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How to Know If a Chinese Supplier Is Real

You usually cannot prove a supplier is perfectly safe. The useful question is simpler: do the supplier's identity, address, product scope, communication, and payment request fit together well enough to continue?

When this becomes risky

  • Company identity changes across website, invoice, email, and bank account.
  • The supplier avoids showing current factory, warehouse, or order evidence.
  • The price is far below normal market level with pressure to pay quickly.
  • The supplier cannot answer product-specific manufacturing questions.

What AlphaSS checks

  • Compare company names across all documents
  • Ask for address, license, and production evidence
  • Request current photos or video tied to your product
  • Use a small paid verification before larger payment

What you receive

  • A risk checklist you can apply immediately
  • Questions to ask the supplier
  • When to escalate to factory video check
  • When to stop the deal

When not to use this page as your only decision

If the order is highly technical, legally sensitive, regulated, or safety-critical, you may need a specialized laboratory test, legal review, or certified audit. AlphaSS reduces sourcing risk with buyer-side evidence and practical checks, but we do not guarantee supplier safety or final product legality.

Next step

Send us the supplier name, website or Alibaba link, product category, order value, and current payment stage. We will recommend the lightest useful check before you send money or release shipment.

Request a sourcing risk quote