Pre Shipment Inspection
What Is China Inspection Services?
Inspection service is vital for quality goods and items according to your specifications and standards. If you have hired an excellent inspection service, it may help you receive the same as promised by the supplier. Your products should be in alliance with your requirements, legal regulations, and entirely suitable for your customers. The worst situation you may face is that your sourced products do not meet your customers’ needs. They may cause physical injury due to some defects. For this purpose, the role of inspection services is essential. When importing products from china, you need to hire a reliable and expert sourcing and inspection company. Futian sourcing is the best choice for this purpose.
Futian sourcing and china inspections
Futian sourcing is a dedicated sourcing and inspection service that offers a variety of services for importers and businesses in the US. The company provides product inspections and factory audit services in China to partner with importers to meet industry standards around the globe. We are committed to improve the quality of finished products, enhance the efficiency of the manufacturing process, decrees costs, redress customer complaints, and provide protection to brand reputation among the customers. We ensure the delivery of the exact products for which you have paid. Our china inspection services encompass all areas, including:
- Inspection before production
- Inspection during the manufacturing process
- Initial production inspection
- Preshipment inspection
- Shipment and container loading inspection
- Product inspection for Amazon FBA
Why Need Product Inspection In China Before Sending It To Amazon FBA?
You need quality inspections before sending your finished products to Amazon FBA. There are specific reasons for this purpose.
Amazon may suspend your listing
It is a fact that low-quality products may be a reason for refunds and callbacks. If the products have defects, the people will ask for money back. If the returns go more the 10% of your products, depending on the products you are selling, Amazon may suspend the listing of your products, and you will receive a warning. In this situation, you will have to pull the entire inventory from Amazon FBA to sort out defective products. Then there will be a shipping process again. This procedure will lower your profit margin, and you have to dispose of the products. To avoid these risks, you should hire an n inspection service.
The nature of manufacturing process always yields some defects
There is a lot of manual work performed during the manufacturing process, and there are mistakes. The machine work may also be defective sometime, and everybody knows that the machine does not safeguard your products against defects. Nothing may be perfect if it is not double-checked. In any production process, there may be small defects. To lower this risk hiring an inspection service is the best option.
The supplier may cut corners.
The supplier may deliver you a few high-quality product samples after selecting the supplier and making an agreement. Now you are ready to trust the manufacturer. In certain situations, the real product may be different from the samples.
If you have got the products inspected before delivery, the defective products may b returned, and any negligence may cause an adverse situation. It is better to go for quality inspection before delivering products to Amazon FBA.
Should I inspect in the USA or China?
For inspection, you have two options. You may choose the best one that suits your needs.
Inspect all products yourself
You may inspect all the manufactured items yourself. For this purpose, you need to open every box and every sealed package. You may evaluate the product units, then seal this product and ship the products to Amazon. In this way, you have to work a lot.
Pay for inspection service
The second option is hiring inspectors and sending them to your factory in china. The inspectors check each unit and then seal the products. It is the best option; you need not worry about the quality of the delivered products.
What if I don’t live in the USA?
If you are living in the USA, you have an advantage. You may receive the items in your facility and personally assess the quality and defects of products you have imported from China. However, if you are not living in the US and you are a seller on Amazon, you may use the FBA option. In this way, you may manage the inspection process.
If you are living in another country and cannot receive the products in your facility, then importing products to your country and sending it again to the USA for Amazon will incur a lot of costs for shipping and import taxes.
You may avoid the troubles in this situation. The best strategy y need to follow is getting full shipment inspection in china. You may hire an inspection service and get the mini shipment to your facility in the US after check. You may use the products for product photos, gifts, testing, and for local sales.
The remaining shipment may be shipped to Amazon FBA directly from china.
Another fact about sourcing is that your manufacturer may produce extra units to replace the defective products that our inspector’s ma point out. Sometimes these additional products are left with the manufacture. You may make arrangements to get these products to your country and sell locally.
Why Choose Futian Sourcing
How much does it cost to do product inspection in China?
The product inspection costs depend on some factors. It includes the factory location, type of products, and duration of inspections and may cost you from .20 USD to .50 USD per unit. Some inspection services charge by hours and some by units. So time and the product type are essential. The inspection company sends one or two inspectors. One inspector may check 100 units. So you need to pay around $500 for an inspection of 200 units. When you calculate the inspection costs, it does not affect your profit margin too much. If you make some sales, these costs become unnoticeable. But the importance of inspection cannot be minimized.
The product inspection costs are worth it. You may opt for partial inspections. You may check 10% of the shipment, which may cost you less than $100 in typical cases. In this way, you may get your products inspected and also save extra money.
Should I get full Inspection or Partial?
Partial inspection surely costs you lesser than a full review. For example, you have 1000 product units for selling on Amazon. You will perform a partial check for $100, and a thorough inspection may cost you $300. There may be different inspection rates, and this is just an example. In my view, the partial inspection may not be much fruitful for you. Remember, partial inspection checks 10% of your products.
Partial Inspection – Many Defects Found
For partial inspection, you need to hire inspectors. They check some samples and find defects. In partial inspection, all defective products are not sorted out, and you may get many defective products delivered.
Partial Inspection – Few Defects Found
There may be another situation. You get the partial inspection done, and a few defects are found. In this case, you may receive the shipments that have some glitches. If your customer is delivered such items, he may give you bad reviews, and you may lose ranking and ultimately minimized sales.
So, a full inspection is the best choice.
Full Inspection
In full inspection, your inspectors will check all units for quality and separate the defective units. They get your defective units replaced and pay for useful items. For this purpose, your manufacturer always produces some extra units. They understand that during the inspection, some defects are found. So they have some products ready for replacement.
So you need not turn to partial inspection. Manage inspection of all units to maintain your credibility and brand reputation.
What Is The Process Of Ordering From Factory To Amazon FBA Warehouse?
There are two options for shipping your products to Amazon FBA. These two options are as under:
- You may send your products directly to Amazon FBA from China.
- You may ship products to your facility and then send it to Amazon warehouses.
How Does An Inspection Report Look Like?
In an inspection report, you may find a detailed inspection process and pictures and videos of the inspected products.
Why Choose FUTIAN Sourcing To Conduct Product Inspection In China On Your Behalf?
Futian sourcing is china based sourcing and inspection service that performs a variety of inspection tasks. You may hire the company if you are importing products from china. Here are some distinct features of Futian sourcing:
- Futian sourcing has higher standards of integrity and commitment.
- It has an expert support and inspection team.
- The inspection services are flexible. You may schedule inspections online.
How We Work With You throughout the Product Inspection Process
Futian sourcing is your reliable business partner. From an initial factory tour to an inspection of finished products, we work for your interests.
- Before Quality Inspection, we search for products manufacturers for our clients and choose the best suppliers.
- Our inspection team safeguards your interests During Product Inspection.
- We arrange shipments After Factory Inspection
