Practical methods for checking Chinese suppliers before you commit money — what actually proves a factory is real, what each check can and cannot tell you, and where the official records end.
A sample that passes inspection may come from a different producer than the one that will ship the order. The paperwork trail is what settles it.
A sample that passes inspection may come from a different producer than the one that will ship the order. The paperwork trail is what settles it.
A sample that passes inspection may come from a different producer than the one that will ship the order. The paperwork trail is what settles it.
Which losses the platform's escrow pays for, which it excludes, and the cases where the protection lapses before the goods ship.
Which losses the platform's escrow pays for, which it excludes, and the cases where the protection lapses before the goods ship.
Which losses the platform's escrow pays for, which it excludes, and the cases where the protection lapses before the goods ship.
Which losses the platform's escrow pays for, which it excludes, and the cases where the protection lapses before the goods ship.
The order of operations that avoids the most common loss — paying a deposit before checking the one metric that matters.
Business scope, registered address and entity age reveal more about a supplier's real role than any product photo.
Which tells experienced importers rely on, and which of them are actually load-bearing.
Made-in-China Verified badges are commercial programmes, not factory inspections. What is verified, what is not, and the one filing that settles it.
Business scope, registered address and entity age reveal more about a supplier's real role than any product photo.
And why that is not the same as zero. How a missing figure is silently turned into a false accusation.
Checks ordered from free and instant to paid and slow, so you stop paying for inspections before you have earned the right to.
Which tells experienced importers rely on, and which of them are actually load-bearing.
The headcount figure is the only supplier metric that cannot be bought. How it is filed, when it goes missing, and how to read each case.
Alibaba Gold Supplier badges are commercial programmes, not factory inspections. What is verified, what is not, and the one filing that settles it.
The national registry is free, authoritative and almost unusable from outside China. How to get the fields you need.
Global Sources badges are commercial programmes, not factory inspections. What is verified, what is not, and the one filing that settles it.
Checks ordered from free and instant to paid and slow, so you stop paying for inspections before you have earned the right to.
And why that is not the same as zero. How a missing figure is silently turned into a false accusation.
The headcount figure is the only supplier metric that cannot be bought. How it is filed, when it goes missing, and how to read each case.
The national registry is free, authoritative and almost unusable from outside China. How to get the fields you need.
Trade Assurance badges are commercial programmes, not factory inspections. What is verified, what is not, and the one filing that settles it.
Checks ordered from free and instant to paid and slow, so you stop paying for inspections before you have earned the right to.
The order of operations that avoids the most common loss — paying a deposit before checking the one metric that matters.
Business scope, registered address and entity age reveal more about a supplier's real role than any product photo.
And why that is not the same as zero. How a missing figure is silently turned into a false accusation.
The headcount figure is the only supplier metric that cannot be bought. How it is filed, when it goes missing, and how to read each case.
Which losses the platform's escrow pays for, which it excludes, and the cases where the protection lapses before the goods ship.
Which tells experienced importers rely on, and which of them are actually load-bearing.
Business scope, registered address and entity age reveal more about a supplier's real role than any product photo.
The order of operations that avoids the most common loss — paying a deposit before checking the one metric that matters.
Checks ordered from free and instant to paid and slow, so you stop paying for inspections before you have earned the right to.
The headcount figure is the only supplier metric that cannot be bought. How it is filed, when it goes missing, and how to read each case.
And why that is not the same as zero. How a missing figure is silently turned into a false accusation.
1688 Super Factory badges are commercial programmes, not factory inspections. What is verified, what is not, and the one filing that settles it.
Which tells experienced importers rely on, and which of them are actually load-bearing.
1688 Chengxin Tong badges are commercial programmes, not factory inspections. What is verified, what is not, and the one filing that settles it.