Supplier Visits and Factory Sourcing

Supplier visits on your behalf

A visit tells you what no document can: whether the factory exists at that address, what equipment is actually running, how quality is controlled, and who you are really dealing with.

• What we check: the site and its address, production lines and equipment, the process for your product, quality control and test equipment, raw material handling, capacity, staff and management.
• What you receive: a written visit report with photos and, where the factory allows, video; our findings and the questions to raise next.
• Before the visit: a short call to agree what matters most to you, and a Supplier Check on the company's records.

Visits are made in person on scheduled trips to China, which keeps travel costs down by sharing them across clients. For urgent visits we can use an independent inspection partner. Each trip is quoted in advance.

Factory sourcing, in any category

Consumer products, furniture and homeware, building materials, packaging, electronics and accessories, textiles, tools, components: we find suppliers that fit your product, volumes and budget.

1. Brief: product specification or drawing, materials, quantities, certification (for example CE or UKCA), packaging and target price.
2. Search and shortlist: suppliers approached in Chinese, with a Supplier Check on each finalist so you know who is a real factory.
3. Quotes and samples: comparable quotes, sample management and clarification of every technical and commercial term.
4. Testing and inspection: lab tests and pre-shipment inspections arranged through independent testing and inspection partners.
5. Visit and first order: a visit to the preferred factory, and order terms that protect your payments and moulds.

How we are paid

By you only, at a price agreed in advance. We take no commissions, rebates or fees from factories, and we confirm this in writing in every engagement. That way the supplier we recommend is the best one for you, not the one that pays us.