Is your Chinese "factory" actually a factory?

Independent verification reports for overseas buyers. Registration, real headcount, export records, and the price you should be paying — verified before you send the deposit.

✓ $99 flat · no subscription ✓ 48-hour delivery ✓ Nothing found — you pay nothing

The three things buyers fear most

Every sourcing platform will hand you a "Verified Supplier" badge. None of them will answer these questions — because the answer isn't in their interest.

FEAR #1

"They say 'manufacturer' — but are they?"

Anyone can type "manufacturer" into a store profile. Middlemen posing as factories are routine. You find out when your margin is already gone.

FEAR #2

"Am I paying 30–50% over market?"

Quotes routed through middlemen typically carry a markup you can't see. The domestic market price exists — you just can't read it.

FEAR #3

"Will this company still exist at delivery time?"

Registration status, litigation history, pledged equity, tax defaults — all public record in China, none of it on the storefront.

The platform's job is to show you shelves. My job is to tell you the truth about what's on them.

What's inside every report

Six pillars, every supplier, no exceptions. Each one ends in a verdict backed by evidence you can check — not opinions.

1

Legal & Registration

Active status, capital, shareholders, tax grade, litigation history — from official registries.

2

Real Manufacturing Capacity

The factory-vs-trader call: industry classification, social-insurance headcount, physical plant. Numbers that can't be staged.

3

Track Record

Customs bills of lading across multiple databases: what they ship, where, to whom, and how often — including what "no records" really means.

4

Pricing Integrity

Your quote benchmarked against the domestic market price for the same specification. Know your negotiation room.

5

Quality Systems

ISO/BSCI certificates verified at the issuing body — not just claimed on a storefront.

6

Communication

A live technical test that separates factory staff from relaying middlemen, every time.

VERDICT:
Trading Company
(Posing as Factory)

Every report ends in a plain-language verdict with the evidence behind it. This one — a real case, anonymized — found a wholesale-industry registration, 3 insured employees, an office-tower address, and a quote 28–35% over factory-direct market price. The buyer renegotiated and saved more than 50 reports cost, on the first order.

Full specimen report available on request — every section, exactly as delivered.

Simple pricing. No subscription.

One supplier, one report, one flat fee. You pay for the answer, not for access to a database you have to operate yourself.

MOST ORDERED

Standard Report

$99 / supplier
  • All 6 verification pillars
  • 48-hour delivery
  • Plain-language verdict + evidence
  • Data boundary statement (what no database can see)
  • PDF + interactive HTML
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Deep-Dive Report

$299 / supplier
  • Everything in Standard
  • Full shipment analysis: customers, values, frequency
  • IP & overseas trademark search
  • Related-party structure (incl. Hong Kong entities)
  • Quote benchmarked to domestic market price
  • 2–3 alternative factories in the same category
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Network Check

Quoted
  • For the suppliers that really matter
  • Discreet checks via industry peers
  • Freight forwarder & trade-insurer channels
  • 30 years of on-the-ground relationships
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How it works

Four steps. The supplier never learns they were checked.

Send what you have

Storefront link, company name, or their quotation — whatever you're holding.

I dig for 48 hours

Official registries, customs data across multiple databases, IP records, online footprint — cross-checked, never single-sourced.

You get the verdict

Full report: six pillars, evidence chain, plain-language conclusion, recommended actions.

Negotiate with the truth

Armed with facts, most buyers renegotiate — and save more than the report cost on the spot.

30 years on the China side of global trade

I've spent three decades in this industry — sourcing, exporting, and watching the internet fill with profiles that don't match reality. The platforms verify documents. I verify whether the company behind the documents can actually do what it claims.

Everything in my reports comes from public registries, customs records and licensed databases — plus one thing no database has: the judgment of someone who has been inside this trade for 30 years. I know what a real factory's quote looks like. I know what a middleman sounds like.

"I verify Chinese suppliers before buyers send the deposit."

Based in Shanghai, China
Experience 30 years, global trade & sourcing
Reports delivered Every engagement documented
Languages English / 中文
Independence No platform affiliations. No commissions from suppliers. Paid only by buyers.

Questions buyers ask

Can't I just check the supplier myself for free?

You can check — and you should. But free tools are single-source, and single sources mislead badly: in one live case, a free US customs tool showed 1 record for a factory, while consolidated databases showed 446. My reports cross-check multiple sources and — critically — state the boundary of what no database can see. That boundary statement alone is worth the fee.

What if the supplier is legit and everything checks out?

Then you order with confidence — that's a good outcome and half my reports end that way. A clean report isn't a wasted report; it's the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy on a five-figure order.

Will the supplier know they were checked?

No. Everything is compiled from public records and licensed databases. Nothing in the process touches the supplier.

What if you find nothing checkable at all?

You pay nothing. If I can't verify enough to write a meaningful report, I'll tell you that instead of taking your money.

Do you take commissions from factories?

Never. Buyers are my only clients. That's the entire business model — and the reason the verdicts can be trusted.

Send me one supplier. Judge me by the report.

Email me the storefront link, company name, or quotation you're holding. You'll have the full report within 48 hours — and the truth before the deposit leaves your account.

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