Sourcing services from China

We act as your team on the ground in China. You tell us what you need; we identify and verify suppliers, collect and compare quotations, arrange samples, follow production, run quality inspections, consolidate goods and organise shipping to your country.

You deal with one point of contact instead of managing factories, inspectors and freight forwarders separately.

It depends on how clear the specification is and how specialised the product is. A clear brief with quantities, specifications and a target price lets us shortlist suppliers quickly; custom or certified products take longer because verification and sampling take longer.

We give you an indicative timeline with the first shortlist and update it at every step.

Yes. We coordinate branding, packaging design files, artwork proofs and pre-production samples with the factory, and check the printed result at inspection.

In most cases yes. Sample availability and cost depend on the product and the factory; we arrange the samples, check them before dispatch and ship them to you.

A sourcing agent works for you and is paid by you; a trading company buys the goods itself and resells them to you at its own margin.

The practical difference is whose interest the price serves. An agent shows you the factory, the factory quotation and the comparison behind the recommendation. A trading company does not have to, because the supplier relationship is the asset it is selling.

White label is an existing product that several buyers can put their own name on. Private label is a product made to your specification, and the specification is yours.

White label is quicker and cheaper to start. Private label is what you need when the shape, materials, formula or packaging have to differ from what the factory already sells to everyone else.