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Free China Supplier Checklist - 7 Factors to Check Before You Wire

The seven checks I run before any client wires a dollar to an Asian factory. Answer 7 questions in your browser and get an instant risk score, with the deal-breakers flagged.

"The most expensive mistake in sourcing isn't paying too much. It's wiring 100% upfront to a 'factory' that turns out to be a guy with a website." Cengiz, from the factory floor

Read the guide → Supplier Vetting Checklist: How to Vet a Chinese Factory Before You Wire a Dollar
Quick Answer

This free supplier checklist verifies any Chinese factory before you pay: legal entity, factory-vs-trader, capacity match, quality system, payment terms, and the red flags that signal a scam. Built for Western buyers working remotely in English, the field version of the system used on Shanghai factory floors.

This page is the free scoring tool. If you want the whole framework written down, the weighted scorecard, the red-flag and green-flag tells for each of the seven factors, and the field tool you run on your iPhone or iPad inside the factory, that is the full 7-Factor Supplier Vetting System, $17.

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    Score came back short? Close the gaps with the full system.

    The 7-Factor Supplier Vetting System is the paid version of what you just ran: the seven factors in the exact order I check them, a weighted scorecard scored to 80 with clear Proceed / Proceed-with-caution / Walk thresholds, and the red-flag versus green-flag tells for every factor, the precise signals that separate a real maker from a trader in disguise.

    It also gives you the verification moves step by step, including how to check the 18-digit Unified Social Credit Code on the free government registry and how to read payment terms as an X-ray of their finances, plus a copy-paste first-contact message that surfaces most red flags in one exchange. You get a PDF field manual and an interactive field tool for your iPhone, iPad or any touchscreen: tap the checks, it auto-scores the supplier, you take notes on the floor, and one tap sends the finished report to your manager. One-time $17, reuse it on every supplier.

    The $497 Supplier Risk Diagnostic is the done-for-you version: I put your supplier, quote and contract through the system myself from Shanghai and send back a written risk verdict, plus a 45-minute call.

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    From the Guides

    How to Vet a Chinese Factory Before You Wire a Dollar

    The 7-point checklist that separates real factories from middlemen, and the payment red flag that ends people.

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