Process

How sourcing with SourceFlo actually works.

Four stages, from your brief to a verified supplier in your hands — with a 5-point check on every supplier along the way.

Process

How it works

01

Tell Us What You Need

Share your product, target specs, and budget.

02
Verified

We Find and Verify Suppliers

We research, vet, and confirm real manufacturers — certifications, capability, reliability.

03
$4.10per unit
$4.20per unit
$3.95per unit

You Get Verified Options

Within about a week: 2-3 verified suppliers with real quotes.

04

We Support the Order

From negotiation to shipping, we stay involved until it's in your hands.

In Detail

Every stage, walked through.

01

Tell us what you need

The more specific your brief, the faster we can move — but you don't need a finished spec sheet to start. A product description, a rough target unit cost, expected order volume, and any certifications your market requires (CE, FCC, whatever applies) is enough for us to begin identifying the right category of supplier. If you're not sure what certifications apply, tell us where you're selling and we'll help figure that out.

02

We find and verify suppliers

This is where most of the work happens, and it's the same 5-point check on every single supplier: business license and export records, factory-vs-trader confirmation, certification cross-referencing against the issuing body, sample evaluation, and a final quote-readiness check. Nothing gets shortlisted to you until it clears all five.

03

You get verified options

Around a week after your brief, you get 2-3 verified suppliers with real quotes — not ballpark numbers, but pricing tied to your actual specs, along with a landed cost estimate so you're comparing real numbers, not just unit price. Complex or highly regulated products can take longer, and we'll tell you upfront if that's the case for yours.

04

We support the order

From there, it's your call how involved we stay. Some clients take the verified shortlist and run with it directly. Others want us in the room for negotiation, sample rounds, production QC, and coordinating shipping through to delivery. Either way, the verification work is already done — you're deciding from a position of actually knowing who you're dealing with.

The Verification Journey

Every supplier earns their place.

Five checks before you ever see a quote.

Business license verifiedRegistration & export records
Factory vs. trader confirmedReal manufacturer, not a broker
Certifications cross-checkedMatched against official records
Sample approvedQuality confirmed pre-order
Ready to quoteVerified and quote-ready
The Real Cost

See what going it alone actually costs.

The line items you don't see aren't gone — they're absorbed.

Cost breakdown, per project
Supplier research time
~40 hours
Sample rounds & shipping
Self-managed, multiple rounds
Scam / fraud risk exposure
High — no vetting
Reseller markup
15–30%
QC coordination
On you
Estimated cost impact
$2,000–6,000+in time, markup & risk

Estimated on a typical first sourcing project.

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