Factory vs Trader Checker for Chinese suppliers

Use this when a supplier claims to manufacture the product but you only have a profile, website, catalog, or sales conversation. The checker looks for signals that separate factory evidence from trading-company evidence.

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Quick check inputs

Add what you have now. The full review happens after submission.

What this checker looks for

Whether business scope contains manufacturing, processing, assembly, or trading language.
Whether the registered address and public footprint support a production claim.
Whether catalog breadth, product focus, and website evidence look like factory or reseller behavior.
Whether a custom or high-value order should move to a deeper supplier risk dossier.

Continue the path

China Business License Lookup

Understand legal name, USCC, and business scope clues.

Verify Before Payment

Tie the factory claim back to payment risk.

Sample Report

See how factory-claim evidence appears in a report.