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10+ years experience of developing, bundling and producing Amazon Choice and Best Seller products.
10+ years experience of developing, bundling and producing Amazon Choice and Best Seller products.
20+ years experience of China sourcing, Yiwu market researching and purchasing.
working with 500+ medium and large buyers.
2000+ direct factories network.
save your purchasing cost up to 50%.
80% of new clients choose to work with us.
95% of existing customers have been with us more than 5 years.
100% committed to your order and your business.
As a professional China sourcing company, we offer comprehensive procurement services covering products and suppliers from across China, including the renowned YIWU wholesale Market. Our expertise ensures efficient sourcing, saving you time and money while safeguarding against fraud.
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Product development is the process of transforming your product concept into a commodity, or improving on an existing product into a new product. We will walk you through the entire process
Product bundling here we are talking about involves grouping multiple items into a single package or bundle. Our service extends to customizing packaging for these bundled products, ensuring they meet specific requirements and preferences.

Our team can conduct mid-production inspections, inspections at final delivery, or on-site inspections, even one-by-one to ensure that every product meets your standards. From specifications to functionality, we cover every aspect of quality to ensure customer satisfaction.
We inspect goods to AQL 2.5 or to the standard required by the customer.

Efficient Transportation Solutions: From container and bulk shipments to FBA and 3PL shipments, or door-to-door shipments, we simplify the purchasing process by delivering safely and economically to your door by air, sea or rail.
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We have higher inspection proportion than third-party inspection companies to make sure there is no quality issue when the products arrive in your warehouse.
We always work with the most capable and reliable forwarding companies to make sure the cargo goes through the customs and arrives into your warehouse smoothly.
We get quotations from minimum 3 suppliers to make sure the prices are always competitive.
Our professional sourcing team keeps sending you the latest info and the best selling products in different categories to keep you and your business up with the industry.
We make sure all of our suppliers respond promptly if you have any issue after receiving the orders. A positive atitude from the supplier is critical in our measurement.
We take every single one of you seriously. Whenever there is a problem, we provide solutions in short time.
Submit the inquiry of your needs. We will email you in few hours to assign you an agent to start working together.
We send you the product quotation in two business days or less. Samples will be arranged if necessary.
Confirm all product details with your agent before making a bulk order. Your agent will coordinate with factories, follow up on production, make on-site inspection to make sure everything is on the track.
Collect the products in our warehouse, inspect the quality and arrange courier/sea/air/train shipping to your address, FBA fulfillment center or 3PL warehouse or your address door-to-door.
Direct answer: GPSR (Regulation (EU) 2023/988) has applied since 13 December 2024 and replaces the old General Product Safety Directive. It makes the EU importer the 'responsible person' for product safety: you must appoint an EU-established responsible person, keep a technical file per product, cooperate on recalls, and display the responsible person's details on the product, packaging, and online listing.
GPSR covers nearly all consumer products sold in the EU and shifts safety accountability onto economic operators. Before placing a product on the EU market, the importer must verify the manufacturer's compliance, add its own contact details, keep documentation available, and cooperate on corrective action. From 1 October 2026 the importer can itself serve as the Article 16 responsible person — but only if it is established in the EU and actually places the product on the market. Selling direct from non-EU stock means you usually need a separate authorised representative with a written mandate.

Every product in GPSR scope needs an economic operator established in the EU before it is placed on the market. That operator can be the EU manufacturer, the EU importer, a mandated authorised representative, or (as fallback) a fulfilment service provider. The responsible person's name, registered trade name/trademark, postal address, and email must appear on the product, packaging, parcel, or accompanying document — and, for distance sales, clearly on the online offer. No responsible person means no legal EU market access.
A Shenzhen electronics brand sold earbuds to Germany via its own Shopify store, shipping from a Shenzhen warehouse. In early 2025 a market-surveillance authority asked for the responsible person; the listing named only the Chinese company. Because no EU-established operator existed, the listing was suspended within days and a batch was held at the border. The brand then appointed an EU authorised representative, uploaded the technical file and risk assessment, and added the RP details to the pack and listing. Sales resumed — but only after the compliance gap cost three weeks of revenue.

GPSR is documentation-heavy. The responsible person must be able to produce, on request, the technical file (specifications, risk assessment, test reports, Declaration of Conformity, labels, instructions) retained for 10 years, and provide evidence of periodic compliance checks.
| Document | Held by | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Technical file (risk assessment, tests, DoC) | Responsible person | 10 years |
| EU Declaration of Conformity | Manufacturer / RP | 10 years |
| RP name & address on product/pack/listing | Importer / RP | Life of sale |
| EU Safety Gate registration | Online sellers | Ongoing |
RND SOURCING treats GPSR as a precondition, not a checkbox. For EU-bound shipments we confirm the product has a valid technical file and test reports, appoint or verify an EU responsible person, and make sure the RP details are printed on the physical product and the marketplace listing before goods leave China. We keep the files accessible so a market-surveillance request is answered in days, not weeks.

