Sourcing to final delivery: how a shipment moves

The six stages

Sourcing, supplier pickup, freight, customs brokerage, DDP, and final delivery. Most importing problems happen at a handoff between them: the forwarder books without the paperwork, the broker gets documents the day the vessel lands, and the trucker was never told what is in the container. Running the stages as one chain removes those gaps.

1. Sourcing and supplier pickup

We find and vet suppliers for the product you want, or deal with the supplier you already use. Then we collect the goods from the factory and consolidate orders from several suppliers into one shipment. See sourcing and supplier verification.

2. Freight

Ocean FCL and LCL, air, and express, booked and tracked, with the export documents prepared alongside the booking rather than after it.

3. Customs brokerage

The entry is filed, the goods are classified, duty is calculated and paid, and agency requirements are handled for the importer of record. Customs clearance on its own is welcome, including cargo already at the port.

4. DDP and final delivery

DDP means one all-in delivered price covering freight, duty, taxes, and clearance, so you pay once instead of paying a forwarder, a broker, a duty bill, and a trucker separately. Then the goods are trucked to your warehouse, your store, or Amazon.

DDP Advantage is the bundled version: verified factory sourcing, full customs clearance, and all import duties in one flat, guaranteed rate, with the compliance handled and the cargo delivered straight to your facility.

• Door-to-door import from China
• Customs brokerage
• DDP shipping

Start where you need help

You do not have to use every stage. Plenty of importers start with clearance alone and keep their own freight and suppliers. Others hand over the whole chain from the factory floor. Both work, and you can add stages as the relationship develops.

Built for businesses that import on a schedule

We work with businesses that move physical goods: importers and distributors, wholesalers and retailers, Amazon and FBA sellers, e-commerce and private-label brands, furniture and home decor companies, apparel and fashion labels, construction-material suppliers, manufacturers bringing in components or raw materials, and industrial and automotive-parts companies. Any product category works, as long as it is physical commercial goods. That is where our door-to-door service pays off: we plan the freight, clear customs, and deliver, shipment after shipment. See who we work with.