Amazon and marketplace sellers

Factory sourcing for marketplace sellers, with no cut of your margin

We find and vet factories, check samples and stock before it ships, and make sure packaging meets your marketplace's rules, whether you sell on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, TikTok Shop or your own website.

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Where sourcing usually goes wrong for sellers

  • Agents paid by the factory

    Many sourcing agents take a percentage of the factory price, so they earn more when you pay more.

    What we do

    We're paid only by you, with a fixed fee. See what a percentage costs below.

  • Factories you can't verify

    A polished trade-platform listing tells you little about who actually makes your product.

    What we do

    We check registration, production capability, quality systems and product test evidence before you hear a factory's name.

  • Stock that fails on arrival

    Faulty batches, wrong specifications or missing compliance paperwork, found after you've paid.

    What we do

    An independent inspector checks samples before you commit and stock before it leaves the factory.

  • Packaging that gets rejected

    Labels, barcodes or carton sizes that break a marketplace's prep rules mean fees, delays or refused stock.

    What we do

    We write your marketplace's prep and labelling rules into the factory specification, then check them at inspection.

A percentage grows with your order. Our fee doesn't

Many sourcing agents are paid by the factory, through a percentage built into your unit price. Set an order value and a commission rate to see how much of your money goes to the agent, and how it grows with your orders.

Rates vary. Set it to match a quote you've been given.

A factory-paid agent takes

£1,000

from this order, built into the price you pay the factory.

Goods: £19,000Agent: £1,000

Four orders like this a year: £4,000.

One fixed fee

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Nothing from the factory

You pay one fixed fee for the work, quoted in writing before we start. It doesn't rise as your order grows.

Double this order and the agent takes £2,000. Our fee stays exactly the same.

An honest note: on smaller orders, a percentage can cost less than our fixed fee. A fixed fee makes most sense as orders grow or repeat. If a percentage would work out cheaper for you, we'll tell you before you commit.

This is an illustration, not a quote. Our fee depends on the work involved and is agreed with you in writing before anything starts.

From product idea to stock ready to list

We agree a timeline with you at the start, built back from your launch date, and report against it at every stage.

Product brief
Specification, target cost, quantities and the compliance your category needs.
Factory vetting
Registration, capability, quality systems and product test evidence checked.
Quotes
The same request to several factories, compared like for like.
Samples
Checked against your specification before you commit.
Inspection
An independent pre-shipment inspection, with the results on your record.
Packaging and freight
Prep and labelling rules checked, and a vetted freight provider to your warehouse.

Prepared for your marketplace

Amazon FBA has its own prep and labelling rules, and so do eBay, Etsy, TikTok Shop and third-party warehouses.

We don't make your packaging. We write your marketplace's requirements into the factory specification from the start and check them at inspection, so stock arrives ready to list. We also check the test and compliance evidence your product category needs before you place an order.

One fixed fee, agreed before we start

A single product launch is a fixed project fee. Ongoing sourcing across a range is a fixed monthly retainer. We never take a percentage of your order.

How fees work

You place the order, sign with the factory and pay them directly. Where our role stops

Tell us about your next product

Share what you want made, roughly how many units, and your target launch date.

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