An independent, private agent in China.

I don’t sell goods and I don’t represent factories. An agent here means your own manager on the ground in China. You may already have suppliers — or need new ones. What you don’t have is a person who runs the China side day to day: the back-and-forth, the checks, the logistics, the paperwork. That is my work. You remain in control. I execute.

SinaFirst is my business name, not a corporation. Two companies stand behind the work: SinaFirst Limited in Hong Kong — the contract, the payments, the invoices — and Shenzhen SinaFirst Technology Co., Ltd. on the mainland, which runs the China-side operations and, where the shipment requires it, appears in the export documents such as the certificate of origin. A legal structure behind one person’s work, not a team of managers.

You may already have your suppliers. I take over the China side and run it — you approve, you stay in control. Or the suppliers are yet to be found: I source, vet, purchase, and run the order through to export.

Most of my clients buy from several suppliers at once. Where required, I act as the seller of record: I purchase from the Chinese suppliers under my company, and you receive one commercial invoice covering all the purchases, in one currency. However many suppliers and whichever currencies they work in, the payments to the factories run on my side. Goods from all suppliers come together at the warehouse and leave as one consolidated shipment. Or you pay the suppliers directly and I manage execution — either way works.

If you have your own forwarder in China, I hand the goods over to them. If not, I arrange the shipment myself — sea, air or express courier.

Contract, commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading — the documents you use for import clearance at destination. Certificate of origin where the shipment requires it. Cargo insurance is not automatic: you say whether you want it, and I arrange it. If your side needs the documents drawn up a particular way, you specify — I follow.

Every payment is followed by an updated statement of account with the related record. Where the goods pass through the warehouse, you get a warehouse report: photos, weights, packing.