You fly in.
Everything else
is arranged.
A car and driver waiting. Someone who speaks your language in every meeting. A hotel near where you are working, and a schedule of suppliers we have already checked.
Four reasons people ask us to come with them
First time in China
You have never been. You do not know which market to go to, or who to trust.
Going to Yiwu or a fair
You know where you are going. You want the days to count.
Checking your own suppliers
You already buy from China. You want to see the factory yourself.
Bringing a team
Up to 10 people, organised together.
Five things waiting for you
A car and a driver, for your whole stay
Sized to your group and arranged for each trip. You are not booking taxis or working out the metro.
Someone who speaks your language, in every meeting
Arabic, Russian, English or Chinese. Often it is one of the founders sitting with you, not a translator who leaves when the meeting ends.
A hotel near where you are actually working
Booked by us, or we send you what to book. Ten minutes from the market beats a nicer room an hour away.
Your phone working on day one
A local SIM, and WeChat Pay or Alipay set up on your card. Without this you cannot pay for lunch in China.
A printed schedule
Who you are meeting, at what time, what they make, and what to ask them.
Before you arrive
- We build a day-by-day plan around what you want to buy.
- We find suppliers, check them, and book the meetings before you land.
- We tell you who each one is — do they own a factory, or are they a middleman reselling someone else's?
- We book your flights and hotel, or send you what to book. Your choice.
While you are here
- We take you to the Yiwu market, to factories, and to the fairs.
- We sit in every meeting and translate both ways.
- We ask the questions you would not know to ask.
- If a supplier is not what they claimed, you hear it from us that day, not later.
After you fly home
- We write down what each supplier said and what was agreed.
- We put the suppliers side by side so you can compare them properly.
- We stay in China chasing your samples, your prices and your first order.
- Group size
- Up to 10 people
- Trip length
- Up to two weeks
- Notice needed
- Two weeks minimum
- Where
- Any city in China
- Languages
- Arabic · Russian · English · Mandarin
How it is priced
Every trip is priced on its own — how many people, how many days. Two weeks with us beside you throughout costs more than three days of meetings. We agree the price in writing before you book anything.
Request received.
Thank you — we have your request. We will come back within one business day with a proposed outline for the trip, and questions where we need them.
- Every trip is scoped and priced individually — we agree what is included, and the fee, in writing before you book flights.
- Your plans go to our team only. We never tell a supplier what you are paying or who else you are meeting.