Factory vs. Trader: how to tell them apart
Business-scope, capacity and on-site signals that separate a real factory from a reseller marking up your order.
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Sourcing Guides
Practical playbooks to source China factories with confidence — trust, verification and closing the deal.
The factory audit checklist
A practical checklist for company documents, capacity, quality records, observations and corrective actions.
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AQL & pre-shipment inspection, explained
Understand sampling plans, defect classes and inspection stages to define acceptance requirements.
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China industrial cluster map
Where each category concentrates — Shenzhen electronics, Foshan appliances, Ningde batteries and more.
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Avoiding first-order pitfalls
A practical checklist for specifications, company checks, pilot orders and delivery milestones.
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Writing an RFQ that gets real quotes
How to brief specs, MOQ, certs and lead time so factories can quote accurately the first time.
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