More alternatives used in markets in Shenzhen China
www.icgoo.net
www.ickey.cn
www.hqew.com
www.szlcsc.com
And for more international parts (still used in mainland a lot)
www.eciaauthorized.com
Octopart is a more generic site for discovering chips and getting an idea of the price, but still it fetches crappy prices from Digikey, Farnell, Mouser, etc.
If your product is being made in China and you are making the design choices, a quick Taobao search (or using the above links) is great to see how popular a part is. Not recommending to buy parts from Taobao though (unless you are more seasoned). There are also alot of agents that can source parts maybe 1-2 levels below the original factory. Their prices are so good it's unbelievable but they are hard to find and validate. Having volume also helps.
Seconding LCSC here, their prices are pretty damn good for chinese market stuff (and for international musthaves they carry pretty good stock), english support is decent and the shipping combo with PCBs from JLCPCB makes it a nobrainer.
Can you order just a few components, for hobbyists, or are they for big runs? I'm thinking 50-100 resistors and such, for making one or two of whatever I'm making.
They also sell cut tape. So you can order from 1 to 100 parts. There are however some parts that have MOQ of ~50, but those are so cheap that 100 of them would be less than 10 USD.
The cable itself is easily purchased anywhere, there are countless vendors on AliExpress. But I want the connector so I can get something else custom built.
www.icgoo.net
www.ickey.cn
www.hqew.com
www.szlcsc.com
And for more international parts (still used in mainland a lot)
www.eciaauthorized.com
Octopart is a more generic site for discovering chips and getting an idea of the price, but still it fetches crappy prices from Digikey, Farnell, Mouser, etc.
If your product is being made in China and you are making the design choices, a quick Taobao search (or using the above links) is great to see how popular a part is. Not recommending to buy parts from Taobao though (unless you are more seasoned). There are also alot of agents that can source parts maybe 1-2 levels below the original factory. Their prices are so good it's unbelievable but they are hard to find and validate. Having volume also helps.