Vet a supplier on data before you wire money.
Forthsource provides supplier search plus a separately ordered manual China dossier. A contractor reports defined company and risk fields from a Qichacha source document; the published 24-to-48-hour window is a stated delivery target.
Forthsource provides supplier search plus separately ordered manual China supplier dossiers. A contractor reports defined company and risk fields from a Qichacha source document; the dossier is not a direct registry query, automated verification, factory audit, or certification check.
A manual supplier-check workflow
Submit a Chinese supplier, then review the source document and reported fields. The published delivery window is a stated 24-to-48-hour target, not a measured median.
Submit the supplier
Provide the Chinese company details for a one-time supplier background check.
Manual document review
A contractor reviews a Qichacha source document and records the defined company and risk fields. Forthsource does not query a registry directly.
Receive the dossier
The stated target is 24 to 48 hours. Choose the $69 check if you also need dated factory photos; the photos are not an audit or capacity check.
The supplier-search and dossier boundary
Qichacha source document
The manual China dossier reports defined company and risk fields from an attached Qichacha source document.
Human verdict and summary
A contractor records a Verified, Caution, or High-Risk verdict from the reviewed dossier fields; it is not the currently unavailable search trust score.
Manual dossier with a stated target
The published delivery target is 24 to 48 hours; it is not observed performance and the workflow is not a direct registry lookup.
$39 background check
Order a one-time supplier background check separately from the monthly search tiers.
$69 check with dated photos
The photos document that a factory exists; they are not an audit and do not verify capacity, quality, certifications or factory operations.
Separate public calculator
The free landed-cost calculator covers eight destination markets, but it is a separate public tool rather than a Forthsource app capability.
Review the source document and reported fields
The dossier reports defined company and risk fields without claiming capacity, quality, certification or factory-operation verification.
Reviewed
Reported
Not an audit
Search tiers and one-time supplier checks
Search tiers are $0, $29 and $99 per month. A supplier background check is $39, or $69 with dated factory photos.
The $0 monthly search tier.
- Monthly search tier
- Supplier checks purchased separately
- Standalone web platform
The $29 monthly search tier.
- Monthly search tier
- Supplier checks purchased separately
- No standalone free trial
The $99 monthly search tier.
- Monthly search tier
- Supplier checks purchased separately
- No public API or bulk screening claim
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Forthsource is one of five separately offered products; each keeps its own capabilities, platform and commercial terms.
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Vet a supplier before you wire money
Choose a $0, $29 or $99 monthly search tier, or order a manual background check for $39 or $69 with dated factory photos.
Manual China dossier · 24-to-48-hour stated target · Qichacha source document