Yiwu, China · Team sourcing since 2015

About Milebond

Your sourcing partner, built by people who've actually bought from Yiwu — and know what it takes to get your product right, on time, and at a price that makes sense.

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Amazon brands supported by our team

6,900+

Suppliers screened by our team

54,930+

SKUs benchmarked by our team

2015

The year our team started sourcing

We built the company we wished we could have worked with.

Back in 2015, our founder was running an Amazon store from a small warehouse in Hangzhou. She had a design for a set of paper greeting cards, found what looked like a solid factory on 1688, paid the deposit — and six weeks later got a container full of units that looked nothing like the sample. The factory had quietly switched materials and cut corners.

Years later, working inside a trading partnership, the same problem came back in a different form. Sample fees sat above cost. Freight carried a markup nobody explained. Samples passed and production didn't. Factory visits were staged to impress rather than inform. Improvement proposals that would have cut a client's cost — and our rebate — quietly went nowhere.

We could see exactly what a client should have been paying. We just were not allowed to charge it. So we left, with the team that felt the same way, and set our own rules: fee separate from cost, no rebate income, and the person who quotes your order also runs it.

How we're paid

Our fee is the only thing we add.

Three numbers, shown as three lines. If a factory offers us a rebate, it goes to you or it does not happen.

Line 1

Factory price

The price on the factory's own quotation, with the specification it applies to.

Line 2

Forwarder invoice

The carrier's invoice as we receive it. No hidden freight margin, no "handling" line.

Line 3

Our fee

A stated percentage or flat fee, agreed before we start. That is the whole margin.

Standards

What we won't do

Accountability

What you can hold us to

What you may have seen What we do instead
Sample fees marked up as "handling"Samples at cost; the fee is credited against your first order.
Freight with an unexplained markupForwarder invoice shared; our fee is a separate line.
Samples that pass, production that doesn'tSample pulled from the production line; pre-shipment inspection against the sealed sample.
Factory visits staged to impressVisit notes with photos and a "what this factory cannot do" section.
Improvements shelved to protect a rebateCosted options, including the ones that reduce our fee.
One quote, no comparison3–5 factory quotes by default; you see the spread.

Hold us to these. If we miss one, tell us — and we will tell you what it cost.

What makes us different

Four things you won't get from a random agent or a 1688 middleman.

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Every factory passes a 27-point on-site audit

Fire safety, electrical certifications, tooling capacity, QC staff count, export license — we check it all in person before we recommend a factory. Audit reports are yours to share.

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Zero kickbacks. Flat transparent fee.

We show you the real factory price + our 3–8% fee on every quote. No hidden margins, no under-the-table payments. What you see is what you pay.

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Your mold, your design — protected in writing

Before any tooling starts, we sign a simple IP agreement: the mold, the design, and the tooling deposit are yours. No factory can re-sell your product to someone else.

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Your own WhatsApp account manager

No ticket system, no chatbot. One human on the ground in Yiwu who answers your messages within 24 hours — in English.

Have a product idea? Let's build it together.

Tell us what you want to make. We'll get you a quote in 48 hours, share the audit results, and walk you through sampling — no obligation.