Legal identity
Confirm the contracting entity, payment beneficiary, invoice details, and customer-service channel.
Buyer Checklist
Evaluate the Actual Offer
Compare suppliers using evidence and written project terms—not unverified price, lead-time, quality, factory, certification, or customer claims.
Written specification
Require dimensions, material, construction, printing, accessories, electrical equipment, anchoring, packaging, and intended use.
Artwork rights
Confirm that submitted logos, characters, packaging, and other intellectual property are authorized for use.
Visual approval
Confirm which drawings or renderings are included, the revision scope, and which document controls production.
Evidence and documents
Identify which reports, certificates, labels, or declarations are required for the exact product, venue, and destination.
Inspection
Agree on inspection timing, acceptance criteria, photos or video, defect handling, and whether an independent inspection is needed.
Commercial terms
Confirm price, currency, taxes, duties, payment milestones, cancellation, warranty if any, and dispute terms.
Production and delivery
Confirm production location, schedule estimate, packed size, freight method, customs responsibilities, delivery terms, and contingency.
Warning signs
- Claims of universal certification without a product-specific report
- Guaranteed sales, traffic, impressions, ROI, lifespan, or weather performance without evidence and conditions
- A generic photo presented as proof of an exact supplied product
- Unclear contracting entity, production location, payment beneficiary, or delivery terms
- Pressure to pay before the written specification and scope are complete
- Warranty or replacement promises that are absent from the order documents
Buyer Questions
Is one supplier type always better than another?
No. Evaluate the actual contracting entity, production arrangement, documented specification, evidence, price, communication, inspection, and delivery terms rather than relying on a generic country or supplier label.
How should certification claims be checked?
First ask the venue or authority what requirement applies. Then verify that the report or certificate matches the exact material, product, model, manufacturer, date, market, and intended use.
What should be approved before production?
Approve the controlling artwork, dimensions, construction, material, colors, print placement, accessories, electrical setup, anchoring, documentation, inspection scope, packaging, and commercial terms in writing.