Finding a product is only the beginning. ChinaConnect247 stays as your single coordination point for the approved path from research and suppliers to production, fulfilment, and growth.
A business card is a starting point. Before you pay a deposit, you may need to know who will make the product, what you are buying, which documents apply in your market, and how the order will be checked and delivered.
Use My Fair to keep your own evidence together, or bring us the card, catalogue, quotation, or sample details. We can agree a written scope for the practical support you need in China, from a single check to coordinated follow-through.
Visits, inspections, testing, and regulated advice depend on the agreed scope and qualified providers. You retain the final purchasing and payment decisions.
Verify what you found
01Supplier verification and background checks
We can investigate the company behind the sales contact, confirm its legal identity, review public records and available trade evidence, and check whether the contracting company, manufacturer, exporter, and payment beneficiary are consistent.
02Factory visits and on-site verification
When online information is not enough, we can help arrange an on-site visit to confirm the location, facilities, production activity, equipment, staffing, quality procedures, and whether the supplier appears capable of producing your order.
03Product specifications and quotation comparison
We help turn booth conversations, catalogues, samples, and messages into a clearer product specification. We can also organize quotations and compare pricing, materials, components, MOQs, tooling, packaging, lead times, and commercial terms.
04Certificates and destination-market checks
Tell us where you plan to sell the product. We can help identify the documents and questions that may apply, collect evidence from the supplier, check whether certificates match the company and model, and coordinate further review with qualified testing or regulatory specialists.
Agree what you are buying
05Samples and product development
We can coordinate sample orders, consolidate feedback, document requested changes, compare sample versions, follow corrections, and help establish an approved reference before mass production begins.
06Negotiation and order preparation
We can support communication about pricing, MOQs, payment milestones, tooling ownership, lead times, warranties, replacement terms, packaging, and acceptable substitutions—so important points are documented before an order is placed.
Protect the order and delivery
07Production monitoring and quality inspections
We can follow production progress, request evidence at agreed stages, coordinate factory inspections and product testing, document defects, track corrective actions, and help confirm whether identified problems have been addressed before shipment.
08Packaging, logistics, and shipping documents
We can help check cartons, labels, barcodes, manuals, palletization, container-loading requirements, commercial documents, shipment progress, quantities, and visible damage evidence.
09Communication and problem follow-up
If communication slows down or a problem appears, we can help reconnect with the supplier, clarify the issue, organize evidence, follow proposed solutions, and maintain a written record of commitments and next actions.
10Ongoing sourcing support in China
Need alternative suppliers, another quotation, a factory revisit, a new sample, or support with your next order? ChinaConnect247 can continue supporting the relationship after the fair instead of leaving you with a collection of business cards.
Understand the opportunity
Market evidence before inventory
Build a clearer view of the competitive landscape, customer expectations, differentiation, and full commercial cost before committing to a large order.
Marketplace and competitor research
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We can research your intended marketplace to identify similar products, existing brands, price ranges, positioning, ratings, reviews, promotions, packaging styles, and visible points of differentiation.
The objective is not simply to ask whether the product already exists. It is to understand the competitive conditions and where a credible opportunity may remain.
Who is already selling it?
At what price?
How established are the competing brands?
What do customers praise or complain about?
Is the market crowded or poorly served?
What could make your version meaningfully different?
Public marketplace information can indicate competitive conditions, but sales and demand estimates are identified as estimates.
Customer-review and opportunity analysis
02
Competitor reviews can reveal recurring complaints about quality, sizing, materials, instructions, packaging, durability, accessories, delivery, and customer service.
We can organize these findings into practical product-development questions for the supplier, helping you improve the product instead of launching another identical listing.
Product differentiation and brand positioning
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We can help compare potential changes to the product, features, materials, colours, accessories, packaging, and customer experience.
The aim is to create a clearer reason for customers to choose your brand, not simply place a different logo on a product that is already widely available.
Landed cost and commercial viability
04
The factory price is only one part of the real cost. We can help organize a commercial model that shows whether the opportunity still makes sense after less-visible costs are included.
Product and packaging cost
Tooling and sample costs
Inspection and testing
Freight, customs, duties, and taxes
Marketplace commissions
Fulfilment and storage
Returns and damaged stock
Advertising allowances
Expected selling price and margin
Prepare the product and supplier
From supplier evidence to launch readiness
Turn a promising product and sales contact into a documented supplier relationship, clearer specification, reviewed evidence, and channel-ready shipment.
