Sourcing Authentic African Products: A Guide to Wholesale Vendors

In the rapidly evolving world of e-commerce, retailers are constantly seeking efficient and reliable sources for their inventory. With the increasing global interest in African products, many businesses are looking for reliable platforms to buy African wholesale products. Africa, the world's second-largest continent, is a vast expanse of diverse cultures, resources, and opportunities.

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Discovering African Wholesale Products

Welcome to Africa Imports, the USA's largest wholesale supplier of African and Afrocentric products. Find a giant selection of authentic African products, and you'll love the prices. Experience the spirit of Africa now with 11,000+ wholesale African products and 150+ new ideas added every month. From African clothing to body oils, essential oils, natural health care and more, you'll always find something new for your customers.

New Arrivals

Find something new almost every day, with over 150 new arrivals every month. Discover wholesale African clothing, body oils, essential oils, personal care ideas, jewelry, soaps, and musical instruments.

African Clothing

The largest choice of wholesale African clothing. Experience the beauty of Africa now with a big selection of clothing for men and women. Our collection includes dashikis, dresses, skirts, pants, tops, kaftans and more. New ideas added all the time.

Oils

Discover 1,100+ fragrance and essential oils with new ideas added all the time. Choose from designer brand oils as well as traditional scents like lavender, myrrh, and vanilla, that your customers will love. Save more with our bulk sizes.

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Hair and Skincare

The biggest selection of hair and skincare ideas to enjoy your life naturally. Experience the magic with Chebe, raw shea butter, black soap, shampoos, and conditioners. Discover new choices every day to help your personal care business thrive and keep your customers' skin and hair healthy throughout the year.

Herbal Remedies

Enjoy your life naturally with our wholesale African herbal remedies. Discover the organic goodness of sea moss, turmeric, bitters, herbal deodorants, and toothpaste. Experience the power of natural ingredients like neem oil, moringa, coconut, tea tree, and aloe vera. Help others solve a problem.

Accessories

Find what your outfit is missing with our wholesale African and Afrocentric accessories. Discover African folding fans, handbags, hats, sashes, scarves, belts, and more. Embrace the richness of West African traditions like kente, prints, and mud cloth from various countries.

Fabrics

Experience the unique beauty of Africa with our wholesale African fabrics. Discover a giant selection of fabrics, including authentic African mud cloth and African print fabrics, with lots of handmade choices from the motherland. They're perfect for creating African-inspired fashion, accessories, art, and decorative items.

Jewelry

Discover a big selection of wholesale African jewelry ideas. Choose from necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and sets. We also offer jewelry for men. Each piece tells a unique story with our best-selling ideas less than $7. Perfect for special occasions like Christmas, Valentine's Day, Black History Month, and Mother's Day.

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Soaps

The largest choice of wholesale African soap anywhere in the US. Find lots of natural ideas made with shea butter, coconut, turmeric, cocoa butter, and traditional black soap. Suitable for lots of skin problems such as acne, eczema and psoriasis.

Ep:25 Ethical Sourcing: Challenges and Opportunities

Craftmerce: A Platform for Unique, Handcrafted Products

Craftmerce makes it easy for buyers to source distinct, responsibly-made products from diverse, small-batch makers across the globe. Signing up to buy is easy. Once signed in, you will be able to see wholesale pricing while exploring the site. Craftmerce is a wholesale platform, so in order to make a purchase, you will need to complete your buyer profile, which includes shipping, billing, payment information and your reseller tax ID.

  • Discover 3000+ makers (and growing) from over 13 + countries
  • Source thousands of distinct products, most of which are customizable
  • Low MOV and MOQs
  • On-the-ground support
  • Plan your buy with our wish-list tool. Save for later or share a link
  • Enjoy 4X payment split at zero interest with our partners.

Every product is certified as ethically handcrafted under Craftmerce's ESG Diligence for Handcrafted Products. This certification is essential for our platform-wide commitment to transparency and compliance.

Reason for Refund Conditions Action Required
Shipping Damage Product damaged during shipping
  • Take a video of the unboxing process
  • Send images to the shipping company
  • Keep Craftmerce notified
  • Follow the shipping company's procedure
Significant Delays Orders delayed over a month
  • Contact Craftmerce
  • Negotiate a discount before cancelling the order
Insufficient Quality or Missing Items Issue reported within 10 days of receiving the product Provide proof to address concerns

Note: Because the majority of our products are coming from overseas, we are not able to provide returns. However, Craftmerce can offer refunds under certain limited circumstances as described above.

Craftmerce Commitment to Fair Trade Sourcing

I appreciate Craftmerce's commitment to fair trade and ethical sourcing. It's important to me that the products I sell are made by artisans who are treated fairly and compensated adequately." - Emily Fair Trade boutique, Australia

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Ethical Sourcing

Ensuring Quality and Ethical Standards

Our selection process is based on first-hand experience with makers as well as credible and legitimate referrals from a strong global network of organizations (including crafts councils, export promotion agencies, handmade sector associations, NGOs and development agencies) interacting directly with makers. We have been building relationships in the creative manufacturing and handmade sector for several decades. When we meet a new maker, they undergo a due diligence process during which we assess their ability to produce with high quality and deliver on time. We know buyers because we have been ones ourselves.

How to Order on Craftmerce

  1. Discover products on the Craftmerce marketplace and add items to your cart.
  2. When you are ready to check out, the system will check your order against the maker's minimum order value (MOV).
  3. If the minimum has been reached, the check-out button will be enabled, allowing you to complete the check-out.

If the maker offers product customization, you can include requests and instructions in the draft order.

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