Let us tell you a bit about buying in places like Bali. Firstly, there are no organised wholesalers on the island. You cannot just call someone and order: 10 of this, 50 of that. No one keeps inventory in Bali, everything is made to order and after a carver makes it, he then sells it to an intermediary or directly to a company or tourist. The carvers normally live in a village and do not speak English. They usually ask for a price so high that it requires a couple of days of traditional bargaining to bring the price down to a reasonable level.

The correct way to buy is to go into the villages, meet the family that produces the carvings with the right quality and then start negotiating. We look at the sample, give the go-ahead on the order, then come back upon completion (prepared to reject some of the order due to poor quality or mistakes), get the order moved to our warehouse for packing, address it and check that all government paperwork and shipping documents have been completed.

It does not matter how many times we have done business with a carver before, this procedure is followed every time. Most of the time after we pick up finished products from a carver, we then have to take it to another family whose job is to re-sand and re-finish the carvings which can be improved with a little bit of extra care.

Even though products can be bought here relatively inexpensively, the sourcing, manufacturing, buying, quality control, shipping and other small difficulties make the whole process not as easy as everyone thinks. This is probably one of the few businesses where the selling is actually a lot easier than the buying. Most people have not had the luxury of travelling to Indonesia, but those who have purchased products for resale have learned that using an agent for re-ordering is a lot easier and cheaper than flying back out here.

We are always uploading new product lines. We have redesigned our entire website for the convenience of our customers.

Most customers do not want to travel to Indonesia due to time and cost matters but if you wish to, then welcome to Indonesia.

We hope you are enjoying your visit with us.  As we have mentioned elsewhere in our site, we are happy to help you in any way that we can - for profit or personal satisfaction.

The management

Iwan