Supplier verification and factory visits
05
We can research the supplier, review available company evidence, and help confirm the relationship between the factory, exporter, contracting company, and payment beneficiary.
When more assurance is required, we can coordinate factory visits, production-capability checks, sample reviews, quality inspections, and documentary follow-up in China.
Product development, samples, and compliance
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We can help turn an initial product idea into a clearer specification covering materials, dimensions, components, performance, packaging, and acceptable tolerances.
We can also coordinate samples, document changes, and collect relevant certificates or test reports for further review.
Where regulatory, legal, or laboratory expertise is required, appropriately qualified specialists should make the final determination.
Intellectual-property and marketplace-risk checks
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Before investing in packaging and inventory, the product and proposed brand may require checks for trademarks, patents, registered designs, restricted categories, or marketplace-policy risks.
ChinaConnect247 can help collect and organize the relevant information and coordinate specialist review where required.
Marketplace-ready preparation
08
Different sales channels have different operational requirements. Depending on the marketplace and service availability, we can help coordinate the preparation work.
Product labels and barcodes
GTIN, UPC, or EAN requirements
Carton and pallet labels
Packaging dimensions and weight records
Polybags, warning labels, and inserts
Product photography and listing information
Local-language manuals and packaging
Amazon FBA or other marketplace preparation
Shipment and receiving documentation
Operate and grow
Fulfilment, replenishment, and expansion
Choose a workable route to customers, plan inventory around real lead times, manage returns and defects, and adapt successful products for additional markets.
Choose the right fulfilment route
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Not every brand should use the same shipping model. We can help evaluate a route based on the product, destination, marketplace, order profile, delivery expectation, and available services.
Directly from China to individual customers
In bulk to Amazon FBA or another marketplace warehouse
To a local third-party warehouse
Through a combination of local stock and China fulfilment
Through different routes for different countries or products
Where logistics, warehousing, marketplace preparation, international delivery, inventory visibility, or local returns require external execution, we can coordinate with suitable third-party providers based on the route, market, and service availability.
Inventory and replenishment planning
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Successful products create a new problem: knowing when and how much to reorder. We can help coordinate sales information, stock on hand, production lead time, shipping time, seasonal demand, safety stock, and Chinese New Year planning.
Reorder alerts
Smaller and more frequent production runs
Reduced stockout risk
Less capital trapped in excess inventory
Better allocation between marketplaces and countries
Inventory analysis, replenishment alerts, and warehouse visibility may use appropriate third-party systems where needed. The selected tools depend on the buyer's channels, data access, and operating requirements.
Returns, defects, and after-sales planning
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Scaling a brand also requires a plan for products that are returned, damaged, or defective. We can help establish a documented process before problems become difficult to trace.
Customer-return evidence
Factory defect analysis
Replacement products or components
Warranty responsibilities
Local return handling
Restocking, refurbishment, or disposal
Corrective action before the next production run
Scale successful products into new markets
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Once a product is working, ChinaConnect247 can help investigate opportunities in additional marketplaces and countries.
This may include new competitor research, market-specific packaging, compliance questions, alternative fulfilment routes, supplier capacity, additional production, and localised product positioning.
Indicative USD pricing
Start with evidence. Scale the scope only when it makes sense.
Supplier-specific work may require a current Supplier Decision Report from $100 unless we confirm that sufficient recent evidence already exists. Product-opportunity research can start before a supplier has been selected. The report gives both sides a documented starting point before higher-cost supplier work is approved.
One buyer relationship. One approved plan.
ChinaConnect247 coordinates the agreed workflow and the relevant providers. Each independent specialist remains responsible for its own professional or regulated work.
Managed Supplier Decision Report
Identity, public evidence, conflicts, buyer fit, and next checks.
Scope design, provider coordination, evidence organization, and follow-up. The physical inspection provider's fee is separate unless expressly included.
Physical provider fee: separate unless the written quotation expressly says it is included.
Every quotation identifies the scope, deliverables, assumptions, payment schedule, and whether independent-provider charges are included or separate.
