Vet a supplier on data before you wire money.
Forthsource checks suppliers against company and business-registry records, surfaces rule-based trust signals and returns a plain-English dossier. Chinese supplier verification is manual, with a 24-to-48-hour dossier SLA.
Forthsource is supplier verification for importers and sourcing teams. It checks suppliers against company and business-registry records, surfaces rule-based trust signals, and returns a plain-English dossier before a merchant commits funds.
A manual supplier-check workflow
Submit the supplier, receive the dossier in 24 to 48 hours and review the evidence before you commit funds.
Submit the supplier
Provide the Chinese company details for a one-time supplier background check.
Manual record review
The supplier is checked against company and business-registry records, with rule-based trust signals and a plain-English summary.
Receive the dossier
The manual dossier SLA 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 verified supplier-check boundary
Business-record checks
Check the supplier against company and business-registry records before you commit funds.
Rule-based trust signals
Forthsource applies documented rules to the record evidence and presents the result with a plain-English summary.
Manual 24-to-48-hour dossier
Chinese supplier verification is performed manually rather than through an instant or 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 records and rule-based signals
The background-check workflow summarizes the company record without claiming capacity, quality, certification or factory-operation verification.
Located
Summarized
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 dossier · 24 to 48 hours · rule-based trust signals