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Last updated on February 4th, 2024 at 11:57 am
As or will become a gym owner, you should not ignore the fitness equipment made in China today, otherwise, your gym will lose some first-mover advantages and bear more loan interest. Discover how HASWELL will help you build an excellent gym for half the competition’s money.
Why buy gym equipment from China?
- Affordable price
This is the first reason, As we all know, China is the worldwide factory, generally speaking,- the AC motorized treadmill only requires 1000 USD more or less,
- plate-loaded strength training station needs 500 -800 USD,
- The cable motion muscle training machine is usually no more than 1000 USD;
They are just 20% ~ 30% of the price from Europe & American manufacturers. Treadmills and fitness training equipment from Italy and the United States make your gym the same as the old gyms around, and users have lost the sense of freshness;
A bunch of steel pipes plus mats are sold for $5,000 a piece, which is unreasonable in itself, we all know commercial gym equipment is not easy to break.
- Trustful Quality
In the past 10 years, gym equipment made in China have leveled up a lot, and most manufacturers utilize laser machine and robots to make the product better and better; this does not mean all fitness equipment from China are great, you must spend time to study products, ask the seller the parameters of raw material, get a real live photo & video from gym equipment manufacturers instead of the rending image, and visit the nearby gym where existing China made gym machines.
What are the disadvantages of sourcing fitness equipment from China?
- Aftersale service
Most Chinese suppliers only provide after-sales service based on ex-factory price, which means you have to send the product back to the factory yourself and pay for the freight, and they will fix everything for you; frankly speaking, the freight will discourage most people; therefore You have to be able to do it yourself repairs, or be able to find someone to do it for you so you only have to source replacement parts from China.
If you’ve ever spent $5,000 or more on an American brand treadmill, you know how expensive their replacement parts can be. For the same money, you can buy 3 sets of similar products from China, even including an extra 3 sets of spare parts. - Long Delivery Time
shipping-gym-equipment-by-ocean-freight Yes, we recommend that you place your order at least 3 months before the opening date and avoid peak seasons, please learn more from this article When should I place an order?
- Bad Products and Suppliers
Some players in this space don’t play by the rules, we have heard and seen some victims over the last dozen years, these experiences have allowed us to grow, and we believe one of the best ways to avoid pitfalls is to cooperate with Haswell Fitness. Although we are not one of the top ten fitness equipment suppliers in China (many small companies are competing for this position online), we have always been adhering to a sincere and responsible attitude. - MOQ and Minimum Order Amount
Regardless of the amount of your order, the total cost of the port of departure and port of destination is usually not less than 400 US dollars, therefore it is not a good idea if you only want to buy one treadmill or 10 dumbbells from China, you’d better buy it from the local market.
We suggest that the minimum order amount higher than $5000, and it would be perfect if it reaches $20K, which usually means a 20ft container will be filled.
What else costs besides the value of the goods?
The total amount mainly consists of the below items
- Product cost/ Value of goods,
this is the part you will pay to Haswell Fitness. - Ocean freight cost/shipping cost
e.g. to Europe buyers, two 40 feet containers usually cost 6k – 8k USD, we will advise you of the specific amount once get your request. - Custom clearance cost and forwarder cost
usually 1k to 2k for 2 pcs of 40′ HQ containers, you will access the value from the forwarder agent in your country.
At the time of export declaration, the customs may inspect it, which will generate an additional cost of at least 200 US dollars, so as a seller, we must ensure that our profit is not less than 200 US dollars, and the corresponding value of the goods is usually not less than 5,000 US dollars. - Import duty and vat tax
For example, in European countries, the combined tariff and value-added tax is about 18% to 26% of the CNF price, you will access the part from the forwarder agent in your country. - Transport fee from your destination ocean port to your gym
One successful Gym case
Here we show a case to see how much it will cost if buy gym machines from China haswell for a 1000 square meters gym in Europe:
the whole indoor area is 1000m²,
300sqm for the receipt room, locker room, dance room, and aerobics room;
700 sqm as the gym machine area which could have approx. 100 pcs of equipment,
- 16 PCS treadmills (14 AC + 2 motorless)
- 20 PCS spinning bikes
- 4 PCS stationary exercise bikes
- 4 PCS cross trainer
- 24 PCS cable motion machine for training muscle
- 24 PCS plate-loaded gym machine
- 1 Set of dumbbells 2.5 to 50kgs/pcs * 2 pcs
- 4 sets of barbells
- 1 set of medicine ball
- 10 PCS other items,
- 300 sqm rubber ground mat
The value of all the above goods (middle-level price) will be around 60-70K USD, let’s take it as 70K.
- Product cost/ Value of goods – 70 K
- Ocean freight cost/shipping cost – 8K
- Custom clearance cost and forwarder cost – 2K
- Import duty and vat tax, let’s take them together as 25%, 0.25*(70+8)=19.5K
- Transport fee from your destination ocean port to your gym, assume it is 1.5k
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Total Amount cover everything
70+8+2+19.5+1.5=101 K USD.
In simple terms, depending on the country, the total amount you will pay is about 1.3-1.5 times the value of the item, (except for the case of skyrocketing shipping costs in 2021-2022).
Profit Expectations for the Gym Owner
If this 1,000-square-meter gym has accumulated 800 users within a year,
and the monthly fee for each user is 30 dollars (usually 40EUR/M we heard),
then the year is 800*12*30=288000,
Let’s remove half of the amount as daily operating costs,
at last, the remaining is 144k, which means you can recover the cost of purchasing equipment in less than 12 months.
However, it may take you 2 years or more to recoup the cost if your machine is from Italy or USA.
The above examples are just for reference, we know that running a fitness club is much more complicated, but Haswell Fitness can help you bring you great machines at an affordable price, so you can win at the starting line.
At last, we suggest your read the below contents if you want to know more about how to import gym equipment from China Haswell Fitness.