A private-label order follows a disciplined path: (1) lock your specification and brand assets; (2) your agent shortlists a capable factory and confirms custom MOQ and tooling; (3) get a quote including mould and packaging setup; (4) approve a pre-production sample made on real tooling; (5) sign a detailed PI referencing the approved sample; (6) pay the staged deposit and start production; (7) run during-production inspection at 10-20% and pre-shipment inspection at 80%+; (8) apply labels and packaging per spec; (9) consolidate and ship. The non-negotiable steps are sample approval and inspection - private-label defects are yours alone to absorb, so verify at every gate. Your agent coordinates all of it and keeps the paper trail.
Private label is a sequence, not a single purchase. Each step is a gate that either confirms the last or catches a problem before it scales. Skip one and the risk compounds through the rest.
Logo, Pantone, packaging copy.
Confirm custom MOQ and tooling.
Mould and packaging as line items.
Made on real tooling.
Reference the approved sample.
Staged, with inspection gates.
Verify before balance.
Then consolidate and ship.

Before any factory is approached, your specification and brand assets must be fixed: exact logo files, Pantone references, packaging copy and any compliance claims. Floating specs are the most common cause of private-label defects, because every unclear point becomes the supplier's interpretation.
The quote must separate the unit price from the mould and packaging setup, because the setup is a one-time cost that distorts per-unit math if buried. Knowing the tooling fee also tells you the true break-even and whether the order size justifies the customization.

This is the gate that protects the whole run. The approved sample, made on real tooling, becomes the reference in the PI - so 'like the sample' is enforceable, not a hope. Approve it in writing and photograph it; everything after is measured against it.
Private-label defects are yours alone to absorb - there is no brand owner upstream to push them back to. That is why during-production and pre-shipment inspection are non-negotiable: DPI at 10-20% catches process faults cheaply, PSI at 80%+ confirms the finished goods before you release the balance. Verify at every gate; the label is your name on the failure if you do not.

The brand fixed the spec, approved a pre-production sample on real tooling, and referenced it in the PI. At PSI the inspector found a misprinted Pantone on 12% of units - within AQL but the brand had set a tighter bar.
We coordinate the whole chain - spec lock, factory shortlist, tooling quote, sample approval, PI, staged production and inspection at both gates - and we keep one paper trail from brief to shipment. We treat sample approval and inspection as non-negotiable because a private-label defect carries your brand, not ours. Tell us the bar you need; we enforce it and release your balance only on a passing PSI.
Run your private-label order end to endMost 1688 and Alibaba factories accept some customization - logo, colour, packaging and minor spec tweaks - as long as you meet their custom MOQ, often 500+ for branded packaging and lower for just a logo. The process is: agree the change, get a quote including any mould or packaging tooling, approve a pre-production sample made on the real tooling (not a handmade prototype), then mass-produce. Caveats: deeply novel shapes need new tooling and higher MOQs; some 'factories' are traders who must relay your spec to a real maker, which is slower and riskier. Your agent manages this relay and inspects the sample. Always approve a golden sample before the full run - custom orders are where communication gaps turn expensive.
The default assumption should be yes. A large share of 1688 and Alibaba suppliers are set up for OEM - they expect logo, colour and packaging changes as part of normal business, provided you clear their custom MOQ.

Customization MOQs sit above the stock minimum. Branded packaging commonly starts at 500+ units because the printer has its own floor; a logo alone is cheaper. Confirm the exact threshold for your change before quoting, because the gap between 'stock' and 'custom' MOQ is where budgets break.
| Change | Typical custom MOQ | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Logo print | 50-200 | Decoration only |
| Custom packaging | 500-1,000+ | Printer minimum |
| Colour / material | 200-500 | Batch setup |
| New tooling | 500-5,000 | Mould fee added |
The single most important step is the pre-production sample - and it must be made on the actual tooling, not a handmade prototype a factory can fake to look right. A handmade sample hides tooling faults that only appear in mass production. Approve the golden sample, referencing it in the PI, before the full run starts.

Some listings that look like factories are traders who must relay your spec to a real maker. That adds a relay hop: slower communication, more chances to mistranslate the spec, and less direct control. Your agent manages the relay and inspects the sample so the message does not degrade across the chain.
The factory offered a handmade prototype that looked perfect, urging the buyer to skip the tooled sample to save two weeks. The agent insisted on a pre-production sample on real tooling.

