Cassidy Shieh

I'm Cassidy Shieh, from Yiwu, China. I'm the founder of ForSourcing, a leading China sourcing company that helps people find reliable manufacturers in China for quality merchandise and import to their countries.

China has the largest and best manufacturer resources in the world, but there are many difficulties and potential risks in finding the right suppliers for making quality products. That's why I decided to create a one-stop China sourcing solution to help foreign importers, especially small businesses.

Just like Silicon Valley garage startups, I started ForSourcing in my living room in November 2014, when I was 25, right after getting my master's degree. In the past few years, our team grew from 1 to over 100+ people without any investment yet and has supported 4,000+ clients from 30+ countries.

I was born and grew up in a family with all members doing manufacturing and trading business. I have witnessed how China became the world's manufacturer, and how our city Yiwu became the world's largest wholesale center from nothing. By understanding how trading works, I started to help foreigners source products when I was in university before starting ForSourcing.

There were no clients or traffic at all at the beginning, so I started blogging in 2015 to share practical experiences and thoughts about "how to import from China." Then it became one of the most popular blogs for this topic, and many readers turned into long-term business relationships with us.

In 2020, I started uploading videos on YouTube to share my experiences on China sourcing to make it more accessible for people to learn.