not directly to me but my wife. they are very rude towards my wife all the time and when not rude they completely ignore her existence. More than that they try to control everything around me to the extent i feel suffocated even at home and office.
The thing that really fked my life is the feeling and the fact that i am the one responsible for it. As if i had completed what i started i would be in the position to leave the shit place and start somewhere else. But i didn't know my parents would change so much after my marriage at that time. And i would be free of their stupid rules and interception in all my affairs.
not everything is bad according to my wife as she says that you are better than millions as i don't have to see the prices of things i keep buying and can almost buy whatever i like but to me this feels like the chains to keep me trapped. And they have successfully done it all my life somehow and now when i realized(since almost 1.5 years ago) its useless for me.
Now i keep wishing i could go back in time and do it all over again but different. I wish i had gone to nust or At least completed my ACCA and internship. but life feels over as it is too late to start something again at 30. Specially now with my wife's responsibility on me. i feel stuck and started to hate the voice of my dad( not proud of it and hate myself for it) because whenever he speaks its so narcissist and useless tantrums all day at our business.
I wish i did better in life but its over for me. im done. its too late for me. if you are young study at least moderately and focus on your career even if you feel you don't need it but it's better to be prepared for life to throw shit at you.

Long story short (maybe)
key points: 1- I am almost 30 years old
2- i was financially not in a bad place at any point in time
3- i can't explain everything and you might feel i am unthankful
i feel like a complete and total failure all the time. The thing is i was going to take admission in NUST in bscs accounting and finance many years back but didn't because when i saw the subjects there were some irrelevant subjects in it. So i started with the ACCA and after i had passed in 13 of the 14 papers i got a job(internship) which was 3k pkr a month which was pocket change at the time( for reference my driver was paid 30k at that time). i thought maybe after i will pass my last paper things will improve and i asked around and every employer told that fresh affiliates are paid 8k in the start and after 1-1.5 years experience you could expect around 30k a month. so i left the job and joined the family business.
So now the thing is i never gave the last paper and i'm stuck in the most toxic environment. money in essence is not the issue. i have to bear a-lot from my parents not directly to me but my wife. they are very rude towards my wife all the time and when not rude they completely ignore her existence. More than that they try to control everything around me to the extent i feel suffocated even at home and office.
The thing that really fked my life is the feeling and the fact that i am the one responsible for it. As if i had completed what i started i would be in the position to leave the shit place and start somewhere else. But i didn't know my parents would change so much after my marriage at that time. And i would be free of their stupid rules and interception in all my affairs.
not everything is bad according to my wife as she says that you are better than millions as i don't have to see the prices of things i keep buying and can almost buy whatever i like but to me this feels like the chains to keep me trapped. And they have successfully done it all my life somehow and now when i realized(since almost 1.5 years ago) its useless for me.
Now i keep wishing i could go back in time and do it all over again but different. I wish i had gone to nust or At least completed my ACCA and internship. but life feels over as it is too late to start something again at 30. Specially now with my wife's responsibility on me. i feel stuck and started to hate the voice of my dad( not proud of it and hate myself for it) because whenever he speaks its so narcissist and useless tantrums all day at our business.
I wish i did better in life but its over for me. im done. its too late for me. if you are young study at least moderately and focus on your career even if you feel you don't need it but it's better to be prepared for life to throw shit at you.