You have a quote, a catalogue and a friendly sales contact in another country, and no history together. This page follows one buyer from that situation to a report that sits next to the purchase order, and takes up one question: what is still open when you commit, and how it is written into the order. Whether the supplier exists as described is the question of the supplier review itself; this page starts from its findings.
The buyer here is not asking whether the supplier is good, and is not repeating the review. Starting from its findings, each point that could not be established is listed and sorted: what the order can be made conditional on, what you check yourself, and what you accept. The answer is a written list, not a verdict.
A supplier with no recorded history is not excluded by that fact alone. It changes which other evidence you ask for.
The report does not replace a sample or an inspection. Which protections you choose are yours, and contract wording is a matter for you and your adviser.
The sequence is the same whatever the product; only the amount of attention at each step changes.
Copy from the quote and the website what the supplier says about itself: legal name, address, years trading, factory or trading house, certificates. Each line becomes a row the report must answer.
Each claim is set against the record and classified as verified fact, inference, unavailable or client-provided. A near match to the invoicing name is listed as a discrepancy, not rounded up. Bank details and the account holder come from you and are client-provided.
Where the website and the record differ, the difference is reported in neutral wording with the source beside it.
A certificate image on a web page is the company's own statement. It stays unavailable as a verified fact where no public register shows it.
What could not be established is listed as unavailable. Which of those points become conditions on the order, and which protections you choose, are yours.
Worth the effort in proportion to what is at stake.
The exposure is small, so the open points about identity and consistency carry the weight.
The certificates and licences carry the most weight, and the report sets out who holds the premises and equipment, as far as sources show.
Here the supplier holds your artwork and stock. The report flags whether the trading entity and the producing entity are the same.
Research reports what can be established from public and provided sources. It is not a guarantee about a counterparty's future conduct and not legal advice.
No. It lists findings and open points with their sources. The decision and the terms are yours.
The report works from the name and address on the documents you provide, and the match is marked unavailable if it cannot be confirmed.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Tell us what you need to find out and by when. We confirm scope before any work starts.
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