Sourcing means that we will help you find a certain product or a supplier/manufacturer for a product. Sourcing is one of our main services and we have over 10 years experience of helping our customers find what they are looking for in Guangzhou.
There are suppliers and manufacturers for basically everything you can imagine here, but finding a good supplier/manufacturer is not an easy task. How do you know who you can trust? Which supplier will actually be trustworthy and fulfill his part of the deal?
Don’t worry, we will help you!
*Note – Sourcing is only included in our full service purchase deal. We don’t do sourcing as a stand alone service.*
Sourcing in the wholesale markets
The wholesale markets in Guangzhou are HUGE, have thousands of different suppliers and its easy to get lost in seconds. What counts here is experience, knowing which market that sells what items and being able to find your way around. This is how we usually work when we help our customer source for suppliers in the wholesale markets:
We will ask the customer to provide as much and as detailed information about the item he/she is looking for as possible. The best thing is if the customer can send us an actual sample of the item. That way we can make sure that we are able to find the exact item the customer wants.
We have years of experience sourcing for items and we know which markets that sells what items. We will go to the appropriate market and start the search. Most of the time we already know roughly where in the market we should be able to find the item.
We will try to find up to 3 different suppliers for the same item so that the customer will be able to choose which supplier he likes the best. We can also arrange for samples being made and sent to the customer.
We will provide the customer with the contact information of the supplier so that he/she can facilitate a purchase.
We also offer purchasing services. Click here to read more about our Full Service Purchase service.
Factory sourcing and inspection
Sourcing manufacturers is different from sourcing suppliers. Most suppliers can be found in the wholesale markets, but manufacturers can pretty much only be found online or through connections. The problem with finding manufacturers online through sites like made-in-china and Alibaba is that a huge number of the people who claim to be manufacturers are actually middlemen trying to make money through subcontracts. They will all have very convincing certificates and pictures of “their factory” but don’t fall for it because its all fake.
When we source for manufacturers, we will also inspect their factory and talk directly to the owner so that we can make sure that they are genuine.
- If you have found a manufacturer online that you are unsure is genuine we can also help you inspect their factory and make sure for you.
We will ask the customer to provide as much and as detailed information about the item he/she is looking for as possible. The best thing is if the customer can send us an actual sample of the item. That way we can make sure that we are able to find the exact item the customer wants.
We already have good connections with many different manufacturers but to find new manufacturers we will go online and look through sites like made-in-China and Alibaba. It can be hard to spot fake manufacturers even for us, but we will usually find a few that we feel are genuine.
To make sure that we are in contact with a genuine manufacturer and not just a middleman, we will actually visit their factory and see for our self. We will talk directly to the owned of the factory. This was we can be 100% sure that we know they can be trusted. We will also be able see what kind of machinery they have, how much staff they have, in what state the factory is etc.
We will provide the customer with the contact information of the manufacturer so that he/she can facilitate a purchase.
We also offer purchasing services. Click here to read more about our Full Service Purchase service.