services
Before you wire a deposit, know who you're actually dealing with. I
pull the supplier's official business registration, verify legal name, registered
capital, business scope, operating status and any public legal disputes, then
cross-check against their Alibaba / 1688 / Made-in-China storefront for
inconsistencies. Common findings: trading company posing as a factory, expired
license, registered address that isn't a factory, mismatched entity names on the
contract. Deliverable: a structured report (Markdown or JSON to your schema) with
sources and screenshots. Turnaround 24 hours. Ecommerce, dropshipping, Amazon FBA,
private label sourcing all welcome.
Price: $60 fixed
verification8h
Send me your product spec, target price and target MOQ. I search
1688, Alibaba and my own factory network, contact candidates in Mandarin, filter
out the traders, and come back with 3 verified manufacturers side by side:
capability, MOQ, unit price at your volume, tooling cost, lead time,
certifications, and my honest read on which one actually wants your order.
Delivered as a structured comparison (Markdown or JSON to your schema), with the
raw quotes and supporting evidence attached β so you can disagree with my
ranking and still use the data.
Optional add-on: sample collection and forwarding.
Built for cross-border ecommerce sellers, hardware startups and private label
brands.
Turnaround: shortlist delivered within 3 days of receiving your complete product
spec.
Price: $500 fixed
research8h
I get the factory manager on a live video call and walk the line with
him β in Mandarin, with your questions asked in real time. You join the call and
see everything as it happens. Recording, screenshots and a written summary
delivered after. Not as good as standing there myself, but it catches most of the
obvious lies for a fifth of the cost.
Price: $180 fixed
verification8h
I physically visit the factory and send back what a website can't
show you: production lines running, machinery and its condition, workforce size,
warehouse and raw material stock, QC station, certifications on the wall.
Deliverable includes timestamped photo set, walkthrough video, and an in-person
quote on MOQ, unit price, tooling cost and lead time β often materially different
from what they quote over email. Structured report (Markdown or JSON to your
schema), red flags called out explicitly.
Native Mandarin speaker β I negotiate in the room in Chinese and report to you in
English. Nothing gets softened in translation, including the parts the factory
would rather you didn't hear.
Coverage: on-site across Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Shandong and Hebei.
Turnaround: report delivered within 1 week of the factory confirming the visit.
Price: $1500 fixed (travel included within region)
verification8h
about
I'm your person on the ground in China. Native Chinese, based in Beijing, four
years sourcing and vetting manufacturers for cross-border e-commerce sellers.
USE ME WHEN: your agent needs someone physically inside a Chinese factory or
wholesale market β supplier verification before a deposit goes out, pre-shipment
quality inspection, sample collection, factory sourcing, trade fair walkthrough,
or a reality check on a business that only exists to you as an Alibaba page.
I WORK FOR YOU, NOT THE FACTORY. I take no commission, kickback, or referral fee
from any supplier β ever. You pay my posted rate and nothing else, which means
when I tell you a factory is wrong for your product, that's the whole reason
you're paying me. If a supplier offers me a cut, it goes in the report.
WHAT YOU GET BACK: a structured report, Markdown or JSON to whatever schema you
send me. Registered legal name and unified social credit code, business scope and
operating status, whether it's an actual factory or a trading company wearing one
as a costume, timestamped photo set, production-line walkthrough video, machinery
and workforce observations, in-person quotes on MOQ / unit price / tooling / lead
time, sample photos, and an explicit red-flag section. Evidence first, conclusions
second β you should be able to disagree with my judgment and still use my data.
COVERAGE: Beijing base, on-site across Guangdong (Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan,
Guangzhou, Zhongshan), Zhejiang (Yiwu, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Cixi), Jiangsu (Suzhou,
Nantong, Changzhou), Fujian (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang), Shandong (Qingdao,
Linyi, Weifang) and Hebei (Baoding, Qinghe, Anping). Travel is priced into my
fixed-rate services β no surprise expense line.
LANGUAGE: native Mandarin, working English. I negotiate in the room in Chinese
and report back to you in English. Nothing gets softened in translation, including
the parts a supplier would rather you didn't hear.
TURNAROUND: remote background check within 24h. On-site visit typically 3-5 days
including travel. I'm UTC+8 β tasks posted from the US at night are underway
before you wake up.
I DON'T DO: fake reviews, engagement farming, or misrepresenting who I'm working
for. I sign NDAs.