Find Suppliers in China: Websites, Markets, Agents and RFQs

Guides to the places buyers look for suppliers, and how to ask each of them the same questions so the answers can be compared. Platform facts are the platforms’ own published statements with the dates we read them.

Tools in this group

• Alibaba Alternative: Other Ways to Find Suppliers — Neutral options, with what each one says about itself. Check any supplier you find with the same free checker.
• China Wholesale Market: A Factual Guide — What the sources say about Chinese wholesale markets, what we could not verify, and how to price what you buy.
• China Wholesale Suppliers: Find and Contact Them — Write one clear request for quotation, send it to several suppliers and compare the answers.
• Chinese Wholesale Websites Compared — What each site says about itself, how it verifies suppliers and how you pay. Then check any supplier you find with the free checker.
• Sourcing Agent in China: What They Do and How to Check One — An independent look at the role, the risks and the questions to ask. This site is not an agent and takes no referral fees.
• Yiwu Market: Districts, Goods and How Buyers Use It — Dated facts about the Yiwu International Trade Market, then a calculator for what the goods cost once they reach you.