China Sourcing Agent in Shenzhen — Priced Per Job

We are local people in the Pearl River Delta, based in Shenzhen—not an overseas middleman. Unlike a typical sourcing agent, we charge per job, publish every price, take no supplier commission and never mark up goods. Start with one small task today: a US$79 supplier paper check delivered within 48 hours, or a US$9.90 written plan delivered within 24 hours.

The work, item by item

What does a sourcing agent do?

Seven common jobs, matched to the service you can buy from us.

Find suppliers: A day with you at the fair or factory — US$349 per day.
Compare prices: Three days at the fair — US$900. You receive a supplier comparison table.
Check a factory: Factory visit on the floor — US$690. The written report is back within 48 hours.
Inspect goods: Pre-shipment check — US$390. We check at the warehouse before you release the balance.
Follow production: We go instead of you — US$2,490. This covers up to three days on the ground for one factory or one dispute.
Interpret and accompany you: A day with you — US$349 per day. Three days at the fair — US$900.
Represent you in a supplier discussion: We go instead of you — US$2,490. This covers up to three days on the ground for one factory or one dispute.

The full service directory

Thirty specific things we can help you do

Read it in the order a trip happens.

Before you fly

Which entry route your passport actually qualifies for — a visa, visa-free entry, or the 240-hour transit rule — and exactly which documents each one needs.
Canton Fair: we walk you through registration on the official Buyer E-Service Tool and the official invitation letter. It is free and issued by the fair, approval normally takes 3 to 5 working days, and we do not issue it ourselves.
Canton Fair: which of the three phases your product is actually in, so you do not fly in during the wrong week.
What the badge desk will want from you: a passport valid 6 months or more, a business card, your company registration certificate, and a 2-inch colour ID photograph.
Whether your specific bank card will bind to Alipay or WeChat Pay, and what to do when real-name verification stalls on a foreign passport instead of clearing instantly the way it does for a Chinese ID.
eSIM or a local SIM: what you can set up before you fly, and what legally requires you standing at a counter with your passport.
A hotel that is actually permitted to register foreign guests. Small and family-run hotels often are not, and will turn you away at the desk after you have already landed.
Flights, high-speed rail and intercity transfers booked against your passport. China is real-name; a ticket in a slightly wrong name is not a ticket.
A supplier checked on paper before you spend anything on the trip: legal name on the business licence against the party you have been emailing, registered capital against the scale they claim, business scope, and whether they hold export rights at all.

The hour you land

Someone standing at the arrivals exit with your name. If the flight is late we wait 90 minutes at no charge.
A local SIM registered in person with your passport, because that cannot be done remotely.
Alipay or WeChat Pay bound to your own card and tested on a real purchase before you leave the airport.
Cash from an ATM that accepts your card. You withdraw it yourself; we never touch your money.
A transit card bought and tested at the first gate, not handed to you untested.
A ride-hailing app installed and one ride taken with you, so the second one is not an adventure.
If you are staying in an apartment or a friend's home instead of a hotel, registration at the local police station within 24 hours of arrival. This is required by law and the fine reaches ¥2,000. Hotels do it for you automatically; private addresses do not.

The days you are here

Canton Fair: badge collection, which halls are worth your time, all-day interpreting, specifications and quotes written down as you go, and a supplier comparison table you can still read a month later.
Factory visits: the company checked on paper first, then the floor itself — production line, equipment, work in progress, warehouse — photographed and filmed.
Negotiation interpreting: we translate and we take notes. We do not decide for you and we take no commission from the factory.
Samples collected from several suppliers and consolidated into one parcel instead of five.
A pre-shipment check at the warehouse against your own checklist before you release the balance payment: count, model, packaging, labelling, photographs and video.
Loading supervision at the container.
Freight forwarder and customs broker introductions, with the market rate told to you before you ask them for a quote.
The other places people actually buy from: Yiwu, Huaqiangbei electronics in Shenzhen, the Guangzhou wholesale markets, the industrial parks around Dongguan.
Business meetings: a room, printing, cards in Chinese, what to bring, and what the first meeting is normally like so nothing surprises you.

When something goes wrong

Hospital: registration, the right department, interpreting during the consultation, payment, and the pharmacy afterwards. The ambulance number is 120. Chinese public hospitals charge per service up front and do not bill foreign insurers, so we also help you collect the paperwork your insurer will ask for.
A lost passport, step by step and with someone beside you: a police report, then your own embassy for an emergency travel document, then the Exit-Entry Administration for the replacement visa sticker. Each of those two steps normally takes 3 to 5 working days.
A card that stops working, a payment app that locks, a phone or a bag that disappears.
A supplier who goes quiet after you have paid: we go to the registered address and find out whether the company is really there.

Time off, family, and the parts that are not work

Days out with a local who is also your photographer; attraction tickets that now need a real-name booking against your passport days in advance; restaurants; travelling with children or older parents; dietary and religious requirements.

What it costs

Every price below is what you pay us. Fair badges, tickets, hotels, transport, meals and factory samples are your own cost, at the real price, with nothing added on top.

Service	Price	What is included
Written plan for your trip	US$9.90	Back within 24 hours. Credited against anything you book in the next 30 days.
Supplier paper check	US$79	Business licence, legal entity, registered capital, business scope, export rights. Written back within 48 hours.
Arrival, handled	US$149	Met at the arrivals exit, SIM registered, Alipay or WeChat Pay tested with your own card, transit card working at the first gate.
A day with you	US$349 per day	At the fair, in the factory, at the hospital, in the meeting. Interpreting, plus written notes the same evening.
Three days at the fair	US$900	Three full days with you, and a supplier comparison table you can still read after you fly home.
Factory visit on the floor	US$690	We check the company on paper first, then go. Production line, equipment, warehouse, photographs and video, written report within 48 hours.
Pre-shipment check	US$390	At the warehouse against your own checklist before you release the balance: count, model, packaging, labelling, photographs and video.
We go instead of you	US$2,490	Up to three days on the ground for one factory or one dispute, when flying over is not worth it.

Where: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan and Foshan. Anywhere else in China, we quote the travel before you decide.

Not on this list, on purpose: We do not issue invitation letters, visas or any official document — we walk you through the free official route instead. We do not give legal or tax advice. We do not write contracts. We do not issue certified third-party inspection reports; for those we tell you which firm to hire. We never hold or exchange your money.

The US$9.90 is not a deposit on a specific date and does not hold a guide. It is credited, not refunded.

US$9.90 starts the work. It is not the price of the help.

Pay it and a person in Shenzhen begins on your trip today. Within 24 hours you get a written plan for your own dates, your own passport and your own problem — that plan costs nothing extra.

The US$9.90 comes off anything you book with us in the next 30 days.

Credited against anything you book in the next 30 days.

Start now — US$9.90