Why choose commercial led strip, but not retail LED Strip?
Customers often ask me, Ivan, why your light strips are so expensive. You cost more than 10 yuan for 1 meter of light strips, while other suppliers only need more than 4 yuan or even only 1-2yuan. What are the differences between these products?
I believe that this is a question that many buyers have always been puzzled by, and they also want to know. Because those companies that cost more than 4 yuan and 1 meter of light strips may seem to be of good scale, and the quality should be very guaranteed.
Here, we can tell you clearly that the led strip with more than 10 yuan and 1 meter is a commercial light strip, and the led strip with lower price is a retail light strip. There is a big difference between commercial light strips and retail light strips.
1. Definition of commercial light strips and retail light strips
Commercial light strips refer to light strips with relatively stable quality and high optical parameters, which can be used in mid-to-high-end projects to meet the needs of lighting 24 hours a day;
Retail light strips refer to products developed for the retail market. They don't have much quality requirements. They pay attention to the low cost of products while rapidly increasing sales.
2. The origin of commercial light strips and retail light strips are different.
If you are a professional foreign buyer and purchase LED products from China for a long time, you can definitely know that there are two largest LED production centers in China, one is Shiyan in Shenzhen and the other is guzhen in Zhongshan . In these 2 places, you can buy any lamps you want.
Guzhen town is an international lighting center, where there are a variety of lighting products. Due to the concentration of industrialization and relatively high competition, companies there are more willing to produce low-cost products. Therefore, most of the cheap light strip products in the market are from Guzhen in Zhongshan. Moreover, people in Guzhen Zhongshan has a very strong network awareness. You can find many big sellers on Alibaba are from this place.
Shiyan is an industry developed with the development of LED lights, and has formed a complete lighting product industry chain. There are LED lighting manufacturers everywhere here, and most of them are positioned as mid-to-high end. Therefore, if you are a foreign buyer who wants to find relatively good quality, it’s better find a manufacturer in Shenzhen.
Therefore, retail light strips mainly come from the ancient town of Zhongshan, while commercial light strips mainly come from Shiyan, Shenzhen. Of course, there are also some factories in Shenzhen Shiyan that mainly make cheap products. The details are to be known after comparing samples.
3. The raw materials of the product are different
For commercial lighting strips, all products and raw materials must be guaranteed to be new, even from brand companies, to ensure that customers can be lit for a long time. The quality of the products made in this way can be stable and meet the needs of customers.
Retail lighting is different. In order to pursue low prices, manufacturers always find various channels to buy cheaper raw materials. You may find that if you buy a certain product at the same price, the next time you place an order, the supplier may not be able to provide you with the same product. This is because many lamp beads are produced by potential quality lamp beads from large companies. This batch is used up and may not be available next time. I also often receive buyers from Zhongshan Ancient Town asking if we have potential quality light strips that can be sold to them as scrap, so that they can sell them at low prices and make a profit.
4. Different optical quality
LED white light is produced by blue light chips emitting through phosphors, and qualified products are not harmful to the eyes or the body. Substandard products may damage the eyes and even physical and mental health.
Commercial lighting strips use high-quality raw materials to ensure that optical common sense meets the requirements of human life, not only will not harm our body, but also can adjust the light according to the needs of life, providing us with a more intelligent life.
In order to pursue low prices for retail light strips, optical parameters are often not the focus of their attention. As long as they can ensure that the product can be light up, they will not consider whether it is harmful to the human body.
5.The manufacturer's after-sales service is different
As a manufacturer of commercial light strips, because the price of the products is relatively higher, more professional knowledge is needed to explain the value of the product to the customer, so that the customer can accept it. In this way, the entire development cycle is longer. If the order is small, it is difficult to make money with a single order. Therefore, manufacturers of commercial light strips pay more attention to long-term cooperation and provide customers with relatively good pre-sales and after-sales services.
The manufacturers of retail light strips are different. In order to sell them, they always sell the products at a lower price. Due to the low quality of products, various quality problems will always occur. If the supplier assumes responsibility, it will find that there is no profit. Therefore, manufacturers of retail light strips prefer a one-time transaction, or push customers to place more orders before product quality problems occur. Once there is a quality problem, the supplier will abandon the customer and find new customers.
In fact, through observation of the market, we found that a supplier of commercial light strips is easier to develop due to stable quality, high customer loyalty, and more stable order volume; while a supplier of retail light strips is easier to go bankrupt once there are quality problems or financial problems.
6. Is the brand light strip = commercial light strip?
First of all, the answer is no.
Philips Lighting is a very famous lighting manufacturer in the world, and everyone knows this brand. In fact, Philips lighting products are also divided into retail markets and engineering markets, and different markets correspond to different products. Therefore, the brand's light strip does not mean that it is the best quality light strip.
7. The warranty period is different
Commercial light strips often provide customers with a warranty period of 2-5 years depending on the product. During this warranty period, as long as there is a quality problem, the manufacturer will promptly find out the cause of the problem for the customer, and work with the customer to improve it to avoid the same problem in the future.
Retail light strips often only provide a one-year or even six-month warranty period. During the warranty period, if there is a quality problem, the manufacturer does not have much willingness to cooperate in solving the problem.
8. Different maintenance costs
Commercial light strips can often be used for 2-5 years without quality problems due to their stable product quality. While enjoying a high-quality life, it can also greatly save maintenance costs, achieving two goals with one stone.
The retail light strip is different. Although when we are buying light strips, the price is much cheaper. But every six months to one year, we will replace the light strips because the brightness of the light strips is too dark or there are quality problems, which will greatly increase the maintenance cost. Finally, it was found that buying cheap light strips had poor quality, and the total cost (light strip + maintenance cost) was higher than commercial light strips.
Conclusion
Through the above analysis, we can know that if the budget permits, try to choose commercial light strips, and don't choose higher-cost retail light strips just because they are cheaper.