Supplier Shortlisting — the buyer-side version of sourcing
We find and verify candidate factories for your product. You pay a fixed fee, agreed before we start, and the shortlist is firewalled from any later inspection.
How the shortlist stays honest
Fixed fee
One published price, agreed before we start. Clause 01 & 05 of the Charter.
Verified, not just listed
Every shortlisted factory passes the same V-01 to V-10 verification we sell standalone.
The firewall
Any later inspection of a factory we shortlisted is signed by a different inspector—and we keep the written right to fail it.
Your list, your relationships
You get names, evidence and introductions. We never sit in the middle of your commercial terms.
How the process runs
A brief call defines your product, target price band, volumes and destination-market requirements. Within ten working days you receive a shortlist of verified manufacturers—typically three to five—each with a verification summary, capacity notes, cluster context and recommended inspection plan. What happens next is your negotiation; what we sell is the confidence that everyone on the list is real. The fee is fixed: from $990 for a shortlist of three verified manufacturers, plus $249 for each additional factory verified to the same standard.
Sourcing agent versus buyer-side shortlisting
Most “sourcing” in India is paid by the factory: the agent earns a commission on what ships, so the incentive is to place your order, not to protect it. Supplier shortlisting inverts that. You pay a fixed fee, with no margin on your unit price and no success fee, which is the only arrangement under which a shortlist can tell you a candidate is wrong. Clause 05 of our Independence Charter firewalls it further: a different inspector signs any later inspection of a factory we shortlisted, and we keep the written right to fail a factory we put forward.
What the shortlist gives you
Verified manufacturers, not names
Every factory on the shortlist has passed the same V-01 to V-10 verification we sell standalone — an unannounced premises visit, documents and export history — so “shortlisted” means checked, not introduced.
The context to choose between them
Each candidate comes with a verification summary, capacity notes and cluster context, so you are comparing real manufacturers on the factors that decide an order, not a row of quotes.
A recommended inspection plan
The shortlist ends where your order begins: a recommended sequence of checks for the factory you pick, so the first PO is protected from day one.
How the process runs and what it costs
It starts with a brief call that defines your product, target price band, volumes and destination-market requirements. Within ten working days you receive a shortlist of typically three to five verified manufacturers. Pricing is fixed: from $990 for three verified factories, with each additional factory at $249. If a factory we shortlisted later fails an inspection, that inspection is signed by a different inspector, and the failure stands.
Supplier shortlisting FAQ
How is this different from a sourcing agent?
You pay a fixed fee and factories pay us nothing — no commission, no margin on your unit price and no success fee, under clauses 01 and 05 of the Independence Charter.
How long does it take, and what do I receive?
Within ten working days you receive a shortlist of typically three to five verified manufacturers, each with a verification summary, capacity notes, cluster context and a recommended inspection plan.
Are shortlisted factories actually verified?
Every one passes the same V-01 to V-10 verification we sell standalone as supplier verification.
What if a factory you shortlisted later fails an inspection?
Any later inspection of a factory we shortlisted is signed by a different inspector, and we keep the written right to fail it.
What does supplier shortlisting cost?
A fixed fee from $990 for a shortlist of three verified manufacturers, plus $249 for each additional factory verified to the same V-01 to V-10 standard.
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