China Sourcing
We help you choose, then we help you execute.
Globesino is a concierge team, not a supplier marketplace. You keep supplier and purchase decisions. We analyse, coordinate and follow issues through — from a loose product idea to shipping documents.
Three ways the work can start.
You do not have to buy a chain of packages. Free review, a credited assessment, then managed execution if the brief still fits.
1
Free fit review
You describe the goal. We reply with whether we can staff it, what the next paid scope would be, and whether a 15–30 minute call is useful. This step does not include unlimited search, a full factory list or a formal verification report.
2
Paid assessment
Typically US$399–US$999, quoted before work starts. We shape the specification, check feasibility and destination-market requirements, search for suitable makers or traders, and return a comparison of usually two or three qualified candidates — not a padded list.
3
Managed sourcing
After you confirm scope in writing, one team helps you choose, then follows sampling, production, inspection, packing and shipping documents against that scope. The management fee is usually 5%–10% of confirmed factory product value, with a US$999 minimum.
What managed sourcing actually does.
The written scope names which of these steps are in, and which third parties are billed separately.
On the China side
- Shape specifications so two quotes can be compared on the same basis.
- Search for suitable manufacturers or traders and record evidence, not star ratings.
- Support negotiation so terms stay comparable across candidates.
- Coordinate samples, production updates, packing and shipping papers.
- Arrange independent inspection or lab tests when the brief needs them, then follow rectification if goods fail.
- Flag options, delays and the decision still sitting with you.
Still your commercial call
- Which supplier you contract, and on what payment terms.
- Whether a sample is good enough to proceed.
- Whether to widen search, change specification or stop.
- Who pays the factory — by default, you, under your purchase contract.
- Whether software work is a separate project. Sourcing commission does not apply to it.
Deliverable
You receive a marked comparison, not a padded list.
If the search does not yield enough qualified factories, we report the gap. A typical paid assessment aims for two or three candidates that actually meet the brief.
Client requirement brief
The goal, specification, quantity, destination, timing and open questions, written so quotes can actually be compared.
Candidate comparison
Aligned unit, currency, trade terms, tooling, samples, payment, lead time and validity. A lower unit price is not treated as a lower total cost until those conditions match.
Risk notes
Each material point is marked verified, supplier-stated or still open, with a source and date where we have one.
Advisor recommendation
Why this option, what is still unproven, and the decision that still sits with you before a deposit or sample order.
Illustrative assessment excerpt
Sample layout only. Names, prices and factories are not live case studies.
Written gates, not a group chat.
Paid projects have a named advisor plus internal backup. We update weekly: what finished, what is next, what is late, what we are waiting on you for, and any fee change.
Gate 1
Specification you will buy against
Materials, finish, packing, labelling and quantity are written so two factories quote the same thing. Later changes are quoted before they start.
Gate 2
Supplier you will contract
You choose the maker or trader. We keep quotes comparable, mark what is verified, and record why the recommendation stands.
Gate 3
Sample path before volume
Who pays for samples, how many rounds, and what “good enough” means before a production deposit.
Gate 4
Price, currency and payment terms
Unit, currency, trade terms, validity and deposit stages. A lower unit price is not a lower total cost until those conditions match.
Gate 5
Mass production start
You confirm the go-ahead in writing. We then follow the factory against that scope, not against a verbal WeChat thread.
Gate 6
Inspection exceptions
If goods fail a named inspection or test, we surface options, cost and delay before you decide to rework, accept or stop.
Gate 7
Shipment and documents
Incoterms, packing marks, commercial papers and who books the forwarder. You still pay the factory under your purchase contract.
How fees split on a typical order.
Globesino does not hide a markup inside the factory invoice. The product-value base is the confirmed factory goods amount unless a quote says otherwise.
You pay the factory
Goods
Under your purchase contract
You pay Globesino
5%–10%
Of confirmed product value, min US$999
Approved extras
Third-party
Inspection, testing or freight, named separately
International freight, duties, independent testing and Globesino fees are not part of that base unless the quote says they are. Moulds, samples and domestic freight are listed separately so they are not silently commissioned.
Limits, stated plainly.
These belong next to the offer, not instead of it.
We do not guarantee a factory exists
Some briefs do not yield a qualified manufacturer. The assessment then documents the search scope and the gap instead of filling the page.
One project is not a category licence
Approval on one brief is not a permanent all-category certification. Specialist products are accepted only when we can staff them.
Partners are named and billed apart
Labs, inspectors and freight firms do the work they are hired for. Their invoices are approved before we incur them.
Cross-category is not a promise of every factory
You may submit any reasonable category. We still decline work we cannot staff. Submitting a form is not a delivery commitment.
Questions teams ask first.
Start with a sourcing brief, even if the category is uncommon.
A short project brief is enough. We reply with fit, scope and whether a consultation is useful.