SourceLink is a sourcing team you hire for one product. We find the factories, get the quotes, and check the claims — then hand you one file that shows what is proven and what is still a guess.
Built for the products you buy on repeat — packaging, hardware, housewares, components. You keep every decision; we do the work behind it.
Duty input open
The chain stops here visibly. Landed arithmetic cannot advance until the classification path is confirmed.
Synthetic research record · non-geographic · not shipping or live activity.
You give us one product you buy on repeat. We open a lane on every reviewed field where a maker could plausibly exist, then close the ones evidence does not support.
Every lane is a candidate direction until evidence proves more. Dotted means unproven — nothing here claims a factory, an origin, a quote, or a shipping route.
You need 5,000 of something made. Finding a real factory, getting honest quotes, and knowing the true delivered cost takes weeks. SourceLink does that part and gives you the receipts.
We do the outreach, not you.
No listings, no commission on your order.
Anything unproven is labelled unproven.
You name the product you keep buying. We find manufacturers that can actually make it, put their quotes on one comparable basis, work out what it costs delivered to your door, and tell you whether the numbers hold.
A spec, a sample photo, or last year's purchase order. That becomes the exact target every later claim has to match.
Target: 18 oz double-wall tumbler, powder coat, 5k/yr
We research makers, request quotations on one basis, and record what supports each claim — including what is still missing.
3 quotations restated on one Incoterm, pack, and currency
Not a list of names. A decision record that says what is proven, what is still open, and what the evidence supports right now.
Ruling: conditional — duty input open, next action named
Two suppliers are comparable. The duty input is still open, so the decision stays conditional.
What exactly are you buying? Who can actually make it? Are the quotes comparable? What does it cost delivered? What proves each answer? And what can you decide today? If one answer is missing, we show it instead of hiding it.
Record the target, acceptable variation, exclusions, and open specification questions before supplier research begins.
Organization, factory, and exact-product evidence stay distinct. A supplier statement remains attributed until stronger support exists.
Price basis, Incoterm, pack, currency, minimums, and missing fields are preserved before any normalization is attempted.
Freight, duty treatment, origin, benchmark, and scope inputs must exist and be governed before arithmetic can support a decision.
Every claim stays attached to its source, exact scope, evidence state, controlling blocker, and next useful request.
The handoff states what supports the outcome, which controlling input is absent, and what should happen next.
| Field | Supplier AAs received | Supplier BRestated | Supplier CIncomplete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price basis | FOB | FOB | Not stated |
| Pack | 24/ctn | 24/ctn | 36/ctn |
| Currency | USD | USD | USD |
| Minimum | 2,000 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| Comparable | Yes | Yes | No |
These numbers describe how a record is built. They are not customer results, savings, turnaround, or volume claims.
Not a list of names. One file with the product spec, the qualified suppliers, the quotes side by side, the landed cost inputs, and a plain verdict on what you can decide right now.
Plate I / Closing bookOne governed envelope for requirements, acceptable variation, exclusions, and the questions that remain open.
Defines what every later claim is allowed to mean.
Every claim stays attached to its source, exact scope, evidence state, blocker, and next useful request.
Shows progress without concealing the controlling gap.
A concise ruling that shows what supports the outcome, which controlling input is absent, and what should happen next.
Synthetic progression only — no commercial outcome implied.
Most sourcing reports read like certainty because the holes were quietly filled in. We do the opposite: the one thing blocking your decision is named on the front page, with whose word it rests on and what to ask next.
A sourcing pilot screens hundreds of candidate organizations so that only the few that survive reach your shortlist. A candidate we could not verify is a risk caught early, not a name quietly forwarded to you.
Plate III / Coverage fieldTaiwan
36 candidate organizations
This selection records an organization-country field. It does not establish factory location, product origin, maker role, exact-target capability, qualification, quotation, or outcome.
You describe one product family and the decision behind it. We reply in writing with a scope: what we will research, what we will not, the schedule, and the commercial terms. Nothing is researched, no supplier is contacted, and nothing is charged until you approve that scope.
SourceLink tests whether the target and buying question are specific enough for a focused pilot.
Deliverables, exclusions, schedule, commercial terms, evidence boundaries, and required approvals are made explicit.
The closing book preserves evidence state, blockers, next actions, and the strongest ruling the available inputs support.
An importer, a distributor, and a sourcing team need different answers from the same work. The standard of proof does not change.
Getting in touch commits you to nothing. No supplier is contacted and no money is spent until you approve a written scope.