If you are a furniture retailer or wholesaler, product testing is an essential strategy before making significant investments in inventory and logistics. Ensuring there is demand for new furniture products is crucial, especially for outdoor furniture suppliers, where the peak selling season is short and limited to a few months. One wrong decision could result in unsold stock, lost revenue, and wasted store space.
As a trusted Vietnam furniture supplier, our family business, Dai Phuc Hung Thinh Furniture, has been helping retailers and wholesalers navigate the complexities of sourcing outdoor furniture for over 21 years. We understand that choosing the right products to stock is a critical decision that can make or break your season. With the stakes so high, making data-driven choices is essential, especially when you're dealing with high inventory costs and limited shelf space.
Whether you’re looking to validate new product lines or refine your existing inventory, the strategies we’ll share below are designed to help you succeed. Our goal is to make your decision-making process smoother and more profitable by giving you the tools to test the waters before diving in.
The Importance of Flexibility for Demand Testing
At Dai Phuc Hung Thinh, we’re committed to helping our customers succeed by offering adaptable solutions, including the option to order in smaller, mixed quantities, and packing the highest number of different products into the smallest shipping containers, enabling retailers to test various product lines with minimal upfront investment.
For example, instead of requiring large minimum order quantities for each item, we allow up to five different products to be packed into a single 20-foot container. This method ensures that Vietnam wooden garden furniture can be tested in different markets without significant financial risk.
A Real-World Example
Let's use two of our best-selling items as examples: the Viking Relaxing Chair and the Cayenne Set.
Rather than requiring a full 40-foot container for each product, we offer a cost-effective solution: combining multiple products into one 20-foot container. In this case, a container can hold 600 Viking chairs and 100 Cayenne sets.
This flexible approach helps retailers test demand for Vietnam outdoor furniture in their respective markets, using real sales data to make informed decisions. After confirming demand, our clients often return with larger orders, ensuring a successful partnership.
Key Questions to Ask Your Supplier
When considering new wooden garden furniture products from Vietnam or elsewhere, it’s important to choose a supplier that can support flexible ordering for demand testing. Here are three key questions to ask when engaging with a supplier:
- What is the minimum order quantity?
- What is the smallest container you will ship?
- How many different products can fit into one container, and what is the quantity per product?
These questions will help ensure that your supplier is willing to work with you in a flexible, long-term capacity, allowing you to test demand without overcommitting to large orders.
Partnering with a Trusted Vietnam Furniture Supplier
For over two decades, our family business, Dai Phuc Hung Thinh Furniture, has supplied with some of Europe’s most respected retailers such as JYSK. We offer FSC-certified acacia and eucalyptus products, making us one of the most reliable Vietnam wooden garden furniture suppliers for clients seeking high-quality, cost-effective solutions.
By prioritizing the success of our clients, we help retailers make data-driven decisions based on real market demand, rather than guesswork. Our focus on flexibility and client support has earned us a reputation as a trusted Vietnam furniture supplier.
For more information, or to access our full catalog of Vietnam outdoor furniture, contact Dai Phuc Hung Thinh at sales@daiphuchungthinh.com.vn.