China sourcing for European businesses

Source from China with less risk.

We've placed our own orders in China. Now we verify your factory, manage production and inspect goods before they ship. You approve every step.

Most sourcing problems are decided before the first payment.

By the time a shipment arrives wrong, the mistake is usually months old.

Four questions decide whether an order goes well:

  • Is this factory who it claims to be, and can it actually make your product?
  • Is the quoted price the real landed cost, or the first of several?
  • Who is checking the goods before they ship, and against what standard?
  • Who is accountable when something goes wrong at 3am Chinese time?

We answer those four before you commit money.

We've been the buyer.

Before East Bridge, we manufactured our own hardware products in China. We paid the deposits, argued about tolerances and dealt with whatever arrived at the warehouse. That is why we check what we check.

Our story

From the people who ordered.

  • When Roseng Solution SRL decided to establish a full-scale ventilation duct manufacturing facility, we brought in this team to manage our complete procurement of 34 different machines. … From supplier scouting and competitive bidding to securing highly favorable pricing, their execution was flawless throughout production and testing. … We are extremely satisfied with their end-to-end service and could not have launched our factory so efficiently without them.

    Roseng Solution SRL
  • We reached out with a product sample to produce bilingual English/Romanian educational toys on a $3,000 budget, this team exceeded all our expectations. They sourced an ideal factory offering competitive pricing, rapid production, deep customization, and a flexible MOQ tailored to our 540-unit order. … The final product is a complete success, and we will definitely be coming back to them for our next batch!

    HappyChild
  • We were setting up a digital dental laboratory and needed a 5-axis milling machine, a zirconia sintering furnace, two intraoral-compatible 3D printers, and a desktop scanner, all within a $60,000 budget. … They shortlisted manufacturers, negotiated pricing well below what local distributors quoted, and arranged a video inspection of the equipment before shipment. … The lab was producing crowns within a week of installation.

    D&V KölnDental

You pay us. The factory doesn't.

We are paid by you, on published rates, for work we've agreed in advance. We don't take commissions, rebates or margin from suppliers, and we don't mark up factory quotes.

That means three things for you:

  • You see the real quote. Factory prices reach you as the factory gave them.
  • You keep the supplier. Contacts are yours. If you stop working with us, your supply chain doesn't stop.
  • Our advice isn't for sale. No factory can pay its way onto your shortlist.

Where third-party costs apply — freight, duties, travel for on-site audits — we show them separately as estimates, clearly marked as not yet confirmed.

Six stages, and you approve each one.

  1. ConsultationWe tell you if the project is viable.Your decisionProceed to a supplier search, or stop.
  2. Supplier searchWe shortlist manufacturers, with quotes and capability notes.Your decisionApprove the shortlist.
  3. VerificationWe audit credentials, capacity and the bank account.Your decisionApprove the factory.
  4. ProductionWe hold the factory to specification and timeline.Your decisionApprove the sample before mass production.
  5. Quality controlWe inspect against your written acceptance criteria.Your decisionRelease the shipment, or hold it.
  6. DeliveryWe arrange freight, customs documents and forwarding.Your decisionConfirm receipt.

See the full process

You can see what this costs before you talk to us.

Most sourcing agencies quote after a discovery call. We publish our rates, because you should be able to work out whether a project is viable before you spend an hour on a video call.

Consultation

free

30 minutes. Straight answers on your product, before you commit to anything.

Free Consultation

Supplier sourcing

€349

Up to 10 SKUs. Typically 3–7 days depending on the product.

  • Supplier identification and legitimacy checks
  • Quote comparison and initial negotiation
  • Shortlist of verified suppliers with pricing

€19 per additional SKU

See a sample report

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Factory audit

from €99

Online audit, typically 1–2 days.

  • Business credential and legitimacy verification
  • Production capacity and certification check

€49 per additional factory or seller

On-site audit — €249 per day. In-person factory visit and inspection by our team in China.

Travel billed separately at cost.

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Procurement

from €99

Typically 2–3 days to set up.

  • Order management and supplier communication
  • Contract and price negotiation
  • Delivery coordination through to shipment
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White labeling

from €890

One item. Two rounds of proofs, one branded sample. Typically 3–5 weeks.

  • Factories that genuinely run private label, at an MOQ you can meet
  • Branding methods and their cost, factory by factory
  • Artwork coordination and a branded sample we check ourselves

€290 per additional item in the same line

Request this service

East Bridge Complete

from €629

One point of contact, from supplier search through to shipment.

Up to €10,000
€629 flat
€10,001–€50,000
5%, minimum €629
€50,001–€100,000
3%, minimum €2,500

Sourcing and your first supplier check included.

Example: €20,000 goods order → 5% → €1,000 East Bridge fee. Goods and freight separate.

Start the full service

Repeat orders with a verified supplier are charged at 2.5%.

Full price list

Three founders, with our own people on the ground in China.

We're a small team, which means you talk to the people doing the work. Here's who they are and what each one is accountable for.

Alexander Beschier — Sourcing & production.

8 years of experience. Finds and vets your factories, negotiates your price and runs production day to day until your goods ship.

Alexander Valuta — Business development.

8 years of experience. Your first point of contact. Reviews your brief and tells you straight whether we can help.

Eugeniu Polisciuc — Operations & technology.

4 years of experience. Keeps the process, the systems and your project on schedule, so you always know where your order stands.

More about the team

Projects we'll turn down.

  • Products without a written specification. We'll help you write one first, but we won't source against a guess.
  • Copies of someone else's product. We won't source a clone of a branded item, or reverse-engineer a design you don't have the rights to. It is the fastest way to lose a shipment at customs, and we'd be the ones who put it there.
  • Regulated categories we can't responsibly verify: medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food contact materials without a compliance partner.
  • Anything where the buyer wants us to skip verification to save time. That's where the losses come from.

If your project is one of these, we'll say so on the first call rather than after you've paid.

Tell us what you're sourcing.

Tell us the product, estimated quantity, destination and target delivery date. We'll confirm whether we can help, which service fits and how the fee is calculated.