Understand pricing, MOQ, lead time, factory due diligence, sourcing and supply chain risk.
Verifying a cosmetic manufacturer in China is not a matter of asking whether the supplier is a factory. A buyer needs to verify the legal entity, production site, qualifications, equipment, quality records, bank account, and delivery responsibility. A trading company…
Payment terms with a Chinese manufacturer are not just a deposit percentage. They decide when materials are purchased, when production is scheduled, when the balance is released, and who carries the risk if something goes wrong. A low deposit is…
A unit price is not a markup. It is six parts added together, and the biggest one is usually not the formula. A factory breakdown of what actually moves the number.
Two quotes for the same product are rarely quoted the same way. Here is the twelve-field comparison table, the costs that sit outside the unit price, and how to work out what you are really paying.
A deposit buys your production slot, not your product. Here are the eight things to settle in writing before you send any money to a cosmetics manufacturer.
Losing a deposit is the small risk. The real one is thinking you are talking to a factory when you are talking to a middleman. Five checks you can run this week.
Tariffs do not change your unit price. They change your landed cost. Here is the structure, the HS code problem, and how to model your real exposure before you order.
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