Hardware & Tools
Stamping · casting · CNC
26provinces
Zhejiang358 records
Guangdong290 records
Yiwu, China · 12,951 company records
We source from China’s factories for importers, brands and wholesalers.
You rarely lose on price — you lose on what nobody checked. Two to three factories that make your exact item, one approved sample before the run, inspection against that sample before dispatch, and the 5% fee on its own line of the quotation.
Five ways a first order goes wrong.
And the line in our process that answers each oneThe price moved after the deposit. Nothing new was added — the first number was just optimistic. One fee line, and every third-party cost on its own line
The sample was right. The run was not. The sample was never written down, so nobody could hold the run to it. The approved sample is measured and photographed before the run
The inspection was done by the people who made it. Self-reported quality is not a finding, it is a sentence. Checked against the approved sample, with the measurements sent to you
The paperwork turned up after the goods. Then the container sits at the port while a certificate is chased. Documents collected before dispatch, not after
Three weeks of silence, then a deadline. No named person, no written status, no idea which step you are on. A written status at each step: brief, shortlist, sample, inspection, dispatch
What we source.
Pick a group to see where it is made
Electronics
Cables · boards · assemblies
26provinces
Guangdong587 records
Zhejiang168 records
Apparel
Knit · woven · sewn
22provinces
Guangdong257 records
Zhejiang163 records
Packaging & Printing
Rigid boxes · mailers
21provinces
Guangdong225 records
Shandong137 records
Gifts & Crafts
Wood · ceramic · printed
20provinces
Guangdong181 records
Zhejiang86 records
Furniture & Home Living
Injection · metal · textile
20provinces
Guangdong147 records
Zhejiang91 records
28 categories, one deskEvery category has its own page: where it is made, what the work involves, and what gets checked.
Hardware & Tools1,731Electronics1,369Medical Devices1,113Sports & Outdoors1,031Apparel947Industrial Machinery827Packaging & Printing731Lighting432Automotive Parts425Gifts & Crafts418Building Materials408Furniture & Home Living401Power & Electrical335Home Appliances253Toys & Games234Bags & Luggage184Chemicals & Coatings161Bearings & Transmission151Food & Beverage116HVAC & Refrigeration112Metal Materials106Agriculture & Food Processing98Bags & Packaging92Safety & Security60Environment & Water39Hydraulics & Pneumatics38Pipes & Fittings35Footwear23
See all 28 categories with counts → How an order runs.
Four steps · one published fee · what lands in your inbox at each01
You send the item
A photo, a link, a drawing. Quantity, target price, destination.
First replyThe list of what is missing, and what each gap changes.
02
We screen and quote
Factories read against the records we can check, then quoted line by line.
The shortlistTwo or three factories, each with a costed line for goods, tooling and packing.
03
Sample, measure, approve
One sample becomes the reference for the whole run. Nothing moves before your written go.
The sample recordMeasured photographs, the tooling ownership note, and a frozen specification.
04
Produce, inspect, consolidate
Checked before dispatch, loaded as one shipment, documents to your destination.
The shipping setFindings with the failing lines photographed, then the shipping set.
What gets checked before dispatch.
- Quantity against the order
- Measurements against the sample
- Colour in daylight
- Print position, measured
- Function and packaging fit
- Shipping marks and carton count
Illustrative photograph — not a customer order
12,951Supplier records
31Provinces covered
102Cities
73Industrial belts
Counted from the same index the map below is drawn from. See how the index is counted →
Where China’s factories are.
Counts from our index — click for the full map
Top seven of 31 provinces. Every province has a page with its cities, belts, categories and coverage.
What it costs.
One fee, on its own line — and the three approaches to weigh it againstGoods, factory quoteUSD 6,9453,000 pieces
Our fee, 5% of goodsUSD 347Published, on its own line
Landed, before dutyUSD 8,460USD 2.82 per piece
Goods
Our fee
Freight
Illustrative arithmetic, not a quotation: 3,000 decorated pieces to Los Angeles. Freight, duty and testing are itemised on the quotation, each on its own line.
Three ways to source
ScreeningYou, from listings
InspectionOptional add-on
FeeHidden in the unit price
DocumentsYou chase them
ScreeningWhoever answers first
InspectionCharged separately
FeePer order, per supplier
DocumentsVaries by order
ScreeningReadable records, then a visit
InspectionIncluded, with photographs
FeeOne line: 5% of goods
DocumentsOne set, matched to the goods
No rival is named — these are approaches, not companies. Pick one to see what changes.
Four things we won’t do.
Plus the three questions buyers open with- Quote without tooling. If a mould is needed, it is a line on the quote.
- Claim a certificate we have not seen. Reports on file are requested, not assumed.
- Start a run on an unapproved sample. One sample, agreed in writing, then production.
- Ship a failed run quietly. Failures are photographed and sent before dispatch.
What is a realistic minimum order?
Set by the process, not the factory’s mood — printing, moulding and tooling each have their own floor. Send the design and the quantity and we come back with the smallest economic run, including the point where a second design is cheaper than a second run.
Who owns the tooling and the artwork?
You do, once it is paid for. The tooling is quoted as its own line, so the number is agreed before the mould is cut.
What happens if the goods fail inspection?
You get the photographs and the decision: rework, replace, or ship at your instruction with a written note.
Buyer guides
The questions buyers ask before the first order
Twelve guides, written in the order a purchase actually moves: who you are really talking to, what a minimum order commits you to, which certificate applies to your product, and who pays what once the goods leave the factory.
Verify a Chinese supplier
What to check before the first payment, and which checks a factory cannot fake.
What MOQ really commits you to
The number is rarely the problem. Minimum order, deposit and liability are.
How an agent fee is calculated
What the percentage covers, what it does not, and how it shows up on a quote.
Pre-shipment inspection
What an inspector measures, what counts as a fail, and who pays for a re-run.
CE marking for importers
What the certificate does not prove, and which questions to ask before ordering.
FOB vs DDP
Where the cost and the risk change hands on each term.
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Send the item, the quantity, the destination.
Three lines are enough. We reply within 12 hours, seven days a week, with what is missing and what it changes.