About Wholesale Sourced

Wholesale Sourced provides technical procurement guides, compliance checklists, and cost-calculation tools for importers, Amazon and Shopify sellers, retail buyers, and private-label brands buying wholesale products from China. Each guide breaks down how supplier verification, factory contracting, sample approval, pre-shipment inspection, freight consolidation, and customs entry work in practice.

Core supply-chain domains covered

• Supplier and agent selection. Compare direct manufacturer contracts against intermediary models in how a China sourcing agent works, how to choose a sourcing agent, how sourcing agent fees are structured, and the sourcing agent vs. trading company commission audit.
• Counterparty verification. Run pre-deposit registration checks on Chinese business licenses, Unified Social Credit Codes, export consignor filings, and beneficiary bank accounts using how to verify a Chinese supplier.
• Lot acceptance and quality control. Define defect classifications, golden-sample tolerances, and ISO 2859-1 / ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 General Inspection Level II sampling plans using quality control inspection and pre-shipment inspection in China.
• Freight mode selection and landed cost. Calculate volumetric weight divisors (5,000 vs. 6,000 cm3/kg), ocean LCL Weight-or-Measure billing (1 CBM = 1,000 kg), and U.S. customs duty in Alibaba Express air courier vs. DDP sea freight consolidation, shipping from China to Amazon FBA, and how to calculate landed cost.
• U.S. customs entry and regulatory compliance. Reconcile Importer of Record qualification (19 U.S.C. § 1484), customs broker licensing (19 U.S.C. § 1641), commercial invoice itemization (19 CFR § 141.86), and CBP Form 7501 entry summaries in the DDP China Importer of Record checklist and commercial invoice and packing list cross-check.
• Product categories. Review specification and compliance notes across eight wholesale product categories, from consumer electronics and hardware to apparel and cosmetics.

Browser tools and procurement worksheets

The wholesale RFQ template, supplier scorecard, quality control checklist, and landed cost calculator run directly in the browser so procurement teams can standardize supplier quotes, compare Incoterms (EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP), and audit unit economics before releasing a deposit or balance wire.

Standards and regulatory methodology

Where a procurement step depends on a national statute, customs regulation, international quality standard, carrier tariff, or marketplace policy, each guide cites and links directly to the governing primary text—including Book Three of the PRC Civil Code, Title 19 of the United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. International Trade Administration (trade.gov) commercial guides, and ISO / NIST statistical acceptance sampling tables.

Contact

For questions regarding guide methodology, regulatory updates, or topic requests, email hello@wholesalesourced.com or visit the contact page.