Four stages between a factory and a shelf.

01 — Sourcing & vetting

Verify the factory before you wire money.

A quotation is not a capability. We check the entity, the line, and the carton — in person, in Mandarin, with photos that have timestamps.

• Supplier shortlist — three to five candidates from the relevant industrial belt, with business licence, export record and actual production capacity noted for each.
• Factory visit — line walk, capacity check, social-compliance red flags, sub-supplier mapping. Report with photos, dated.
• Sample comparison — measured against the spec sheet, deviations listed in numbers, not adjectives.
• Price negotiation in Mandarin — we quote the factory's price and our fee separately. You can see what the factory charges.

02 — Private label & spec

Make the packaging say what the law requires.

Most first shipments don't fail at the port. They fail three weeks after launch, when a marketplace or a retailer rejects the label. We handle that before production, not after.

• Bilingual spec sheet — one document the factory and you both sign, so "as discussed" has a page number.
• Label review — country of origin, importer of record, net contents, warnings, FCC and FDA statements where they apply.
• Artwork proofing — dieline checked, colours specified, barcode verified against GS1 before plates are cut.
• Golden sample — one approved unit kept on file as the reference for every inspection that follows.

03 — Import & customs

Show the duty before the order, not after.

Classification is where import cost is decided. We write the reasoning out so your broker, your CPA and you are all looking at the same number.

• HTS classification — written opinion citing the General Rules of Interpretation, with the alternative heading and why we rejected it.
• CBP entry — filed through a licensed broker; single-entry or continuous bond arranged to fit your volume.
• ISF & timing — 10+2 filed on time, every time; the deadlines sit with us, not with you.
• Duty engineering — Section 301 and 232 exposure modelled, first-sale and FTZ options evaluated where the volume justifies it.

04 — US distribution

Into wholesale accounts, not just into a warehouse.

Landing the goods is half the job. The other half is a route to the buyer — regional distributors, independent retail, and B2B accounts that reorder on a schedule.

• Wholesale outreach — a line sheet, a price ladder and a minimum order that a regional distributor will actually accept.
• Account handling — quotes, purchase orders, invoicing terms and credit limits set before the first pallet leaves.
• Fulfilment — pick, pack and ship for direct accounts; pallet or LTL for distributors; returns handled with a photo record.
• Reorder rhythm — sell-through tracked so the next container is ordered on evidence, not on optimism.

Boundaries

What we don't do.

Saying no early is cheaper for both of us.