Tell a factory from a trader
A trading company will quote you all day and never mention that it does not own a single machine. The licence looks fine, the photos look fine. You find that out by visiting.
Guangzhou, China
We are your buyer in China. Physically.
Most sourcing is done over messages from ten thousand kilometres away. We walk into the factory, check the goods with our own hands and tell you what we saw.
3years on the ground in China
500+shipments handled
24 hto your first quote
Free price check
Send one product link. Find out what it really costs.
No charge and nothing to sign. You send a link, we come back with what the factory actually charges, the minimum order and the lead time.
If it beats what you pay now, we talk about the rest. If not, you keep the numbers and we part on good terms.
This works only for products that already sell. We do not pick products for you and we do not research niches.
How it works
Five steps from your link to your warehouse.
From your link to boxes on your shelf. Every step hands you a result you can check, not a progress report.
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You send a link
Your Amazon or Etsy listing, your current supplier's page, or a photo of the product. That is enough to start.
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We find the factory behind it
Reverse image and keyword search across the Chinese platforms, 1688 first, then we separate real manufacturers from trading companies. Half of what you see online is a middleman holding a 15–30% markup.
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We negotiate in Chinese
Price tiers, MOQ, lead time, sample terms. The business licence gets checked before anyone talks about money.
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We inspect before you pay the balance
Count, function test, measurements, defect log, photos and video. The balance does not leave your account until we have checked the goods.
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Goods ship to you
Sea, air or express, to your FBA warehouse, your 3PL or your door. Booked with our forwarding partner or with yours.
On the ground
Why a person on the ground beats a platform.
Fix problems the same day
Wrong colour, short count, damaged units. We go back to the supplier in Chinese, in the same city, on the same day. By email the same conversation takes two weeks.
We answer for the goods, not for the emails
The balance does not move until you have seen the photos and the video from inspection. If the batch is wrong, we deal with it here, not you through a translator in another time zone.
Who you work with
I’m Yervand. I run this personally.
Three years buying from Chinese factories and over 500 shipments handled, from the first sample to the container door. My Chinese is good enough to argue about tolerances, which is where most of the money is won.
I live in Guangzhou, so the factory belt is an hour away. Every project goes through me, not an account manager.
- Based
- Guangzhou, China
- On the ground
- 3 years
- Shipments
- 500+
- Languages
- English, Russian, working Chinese
Pricing
Plain prices.
We quote you a price for the goods delivered to your warehouse. You compare it with what you pay now and decide.
| Service | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Price check | Free | Send one product link. Within 24 hours you get the delivered price, MOQ and lead time. Up to 3 SKUs. |
| Full supply | Quoted per order | Factory selection, licence check, negotiation, purchase, production control, inspection with photo and video. |
| Order management | Included | Deposit and balance timing, production follow up, documents, handover to the forwarder. |
| Monthly retainer | $600/mo | Up to 5 SKUs per month plus unlimited price checks. |
| Pre-shipment inspection | $45 per SKU | AQL 2.5. Free on orders above $10,000. |
| Factory visit | $150 per factory | Guangdong and Zhejiang. We walk the floor and film it. |
| Sample purchase | $15 per sample | Plus the goods and the courier at cost. |
| Listing photos | $25 per SKU | 8 shots, white background. |
| Freight | Quoted per shipment | Sea, air or express. Booked with our forwarding partner or with yours. |
Half upfront, balance after you have seen the photos and video from inspection. No credit on the first three orders.
For agencies and forwarders
Run your China side through us.
If you sell sourcing to your own clients and run the China side through partners, we can be that side.
White label
Your client never hears our name. Reports go out under your brand and the invoice goes to you.
Wholesale rate
3–4%
Three to four percent of order value, or a flat $150 per sourcing project. Inspection at $35 per SKU.
Backup capacity
When your usual partner is loaded or away for the holidays, orders wait. A second verified pair of hands costs you nothing until you use it.
Start here
Send one product. We will price it in 24 hours.
Free, no strings. Worst case you learn what your product actually costs at the factory gate.
Replies come on Guangzhou time, usually inside the working day.