Yiwu, when not to
The market is honest about small goods and rude about originals. Close is how disputes start.
By Han Wei · 8 September 2026 · 5 min · Yiwu
Floor notes from Shenzhen and the valleys that still answer the phone.
Yiwu is the right door for a finished small object you are willing to choose, not invent: a cup, a bag, a plain case. It is the wrong door for a mechanism you intend to own. The stalls will show you something close. Walk.
Go only when the SKU already exists
- If it needs a new mould, do not start here.
- Photograph the stall number and the unit in one frame.
- Ask the carton quantity before you admire the sample.
- A lookalike is not a courtesy.
Do not go to see what happens. If the object needs a tool cut for you alone, you want a contract and a specialist, not a stall number.
