What we source, and how deep it goes
China's manufacturing base covers essentially every category of lawful physical good, plus the services around it. Below is how the desk is organised — if your item sits outside these groupings, it is still worth asking.
Existing products, bought intelligently
You name the product; we locate the factory tier rather than the reseller tier. Same goods, different cost base. Works from a product link, a photo or a competitor's page.
Custom and made-to-order
Tooling and moulds, injection moulding, CNC machining, sheet metal, die casting, stamping, extrusion, sewing, woodworking, PCB assembly, packaging. Brief us from a sketch; we will tell you which process fits your volume.
Hard-to-find and discontinued
Obsolete machine parts, end-of-life control boards, unusual fasteners, one-off replacements. The Chinese aftermarket is deep and largely invisible to search engines outside China.
Bulk, wholesale and private label
Container-scale orders, your own brand and packaging, retail-ready labelling, barcodes, inserts, and consolidation across several factories into one shipment.
Services, not just goods
Third-party inspection, certification support, compliance labelling, product photography, design and artwork, translation and localisation, supplier audits.
The export half of the job
HS classification, duty estimation, export documentation, consolidation, freight booking, clearance and delivered-to-door shipping.
Where a request is not accepted
Counterfeit or trademark-infringing goods; weapons and munitions; controlled chemicals, narcotics and precursor materials; CITES-protected animal or plant products; human tissue; and anything that cannot lawfully be exported from China or lawfully imported at the destination. We will tell you plainly which category a request falls into rather than quoting and hoping.
How to write a brief that gets a good first quote
Name the product and what it must do, give the quantity you want, the date you need it, the destination country, and one file — a photo, a drawing or a spreadsheet. That is enough for a first number. Precision about tolerances and certification can come in the clarification round; rough notes at the start cost you nothing but a day.