Our team's deal experience includes
Wherever in the world your business runs, if the problem touches China — a factory to find, a supply chain to fix, a company to buy, a market to enter — four senior partners take the whole of it. Not advice. Not a marketplace. The problem, solved, on one private record we call the Trail.
Type it the way you'd say it on the phone. A senior partner reads every real request and answers within one working day.
We never publish client names. These are the shapes of the deals — not the signatures.
A storage-shed dealer was buying containers at auction — never sure of next month's supply or grade. He got factory lines, US port stock on rotation, and one published grading standard. A program, not a gamble.
A builder of roll-off dumpsters pays US prices for the two parts that eat his build time. The floors and doors now come from the factory — engineered to fit the box, under the weight limit, with the container his to keep.
An industrial line to turn hay into feed pellets: grinder, mixer, press, dryers, bagger. Factory-priced with freight, duty and delivery to his site — one clear English document, one day after the call.
Some weeks run through factories and ports. Others run through data rooms, trademark filings and lease negotiations. The trail carries them the same way — and the names never appear.
| Online platforms | Sourcing agents | The Big Four | SilkNet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who pays them | Sellers pay for placement | You — plus factory-side commissions | You, by the hour | An agreed, transparent fee |
| The factory price | Hidden behind listings | Rarely disclosed | Not their business | Documented, in writing |
| When something goes wrong | You're on your own | Depends on the agent | You act on the advice | Our name is on the record |
| Who executes | Nobody | Parts of it | You do, with a report | End to end — contracts to delivery |
| Speed to a real number | Instant, and meaningless | Weeks | Months | First answer in one day |
| Skin in the game | None | None | None | Our own ventures run on this network |
One private timeline. Visible to your deal's stakeholders — and no one else. Every step stays on the record, including ours.
The steps fit the deal. A production trail runs factory, inspection and freight; an M&A trail runs diligence, approvals and closing. The record works the same.
You tell us the problem. We tell you if we're the right house for it.
Every party checked — real names, real registrations, real chops.
Your product and pricing protected before anything moves.
Terms enforceable where it matters — including in Chinese courts.
The right factory, chosen and watched by twenty years of floor experience.
Inspections reported straight onto the trail. You see what we see.
Tracked on the same record. No black hole between factory gate and your door.
Money moves when milestones are met — not before.
The trail closes as a permanent record — and the start of the next deal.
Humans on one side. The record on the other.
The fastest way to judge a trade house is to look at what it builds for itself. Both ventures run on the same factories, the same logistics and the same rule we give clients: the factory price is the factory price, and we earn one agreed commission on top. Nothing else in the number.
New shipping containers, factory-direct from China — documented cost plus one agreed commission, specialty units at around half of US retail. The same factory lines and grading standards our clients get.
Visit buycontainers.nowHealthcare products from verified factories, quality tracked from raw material to delivery — you pay only what you approve. Verification that holds for medical supply holds for anything.
Visit tmrwdhealth.comLaw, manufacturing, logistics and the relationships that open doors — four senior partners on your deal, by name.
The Network
Founder
17 years of cross-border deals, and the relationships that open the right rooms — factory owners, ports, the offices approvals run through. On your problem, she runs the room.
The Law
Head of Legal
M&A and cross-border counsel behind deals for Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Carlyle, EQT and Warburg Pincus. On your problem, she writes the contracts that hold in Chinese courts.
The Factory
Head of Manufacturing
Twenty years inside Chinese factories, supplying Cardinal Health, McKesson and Medline — industries where a quality failure is not an option. On your problem, she stands on the factory floor.
The Logistics
Head of Logistics
Twenty years moving cargo across every major lane — ocean, customs, consolidation, delivery. On your problem, she gets it home.
SilkNet's first deal, seventeen years ago, was a client being overcharged in China. We opened up the supply chain, charged only the commission we had agreed — and have run every deal that way since.
Native in both. Your intent goes into Chinese exactly as you meant it; the factory's answer comes back as one clear English document. Nothing is lost in either direction.
For companies too serious for the marketplaces and too small for the Big Four — the whole China problem, solved on one record, by people paid only by you.
Not sure which side you fall on? Type the problem — a first conversation costs nothing, and we'll tell you if we're not the right house. Tell us the problem
None of the three shapes. A consultant hands you a report. A sourcing agent quietly earns on the factory side. SilkNet is a trade house: paid by you alone, one fee agreed up front, responsible for the whole problem — contracts, factory, quality, cargo, logistics and payment. And we run cross-border businesses of our own on the same network.
One shared timeline of your deal. NDA, identity verification, contracts, production, inspection, shipping and payment — every step visible to every stakeholder, permanently on the record.
Completely. Every engagement begins under NDA, and your trail is visible only to the stakeholders you approve — no one else. We never publish client names or deal details.
Seriousness, not size. This week we answered a storage-shed operator who needed containers on rotation, and priced an industrial pellet line for a ranch business. If it's a real problem with a real budget behind it, we can help. If it's dropshipping or a marketplace reorder, we'll point you somewhere better suited.
A senior partner reads every request and replies within one working day. Factory pricing on defined products typically comes back within days.
One fee, agreed with you before the deal starts. We are paid by you alone — never by the factory, never inside the price. On our largest programs, that discipline returns over US$1M a year in procurement costs.
Funds move on milestones — held and released as each step on the trail is met, not before.
We are native in Chinese and English, with presence in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Wuhan, Thailand and the United States.
Tell us the problem. That message is step one — from there, the deal runs on its own private trail.
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