This Home Owner Couldn't Find the Lawn Care Equipment He needed, So He Created His Own. Here's How Alibaba.com Fueled His Business. Andrew Laplante, founder of Landzie, explains how the seed of an idea grew into a full-scale business.

Alibaba.com is sourcing made simple. It's the easiest way to connect with suppliers, create products, and turn your business dreams into reality.

"My Way" tells the stories of four entrepreneurs who utilized Alibaba.com's capabilities to create, launch and grow their dream businesses.

Self-described lawn care enthusiast Andrew Laplante wanted a less messy, more efficient way to spread peat moss around his property. And when he couldn't find what he was looking for online, he resolved to develop a tool that would solve this problem for himself and for countless property owners.

Hewent to work sketching plans for what would eventually become his signature product, the 24-inch Peat Moss Spreader. To bring his idea to life, Laplante submitted an RFQ (Request for Quotation) on Alibaba.com and was soon connected with multiple manufacturers. "The RFQ process made everything so simple for me because it gave me the ability to narrow down the manufacturers based on their years of experience and their star rating," Laplante recounts.

He credits Alibaba.com's simplified sourcing tools with helping him find the right partner to build his design to his exact specifications, with no compromises. And that steadfastness paid off. His first shipment of products sold out within a week of launch and now his company Landzie is thriving with an expanded array of products.

Find out more about Laplante's journey, and how Alibaba.com's resources fueled his entrepreneurial fire in the video above.

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