Factories Prox has actually bought from, in six countries.
A shortlist of vetted factories with quotes, MOQs and lead times against your specification. No commission, no markup, and every contact stays yours.
- You are paying too much and suspect there is an intermediary in the chain.
- Your current factory cannot hold quality, dates or price and you have no alternative ready.
- You want to move some volume out of China without losing your delivery window.
- You are placing a first order and have only Alibaba listings to choose from.
- You want someone to manage production day to day; that sits in the retainer.
- Your order value is under about AUD $20,000, where the search will not pay for itself.
Where the money leaks.
The default path is a marketplace listing, a WhatsApp conversation and a quote you cannot benchmark. You do not know whether you are speaking to a factory or a trading company, whether the price includes the trims you specified, whether the MOQ is real, or whether the sample you approved was made in the building that will make the bulk.
The steps, in order.
Write the specification. Fabric, construction, trims, quality standard, quantity, target landed cost and delivery window.
Build the long list. From first-hand relationships across six countries, plus verified new sources.
Qualify. Company type, capability, capacity, compliance and audit status, real MOQs, references.
Run the quote round. Same specification to every candidate so the prices are comparable.
Negotiate. Price, MOQ, payment terms, sampling cost, lead time.
Hand over the shortlist. Five factories, ranked, with quotes and contacts. You email them directly from day one.
- A written product specification a factory can quote against
- Five qualified factories with company details and direct contacts
- A comparison table of quotes, MOQs, lead times and payment terms
- Compliance and audit status where available
- Sampling plan and costs
- A recommendation with reasoning, including who not to use and why
Direct factories built across India, China, Bangladesh and Vietnam at Koovs
Supplier Search, AUD $3,900 inc GST per product category, typically four to six weeks. Multi-category and multi-country searches are quoted as the Category Rebuild at AUD $9,800 inc GST.
Answered plainly.
No. Prox is paid only by you. There is no commission on your FOB, no markup on quotes and no referral fee. This is structurally true because Prox is buyer-side, not an agent.
Then the work is usually a benchmark rather than a replacement. Knowing what two comparable factories would charge changes your next conversation, whether or not you move.
Business registration, capability match, capacity check, client references, audit certificates where they exist, and a video walk-through of the floor before any sample is commissioned.
It depends on fabric, construction, quantity and how fast you need it. India suits embroidery and smaller runs. China suits complexity and speed. Bangladesh suits volume knits. Vietnam suits outerwear. Turkey suits denim and short lead times.