We treat a found product as a starting point, not a finished deal. We confirm whether the 'factory' is real or a trader, get the tooling and packaging quote as separate lines, and insist on a pre-production sample made on the actual tooling before the run. We inspect that sample and reference the approved golden sample in the PI, because custom orders are exactly where a small miscommunication becomes a container of wrong goods.
Customize a product you found onlineIP protection in China sourcing is about controlling information, not trusting promises. Practical steps: send suppliers a redacted, watermarked spec sheet rather than your full design or source files; do not describe the complete product verbally to every booth; sign an NNN (Non-disclosure, Non-use, Non-circumvention) agreement before sharing details; register your trademark in China - a first-to-file jurisdiction - before sourcing; and split production so no single factory sees the whole product. Yiwu's density makes design copying a real risk, so an agent's role in compartmentalizing your specs is valuable. Assume copies will be attempted and make them hard and legally risky.
A factory's word that they 'won't copy you' is not protection. What protects you is what they never receive. The whole game is limiting who sees what, because Yiwu's booth density means a good design circulates fast once it is visible.

Send a spec sheet that proves you are serious but withholds the crown jewels: watermark every page, redact the source files, and never hand over editable design originals. A booth does not need your master file to quote a logo print; giving it to them is a liability with no upside.
An NNN - Non-disclosure, Non-use, Non-circumvention - is the contract that actually matters before you share details. It goes further than a plain NDA by also forbidding the factory from using your idea themselves or routing around you to your customer. Have it signed before any deep spec is exchanged; a factory that refuses is telling you something.

China is first-to-file: the person who registers the mark owns it, regardless of who used it first elsewhere. If you source before registering, a local party can file your brand and then block or ransom it. Register the trademark in China before you brief factories - it is cheap insurance against losing your own name in your manufacturing base.
The strongest technical control is structural: have different suppliers make different components so no single factory assembles the whole product or sees the complete design. Your agent aggregates the parts and protects the spec. This makes copying slow and incomplete - exactly the friction that protects margin.
Each to a separate maker.
With each supplier.
Who holds the whole picture.
Before any briefing.
Before details exchange.

The buyer shared only a redacted, watermarked spec with Yiwu booths and signed NNNs before any detail. Two months later a near-copy appeared at a neighbouring booth - but without the registered trademark and missing the internal mechanism.
We compartmentalize your specs the way the product is built - each supplier sees only its component, and we hold the complete picture. We watermark and redact what leaves your hands, sign NNNs before detail exchange, and we will tell you plainly to register your trademark in China before briefing factories, because first-to-file is not a theoretical risk here. Our job is to make copying hard and legally costly, not to promise it will never be attempted.
Protect your design and IP in ChinaDirect answer: The Importer of Record (IoR) is the single legally accountable party for correct tariff classification, duty payment, and compliance on a customs entry. In 2026 this role became the focal point of US enforcement: Executive Order 14411 (3 June 2026) concentrates liability on one named, well-standing party and raises the cost of a weak or foreign IoR structure.
Under US law the IoR is the person or entity that causes goods to be imported and is responsible for the entry's legality — classification, valuation, origin, marking, and payment of duties. The IoR can be the buyer, a customs broker acting under authority, or a dedicated entity. What changed in 2026 is not the definition but the consequences: CBP now treats the IoR as the gatekeeper for an entire shipment's compliance.

Signed 3 June 2026, EO 14411 directs DHS/CBP to rewrite importer-eligibility rules within 180 days. All IoRs must maintain a minimum level of US tangible assets, bonding, or both, and disclose anticipated import volumes, year organised, ownership, beneficial ownership, affiliates, and domestic assets. CBP is creating a 'good standing' standard: an IoR out of good standing can be barred from importing and from appointing a broker to file in its name. Penalty floors were set at no less than 50% of the assessed penalty, and repeat-offender relief was removed.
The order sharply restricts foreign IoRs. They may no longer use informal entry (value ≤ $2,500), and for formal entries they generally cannot use a continuous bond — only single-entry bonds — and must use a CTPAT-validated broker. The logic: the US has far less leverage to enforce against an overseas entity with no domestic assets. A thin 'paper' IoR structure that worked in the duty-free era is now a liability rather than a convenience.

The enforcement push is backed by real money and case volume. The table below summarises the new bar.
| Requirement | Before 2026 | From EO 14411 |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic assets / bond | Ad hoc | Minimum required at all times |
| Foreign IoR informal entry | Allowed | Prohibited |
| Foreign IoR bond | Continuous allowed | Single-entry only + CTPAT broker |
| Penalty floor | Discretionary | ≥50% of assessed penalty |
| Disclosure | Basic | Ownership, affiliates, domestic assets |
RND SOURCING advises clients to make the IoR decision strategic, not administrative. For US-bound goods we typically appoint a US-established entity (the client's US subsidiary, a compliant 3PL, or a vetted IoR service) with real domestic standing, rather than relying on an overseas parent or a trading company with no US footprint. We document the IoR, the bond, and the broker relationship before the first container, so a CBP 'good standing' check is a formality, not a blocker.
