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Open marketplaces return nine thousand results with no way to tell a factory from a trading office, and the first agent who replies wants a retainer before they will tell you anything at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSourcing agents push the factory that pays them. We take no kickback from anyone. Tell us what you want to make. We come back with two or three suppliers who can do it, each with a contact and a starting price, so you can begin a real conversation the same week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e $100 — fixed price. \u003cstrong\u003eTurnaround:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–5 working days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe verdict you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e Closes with a clear GEB verdict — this product is straightforward to source, sourceable with adjustments, or harder than you think — plus the one part of your spec that moves the price most. 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Every one says it is a manufacturer, every one says the price is the best you will find, and you cannot tell which is a factory and which is an office forwarding your enquiry to somebody else for a margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cheap gig will send you five supplier names in a day. Those names come out of the same public directories you already searched, nobody checked them, and the person sending them is paid by volume rather than by whether the names are any good. Here each of the three is desk-checked before it reaches you: registration, trading status, what the company is licensed to sell, and whether the product it advertises matches what it is registered to make. 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We do not visit sites, do not contact the suppliers on your behalf and do not verify capacity, quality systems or capital. It is not a promise that any of the three will perform. For site contact, capacity verification and a search across several countries, GEB's Verified Supplier Shortlist does that work properly at $6,900.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural next step: Three Quotes, Compared.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhy three suppliers and not ten?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause three checked names beat ten unchecked ones. Ten names is a directory export. 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