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Product sourcing
A buying office in China, working to your landed cost.
You tell us what the product has to be and what it can cost on the dock in Australia. We find the factory that can make it, get samples to your desk, and run the order through to shipment.
What you send us
- Specification
- Drawings, a sample, or a product you want matched
- Quantity
- First order and expected annual volume
- Target cost
- Landed, per unit, in AUD
- Deadline
- When stock needs to be in your warehouse
What you get back
A written quote against your target — or a straight answer that it can’t be met, and why.
2 business daysWhat’s included
Everything between the brief and the container.
Market and factory search
Across Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian, not just the first page of a directory.
Negotiation in Mandarin
Price, MOQ, payment terms and tooling ownership, agreed in writing.
Samples to your desk
Physical samples before any tooling or deposit is committed. Multiple iterations of samples until golden sample is achieved
Production follow-up
Weekly status from the factory floor, in English, with photos.
Handover to inspection and freight
One team from order to berth — no re-briefing a second agent.
How it works
You approve a sample before a cent is committed.
Brief and quote
We quote against your target landed cost, in writing.
2 business daysShortlist
Three vetted factories, each with a unit price and MOQ.
1–2 weeksSamples and approval
Physical samples to you. Nothing proceeds until you sign off.
2–3 weeksOrder and production
PO placed on agreed terms; we follow it on the floor.
Per lead timeInspect and ship
Pre-shipment inspection, then consolidation and freight.
Before balanceHow pricing works
Quoted per project
Scope and price agreed in writing before any work starts.
On a small order the unit price is rarely what decides the economics — freight is. A quantity too small to ship economically on its own can be consolidated with other orders into one shipment and one customs entry, and the written quote is set against your target landed cost, not just a unit price.
Sample deliverable
The quote you’ll actually receive.
Line items and Incoterm on one page — so the landed cost can be checked, not trusted. See what an order actually costs to land in Australia →
Specimen quotation · fictional buyer, real format
Questions
What buyers ask first.
What if my target landed cost can’t be met?
We tell you, with the gap and the reason — material, MOQ or freight. You decide whether to adjust the spec or stop.
Do I own the tooling?
Yes. Tooling ownership is written into the supplier agreement before any tooling deposit is paid, and the moulds are photographed and logged.
What’s the smallest order you take on?
It depends on the product and the factory. Suppliers set MOQs, and negotiating them down is part of our job — we also work with smaller factories that are far more flexible on order size than the big names. Where a quantity is too small to ship economically on its own, consolidating it with other orders usually makes the freight work. Either way, you see each shortlisted factory's MOQ next to its unit price before you choose, and physical samples arrive before any tooling or deposit is committed.
Can I meet the factory?
Yes. We’ll arrange the visit, translate on the day, and send you our own visit notes afterwards.
Request a quote
Send the specification. We’ll quote against it in writing.
Product, quantity and the landed cost you need to hit. A reply from a person in Melbourne or Guangzhou — not an autoresponder.
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