Ranges are indicative, not binding quotations. Unless expressly included in writing, prices exclude taxes, duties, freight, insurance, official fees, laboratory charges, legal fees, exceptional travel, product purchases, samples, and third-party platform charges. Final pricing depends on product, country, location, urgency, complexity, volume, and provider availability.
These are app research credits, separate from the managed services above. Each Company Research report uses one credit; a separate Risk & Compliance report uses one more. Supplier email credits are separate and included in matching quantities for the fixed-credit packages.
The 30-day package allows up to 100 new research report runs per UTC day under fair use. Prices are shown in USD and RMB; activation is arranged through My Fair.
Up to 10 Company reports, or 5 Company + Risk report pairs; 10 supplier emails separately.
Starter
USD $11
RMB 80
Best for: Your first supplier shortlist
Up to 20 Company reports, or 10 Company + Risk report pairs; 20 supplier emails separately.
Explorer
USD $19
RMB 140
Best for: Exploring suppliers and new products
Up to 30 Company reports, or 15 Company + Risk report pairs; 30 supplier emails separately.
Product Discovery
USD $28
RMB 200
Best for: Discovering more products from Chinese suppliers
Up to 40 Company reports, or 20 Company + Risk report pairs; 40 supplier emails separately.
Sourcing Builder
USD $36
RMB 260
Best for: Building your supplier shortlist
Up to 50 Company reports, or 25 Company + Risk report pairs; 50 supplier emails separately.
Active Buyer
USD $44
RMB 320
Best for: Actively sourcing products from China
Up to 100 Company reports, or 50 Company + Risk report pairs; 100 supplier emails separately.
Canton Fair Pro
USD $84
RMB 610
Best for: A complete Canton Fair sourcing campaign
Up to 150 Company reports, or 75 Company + Risk report pairs; 150 supplier emails separately.
Sourcing Professional
USD $124
RMB 900
Best for: Sourcing across multiple product categories
Up to 200 Company reports, or 100 Company + Risk report pairs; 200 supplier emails separately.
Sourcing Team
USD $159
RMB 1,150
Best for: Managing multiple suppliers and sourcing projects
Up to 500 Company reports, or 250 Company + Risk report pairs; 500 supplier emails separately.
Sourcing Agency
USD $389
RMB 2,800
Best for: High-volume buyers and sourcing agencies
30 days of research access; up to 100 new report runs per UTC day under fair use.
30-Day Intensive Sourcing
USD $1,500
RMB 10,800
Best for: Intensive supplier and product research
Run Company Research and separate Risk & Compliance reports during your 30-day access period. Choose Core Supplier Review, Fast, Extended Public-Source Review, or Product & Market Opportunity Scan. Explore supplier backgrounds, discover additional products, and investigate relevant risks and destination-country import requirements. Fair use allows up to 100 new research report runs per UTC day; each Company Research report and each separate Risk & Compliance report counts as one run.
One connected route
From supplier discovery to brand growth
01Market intelligence
02Competitor research
03Supplier verification
04Factory visits
05Product development
06Samples
07Compliance coordination
08Inspections
09Marketplace preparation
10Fulfilment
11Replenishment
12Expansion
START WITH THE OPPORTUNITY
Found a product in China? Let's explore how to bring it to market.
Tell us what you want to sell, where you want to sell it, and how you plan to reach customers. ChinaConnect247 helps you research the opportunity, evaluate suppliers, understand market demand and import costs, and plan the next steps. Need more than research? Request paid support for sourcing, samples, factory checks, production, shipping, fulfilment, distributor discovery and e-commerce launch coordination.
Research reports are paid services. Sourcing and launch support is quoted separately based on scope. Specialist services may be coordinated through third-party partners.
What is already being sold
Which brands you will compete with
What customers are saying
How your product could be improved
What it may cost to launch
Which risks should be checked
How the product could reach customers or marketplace warehouses
How the supply chain could support growth
For your own software
Building a sourcing tool or platform?
Explore how product, market, supplier and buyer research could connect to your website or internal tools.
Research findings, competitor indicators, and commercial projections do not guarantee marketplace performance. ChinaConnect247 provides research and sourcing coordination. Final legal, regulatory, intellectual-property, marketplace, tax, certification, inspection, payment, and investment decisions remain with the buyer and appropriately qualified specialists.
