The Factory Floor Store: Every Tool to Source China Safely

I go to the factory in mainland China, walk the line, and send you a written go or no go verdict.

A written risk verdict on your supplier, a price sanity check, your pressure points, and a 45-minute call with me — before your money moves.

You brief your product; I hand you three verified factories in your category — license-checked, quote-compared, with my written verdict on which one to call first. The buyer pays me; the factory never does.

The full battery-factory audit I run on the floor — cell-maker vs assembler, the UN 38.3 file, the multimeter readings, the bank check. Score it, photo it, send the report. Bilingual, in your browser.

The full solar-module audit — EL imaging, flash-power binning, the certificate editions, the traceability file. Catch a cloned EL image before you wire. For large glass modules. Bilingual, in your browser.

Your true per-unit landed cost — duty, tariff, freight and fees stacked — any origin, any market, in your browser. Owned once, not a subscription. Texts the cost report to your boss.

The living version: it reads the official US rates every day and emails you the dollar impact the day a rate that touches your product moves — and I confirm every alert myself before it goes out.

See your true cost per unit before you commit, not after the freight invoice lands.

Run any factory through 7 fast checks and spot the fakes before they spot you.

Your AI answers badly because your question is too short. Get one built for your exact situation and country.

Separate real factories from trading-company fronts before your money's on a wire you can't recall. Now includes a live iPad/iPhone field app — score the supplier and text the report to your boss.

All 60 sourcing prompts, all 25 countries, unlimited use. Written from 25 years on the factory floor.

All six bilingual China contracts in one vault — NNN, OEM Supply, Exclusive Distribution, Sales Agency, Product Development, and Mold & Tooling. The Chinese version governs. All six for $197 instead of $312.

Spell out specs, quality, timelines, and payment so nothing's left to a handshake or a WeChat thread.

Non-disclosure, non-use, non-circumvention: the China-specific shield that stops your factory from becoming your competitor.

Lock pricing, ownership, and supply terms for ongoing production runs you intend to repeat.

Pin down territory, exclusivity, and volume so a supplier can't sell around you in your own market.

Appoint an agent or rep inside China without losing control of your customers — or your commission. $47.

Co-developing a product with a Chinese factory? Lock who owns the design, the tooling, and the IP before work starts. $47.

Make the molds and tooling yours in writing, and force their return on demand — the contract that ends mold-hostage disputes and stops a factory running your steel for someone else. $57.

Lock your wire to one verified account and your balance to a passed inspection — the payment-terms clause, the bank-verification protocol, the invoice red-flag checklist, and the milestone schedule, in one pack.

Cell maker vs pack assembler, UN 38.3 and the transport papers, and how to test the temperature and cycle-life claims instead of believing them — before you order batteries.

Module assembler vs cell maker, the hidden-crack test a serious factory runs, and verifying certificates with the issuing body — before you order solar panels.

Real factory vs trading company, the certifications that decide whether it ships (FCC, CE, UL, RoHS), and tooling and firmware ownership — before you private-label electronics.

Ready-to-send lines for price, MOQ, payment terms, and pushback, so you hold your ground without burning the relationship.

Vet, cost, contract, and negotiate from one kit, the full system at a price that costs less than a single bad order.

China OEM Agreement: What It Is and How to Protect Yourself

What a China OEM contract must contain, why Western templates fail in Chinese courts, and the clauses that actually protect your money, IP, and molds.

Supplier Vetting Checklist: How to Vet a Chinese Factory Before You Wire a Dollar

A 7-point checklist from 25 years on the Shanghai factory floor — how to tell a real factory from a trading company, spot the payment red flags, and stop wiring money to the wrong people.

Landed Cost Calculator: The True Cost of Importing from China

The factory price isn't what you pay. A plain-English breakdown of duty, freight, VAT/GST, and the hidden fees that quietly kill your margin — plus a free calculator to run your own numbers.