Services
Sourcd is a Vietnam sourcing agency on a transparent commission. We find your factory, manage the quality control, and ship the container. Here is exactly what our service covers.
Our service
Sourcd is a sourcing agency. We sit between Vietnamese factories and the importers who buy from them, running the full sourcing lifecycle. That means finding the right factory for your product, vetting their quality and capacity, negotiating price and contract terms on your behalf, running quality control through production, and coordinating shipping and documentation through to your destination port.
What we are not: we do not manufacture, we do not hold inventory, and we do not own the goods. The contract is between you and the factory. We are the operator that makes the corridor work, on a transparent commission with no markup on factory prices.
Who we work with. Importers, distributors, brand owners, hotel groups, retailers, and trading houses. From first-time buyers placing one container to repeat buyers running quarterly volumes.
How we work
Here is what happens at every step, what we deliver, and what you keep control of.
What you provide: product spec or reference photo, target quantity, destination port, ideal timing.
What we deliver: a feasibility read with an indicative landed price range and a sense of whether Vietnam is the right origin for what you need.
Timeline: 48 hours from when you submit the brief.
What we deliver: a shortlist of 2 to 4 vetted Vietnamese factories that match your spec, with factory invoice estimates, MOQ, sample lead time, and a quality read on each. Every supplier has been screened for quality, capacity, and reliability.
What you provide: clarifications on spec where the factory needs more detail.
Timeline: 5 to 10 business days, depending on category.
What we deliver: samples from your selected factories, factory invoices presented separately from our commission, and confirmed pricing on the order.
What you do: review samples, decide which factory to move forward with, and lock the spec.
Timeline: 10 to 30 days for sampling, depending on category and customisation.
What we deliver: negotiation of factory terms in Vietnamese, contract structure, deposit and payment milestone scheduling, and final spec confirmation with the factory.
What you do: sign the agreement once the spec, price, and timeline are locked. Transfer the deposit to the factory per the agreed terms.
Timeline: 7 to 14 days from sample approval to signed contract.
What we deliver: pre-production sample approval, during-production inspections, pre-shipment inspection at the loading bay, freight forwarder coordination, and preparation of certificate of origin, phytosanitary or other certificates required for your destination port.
What you do: make the final payment per agreed milestones, handle customs clearance and duties at the destination, and confirm receipt.
Timeline: 30 to 90 days production plus 14 to 28 days shipping, depending on category and destination.
What's included
How we charge
We charge a commission on the order value, agreed upfront and in writing. We do not mark up factory prices. The factory invoice you see is the price the factory quoted, exactly as the supplier issued it. Our commission is the only line item we earn on.
The commission percentage depends on category, order size, and complexity. We share it at the quote stage so you can decide whether the math works for your margin before you commit.
Why this model. Most sourcing agencies make money on hidden margins inside the factory invoice. That structure incentivises them to inflate factory prices and obscure the relationship with the manufacturer. We made the opposite choice. You see the factory invoice. You see our commission. There is nothing else to find.