Flagship engagement
China Supplier Benchmark Sprint
$750 fixed price
For a company that already has one defined product, supplier, quote or purchasing requirement — and needs to know whether it is the right decision before serious money moves.
One product. Up to three suppliers. Fixed scope. Fixed price.
Step one
What you provide
- One defined product or SKU
- Specifications, photos, drawings or reference information
- Target quantity
- Customization requirements
- Current supplier or quotation, if you have one
- U.S. destination
- Target timing
Step two
What we do in China
We benchmark up to three suppliers for that product — including your current supplier where it makes commercial sense — by contacting each of them directly in Mandarin, pressing on the details that quotes usually hide, and comparing them on the same terms.
The best manufacturing region depends on the product. Yiwu is used where it fits; other Chinese clusters are used where they fit better.
Included
What the $750 covers
- Direct Mandarin communication with each supplier
- Pricing comparison at your target quantity
- MOQ comparison
- Lead-time comparison
- Sample cost
- Packaging options
- Customization capability
- Tooling or setup fees where applicable
- Payment terms
- Basic manufacturer versus trading-company review
- Basic company and supplier credibility checks
- Product specialization assessment
- Obvious commercial and documentation risk flags
- A clean side-by-side supplier comparison
- A direct recommendation
- A results review call
Not included
What it does not cover
- Unlimited product research
- Product ideation
- Multiple unrelated SKUs
- Factory visits
- Samples or sample freight
- Physical inspections
- Laboratory testing
- Detailed legal or regulatory analysis
- Customs brokerage
- Freight booking
- Production management
- Tooling
- Unlimited negotiation after delivery
- Guarantees of supplier performance
- Guarantees of product quality
- Guarantees of regulatory approval
- Guarantees of customs clearance
- Guarantees of delivery dates
- Guarantees of sales performance
Additional work — visits, sampling, negotiation rounds, production coordination — can be separately scoped and quoted after the sprint.
The deliverable
It ends in a recommendation, not a spreadsheet of factories.
KEEP
The current supplier is competitive. Order with confidence.
RENEGOTIATE
The supplier is workable, but the commercial terms are not.
SAMPLE
One or more alternatives justify a sample before committing.
SWITCH
A better-fit supplier exists for this specific product.
DO NOT PROCEED
The commercial or supplier risk does not support an order yet.
The sprint is standalone. There is no requirement to place an order through China Buying Desk, and no commission-driven reason for us to prefer one supplier over another. If you want to take the findings and run the supplier relationship yourself, that is a legitimate outcome.
Ready to benchmark one product?
Share the product, target quantity and current quote. If it is a fit, you get the scope and price in writing before work starts.