For importers moving production to Mexico, Vietnam, India or anywhere new

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Give us the supplier. Get back a scored desk-vetting report: registration and ownership, trade history from US customs records, sanctions and forced-labor screening, financial and litigation signals, capability fit for your product, and a red-flag list with the questions to ask before the deposit. Desk research, not a factory visit.

$749one report, one price, delivered by email

Within 24 hours

Start your order →What you get

No call, no meeting, no account
Prepared under a 17-year supply chain principal
Full refund if it cannot be produced from what you send

Who this is for

Importer about to send a deposit to a new supplier in Mexico, Vietnam or India found online

Buyer comparing three finalist suppliers before committing production volume

Company moving production out of China and vetting a replacement factory it has never visited

Procurement lead who needs a documented risk basis before asking for budget approval

“You found a supplier on Alibaba or through a broker, the samples looked fine, and now they want a 30-50% deposit before production. You have no way to check their registration, whether they actually ship what they claim, or whether they're on a sanctions or forced-labor list. A fraudulent or mismatched supplier on a $40,000 production run is the full deposit gone, plus months of lost lead time you cannot get back.”

What you get

Identity and registration check in the supplier's home jurisdiction
US import history from bill-of-lading records: who they already ship to and how much
Sanctions, UFLPA Entity List and denied-party screening
Financial, litigation and reputation signals with sources
Capability fit: does their equipment and product mix match what you need
Risk score 0 to 100, red flags, and a pre-deposit question list
Recommended on-site audit scope if the score warrants one

Inside the document

MalakarConsulting Reference MC-XXXXXX-XXXX · Prepared for Supplier vetting

Registration check: business license active, registered 2014, Guangdong province — matches invoice

US import history: 340 shipments in past 12 months to 28 different US importers — established exporter

Sanctions/UFLPA screening: no match on Entity List or OFAC SDN list as of report date

Capability fit: factory's declared equipment matches injection-molded plastics, not your metal-stamped part

Risk score: 41/100 — elevated. Capability mismatch is the primary flag.

Pre-deposit questions: request equipment list and recent customer references before sampling

What changes after delivery

Within the hour of delivery you have a documented risk score, the red flags if any, and the exact questions to put to the supplier before the deposit leaves your account. You can decide to proceed, ask for a smaller deposit, or walk away, and you have a paper trail if the relationship goes wrong later.

How people use it

1Attach the risk score and red flags to your internal purchase approval
2Use the pre-deposit questions as your next email to the supplier
3Keep the report on file as your documented diligence if the order goes wrong

How this compares

This reportThe alternative

Screening depthRegistration, US import history, sanctions/UFLPA, financial signalsFree supplier directory badge

OutputScored report with red flags and questions to askGeneric checklist template

Cost vs alternative$749, one supplierOn-site audit firm $1,500-3,000+

How it works

Fill the form

Five minutes. Attach what you have.

Pay $749

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Production runs

Numbers computed on our servers; analysis checked against public records.

Delivered by email

Usually within 24 hours, as a document you can print or forward.

Order: Supplier Vetting Report

⏰ About 5 minutes · a handful of questions

Your name

Email for delivery

Your company Supplier legal name (as on their invoice or website) Supplier country Supplier website, Alibaba or marketplace link optional Supplier address and any registration or tax number they gave you optional What you want them to make, annual volume, and target unit cost Where you are with them Contacts, claims they have made, anything that felt off optional Attach their quote, business license, certificates or audit reports (optional, up to 10 MB).

By ordering you accept the terms and this product's scope: This is a desk-research report prepared from public records, trade data and the documents you provide. It is not an on-site audit, not a guarantee of the supplier's performance or solvency, and not legal advice. A high score reduces risk; it does not remove it. For orders above your comfort level, commission an on-site audit; the report tells you what it should cover. If the supplier cannot be identified from what you provide, you are refunded in full.

Questions

Do you visit the factory?

No. This is desk research: registries, customs records, sanctions lists, litigation, financial signals, and their own documents. It catches most fraud and mismatch cases and tells you when an on-site audit is worth its cost.

How long does it take?

Most reports are delivered within 24 hours. Suppliers in jurisdictions with slow registries can take 48.

Can you vet several suppliers?

Order one report per supplier. Comparing three finalists is the most common use.

Refunds?

If the supplier cannot be identified from what you provided, full refund. Delivered reports are non-refundable.

A 17-year sourcing practitioner cross-checks registration, US customs trade history and sanctions lists the way a corporate supplier-risk team does, structured to what your finance or legal reviewer actually checks, with a full refund if the supplier cannot be identified from what you provide.

Sudip Malakar, Principal · Malakar Consulting

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