We sell you the goods
We buy the goods and sell them to you. Our margin is inside the price you see. Most orders work this way.
Services
Services
China sourcing services, from the factory to your door
We find a factory that can make what you need, stay on the order while it is made, check the goods in person and ship them to your door. One team runs all of it, and one itemised quote covers the goods, freight, customs and duty.
- Reply within 1 business day
- Landed cost, itemised
- Trading since 2020
What we handle
Every stage of the order, one team
The same people answer for your order from the first message to the delivery, so nobody has to chase a factory for news.
Finding the maker and the price
Sourcing to your specification
We start from your drawing, photo or specification and look for a factory that can make it to that standard. Where the product allows it, we compare more than one maker before we quote.
Your drawing, settled first
We go through your drawing with the factory before production and settle the details it would otherwise guess at. A sketch or a photo is enough to start.
One landed quote
The goods, haulage, export clearance, the ocean leg, the customs entry, duty and delivery, each on its own line, with the company that will invoice you named at the top.
Samples
If you want a sample first, we quote it next to the production run.
Making it
Production follow-up
We stay on the order from deposit to packing, and we do the chasing, so you do not have to.
Checks at the factory, in person
An American on our team visits the factory while the order is made and checks the goods against the specification and the sample you approved, before they are packed. If something is off, you hear it from us before anything ships.
Packing to your plan
Master cartons counted to your pallet and container plan.
Shipping and landing it
Export clearance
Haulage to the port, the export documents and the vessel cut-off.
Ocean freight
A full container, or less than a container for a trial quantity. The quote shows the cost per unit of each, side by side.
Customs entry and duty
Filed through our broker. The quote names the tariff line and the rate, and says who carries a change before the goods land.
Delivery
To a port, a rail ramp or your door, priced to the destination you give us.
After the first order
Reorders
We keep your specification on file, so a reorder is a quantity and a date.
Your own inspector, if you want one
Book an inspector you trust and we will fit the visit around the production schedule and have the goods ready for it.
Freight and the customs entry go through forwarders and a broker we have used since 2020, and the quote puts each on its own line.
Custom work
Made to your drawing
Some of what we supply is built to the buyer's own drawing rather than picked from a catalogue. The display structures on our lighting pages are built that way.
If yours is a custom order, the first guide below walks through how one runs with us, what to have ready and where these orders tend to go wrong. The second sets OEM against ODM: whose design, mould and sample each one leaves you with.
GuideContract manufacturing in China
How a custom order runs, from your drawing to your door.
GuideOEM vs ODM
Your design or the factory's: who holds the drawings, the mould and the approved sample under each.
Built to drawingCustom LED motif displays
Arches, figures, tunnels and photo-op structures, each built to a drawing.
Who we work with
Commercial buyers, by the pallet or the container
We pick the orders we take on. We work with commercial buyers who order by the pallet or the container: installers and decor contractors, municipal and civic buyers, distributors and resellers, and venues and event operators. If we cannot do an order well, the first reply says so, before anyone spends time on a quote.
Where we fit best
- A product you can describe, with a drawing, a photo or a specification
- A quantity that ships by the pallet or the container
- A date the goods have to be on site
- Orders that repeat, or come back each season
Where we are not the right fit
- Dropshipping, or orders of a few units
- Retail purchases for personal use
- Factory checks or inspections on their own, for an order we are not running
How you pay
How we are paid
Every quote we send names one of two arrangements, because the two are priced differently and you should not have to guess which one you are in.
We act as your buying agent
You contract with the factory directly and we run the order for a fee written on the quote. We work this way when you name the factory, or when you want to contract with the factory and pay it yourself.
Rates depend on the product, the quantity and the arrangement, so they appear on your quote rather than on this page. Which company invoices you, and the rest of how we are paid
Categories
What we source today
We add a category once we have built and shipped enough of it to speak from experience. Anything outside them can still go in as a sourcing request.
Quoted landedCommercial Christmas lights and displays
C9 bulbs and socket wire, LED mini lights, custom LED displays, giant Christmas trees, Christmas arches, light tunnels, pole-mount decorations, giant ornaments, wreaths and garland for installers, the cities that commission them and the distributors who stock them.
Quoted landedWholesale event supplies
Folding chairs, steel crowd control barricades, outdoor igloos, party and event tents, geodesic dome tents, hologram fan walls, custom flags, dance floors, portable stages and other event goods for rental companies, venues and wholesalers.
Quoted landedCustom merchandise for attractions and venues
Knit beanies with matching scarves and socks, logo blankets, souvenir cups, custom plush, keychains, souvenir magnets, tote bags and lanyards for the gift shops and concession stands of attractions and venues, made to your design: your colours and artwork knitted, woven, printed, sewn, cast or engraved, your mascot or animal as a plush, a keychain or a magnet, a leather patch, and your own labels or retail packs.
Something else?
Send it as a sourcing request. Tell us what it is, the quantity and the date, and we will say whether we can get it made, and by when.
Send a request
Questions
Questions about our services
What does a China sourcing agent do?
Finds a factory that can make your product, agrees the price, follows production, checks the goods and arranges export and shipping. We do all of that. We can also buy the goods and sell them to you as a trading company, which is how most of our orders run. The quote says which way yours works.
Do you work with small businesses and Amazon sellers?
If the order is for commercial use and ships by the pallet or the container, the size of your company does not matter. We are not set up for dropshipping, orders of a few units or retail purchases.
Can you check a factory I already use?
Not as a service on its own. Our checks at the factory are part of the orders we run. If you name the factory, we can run the order with it as your buying agent, and the checks come with the order.
How are you paid?
Either as the seller, with our margin inside the price, or as your buying agent, for a fee written on the quote. Each quote names the arrangement, and the rates are on the quote rather than on this site.
What if my product isn't in your categories?
Send it anyway. A request for something we do not list is a sourcing request: the first reply says whether we can get it made, and by when, and the landed quote follows.
How quickly do you reply?
Within 1 business day. For a sourcing request, that first reply says whether we can get it made, and by when, and the landed quote follows.
Request a quote
Send us the product, the quantity and the date
We reply within 1 business day. For something we do not list, the first reply says whether we can get it made, and by when, and the landed quote follows.
- Reply within 1 business day
- Landed cost, itemised
We take on the orders we can do well, and we will say so if yours isn't one of them.
