See what your order
will really cost.
Drop in the invoice your supplier just sent. In under a minute you’ll see which of the eight shipping cost stages you are paying for, what the quote leaves out, and the fourteen terms a complete invoice should contain. Then draft the NNN and tooling agreement to send back, in English and Chinese.
5 free every month. No card. Not a law firm or a customs broker.
Six lines that decide what you actually pay.
None of these look alarming on a one-page invoice, and every one of them is worth real money on a single container. Erina checks all six, plus eight more, on every proforma invoice you drop in. The same fourteen checks every time, so two quotes are actually comparable.
EXW instead of FOB
Three letters that move eight cost stages onto you. The cheaper quote is usually the dearer one.
A payee that is not the supplier
The invoice is from one company, the bank details name another. The classic deposit-fraud signature.
Tooling with no ownership clause
You pay for the mould. Many factories treat it as theirs, and you cannot move production.
Lead time from nowhere
"30 days" counted from a date nobody agreed. On a February order that usually means after Chinese New Year.
Balance due before shipment
Your unpaid balance is the only leverage you have to get defects fixed. This clause asks you to give it up first.
Your supplier's HS code
A Chinese export code is not a US import code. Use theirs and the penalty is yours, not theirs.
Read it, cost it, send your own paper back.
A customs broker will not read your supplier contract. A lawyer will not price your freight. Most first orders get placed on a quote nobody checked and an agreement nobody wrote. This is the thing in between.
What the quote leaves out
Supplier quotes arrive as scanned PDFs, Excel files and WeChat screenshots. Erina reads all of them, scores the invoice against fourteen points, and shows which of the eight shipping stages the price covers and which are yours.
Landed cost, to the unit
Goods, freight, duty, Section 301, the two customs fees, brokerage and drayage, divided by your units. Compare two suppliers on what they actually land at rather than the number on the quote. Export the sheet as PDF or Word for your bookkeeper.
The paper you send back
An NNN agreement in English and Chinese, because a Chinese court works from the Chinese text. A tooling schedule, because paying for a mould does not make it yours. A tech pack a factory can quote from. Revise as many times as you like for free, then download as PDF or Word.
Built for the brand placing its third order.
Apparel and streetwear labels. Homeware and ceramics. Bags and accessories. Supplements. Anyone importing from Alibaba, a sourcing agent or a factory they found themselves, without a compliance team and without a lawyer on retainer.
- Proforma invoices and supplier quotes
- Commercial invoices and packing lists
- NNN and manufacturing agreements
- Tooling and mould ownership terms
- Tech packs and specifications
- Bills of lading and customs entries
- Inspection reports
- Anything a factory sends you to sign
Three steps, before the deposit goes out.
Drop the invoice in
Drag the PDF, paste the Excel, or photograph the page. It reads scans and screenshots, so whatever your supplier actually sent will work.
See what it really costs
Fourteen checks on the invoice, the eight cost stages split between you and the supplier, and a landed cost per unit once you add your broker's duty rate.
Send your own paper back
A bilingual NNN with a tooling clause, and a tech pack the factory can quote from. Downloaded as PDF or Word, ready to send.
Your next quote arrives this week.
Know what it costs before you wire the deposit. Five documents a month, free, no card. One wrong Incoterm caught pays for a year of this several times over.
Erina is not a law firm or a licensed customs broker. Read the disclaimer