China sourcing for contractors who buy by the contract
Your list is written into a signed contract — specs fixed, certificates fixed, deadline fixed. We source every line, check it before your money moves, and ship to your construction schedule.
From drawings to handover — what one building company actually bought from China
A Canadian building company, building in Vancouver and in Khao Yai, Thailand. Nine orders so far, more than US$20,000 — placed in construction order, not in one shopping cart.
- Architectural scale model of the villa DELIVERED
- Wall panels — exterior angles 280 m, three lengths DELIVERED
- 80-series aluminium windows DELIVERED
- Door schedule — about 30 doors IN TALKS
- Colour-steel roofing & asphalt shingles IN TALKS
- WPC decking · ≈ US$10,000 DELIVERED
- Tiles — 225 m², floor & wall DELIVERED
- Bathroom waterproofing set DELIVERED
- SPC flooring · artificial turf · breathable membrane & tapes DELIVERED
- Range hood DELIVERED
- Fridge, built-in dishwasher, oven set IN TALKS
- Lighting · sauna heater · gutters — CSA specified IN TALKS
We film the checks.
This is us on-site in Foshan, walking a sauna & hot-tub supplier's showroom — the same way every line on your list gets looked at before you pay.
Also filmed: flooring samples · wall panel showroom · our YouTube channel.
Contractors don't shop. They fulfil a contract.
The life of one line item
BOQ row B-014 · 80-series aluminium windows · 220 m²
This one row travelled the whole route below — quoted against the drawings, filmed in production, consolidated with the flooring and the tiles, and delivered with the fit-out batch. That is what "line by line" means in practice.
And if a line cannot be met as written, you hear it at the quoting stage — not after the deposit.
You send the row
Paste it, Excel, PDF, or the drawing set — whatever the tender gave you.
Read against drawings
Profile series, glass, hardware, thermal spec — checked before anyone quotes.
Factories quote
Two to three plants matched on spec, not on price alone.
You confirm first
Samples and video before any deposit moves.
Production on camera
You see your actual windows before the balance.
One container out
Consolidated with the rest of your list, one document set.
Arrives on schedule
Timed to your construction phase, not the factory's.
Paid the way your project gets paid — in stages
Deposit starts production
Nothing is bought on a promise — yours or ours.
You inspect from your office
Your actual goods filmed at the factory before the balance moves.
Balance after you confirm
Not before. If the check fails, the balance stays with you.
Four ways a contract goes wrong in China — and where each one dies
| The risk | Where it dies |
|---|---|
| A line that doesn't match the contract | Matched against your drawings and specs before the order — not argued about after. |
| The certificate your market demands — CSA, UL, EAC | Confirmed with the factory before the deposit moves. |
| One late item idling a paid crew | Consolidation planned around your phases; batches leave by construction stage. |
| A surprise at the port | Landed cost — duty, VAT, fees — worked out before you sign. Try the landed-cost calculator |
Then you want a product page, not this one
- Machines and equipment — industrial equipment sourcing from China
- Steel, boards, geotextile, chemicals — industrial materials from China
- Mixers, pumps, batching plants — concrete equipment from China
Send your list
- Every line answered — price, lead time, and the certificate it needs.
- Honest lines included — which items we would not buy in China, and why.
- A few lines — answered next working day. Dozens of lines — two to three working days, because factories need to quote.
- No retainer, no lock-in — if a line doesn't need us, we say so on the list.
Within one working day a person confirms your list and asks only for what is missing — a drawing, a standard, a delivery city. Then factories quote. Then your list comes back, line by line.
We answer in English, Russian, French and Spanish.