Your goods
Factory price, no markup. You see the unit price and the quantity on every quote.
Pricing
One price to your door, shown before you pay a cent.
Every quote is one figure to your door in EUR or USD: goods, freight and our fee, with import VAT and duty shown separately before you pay. No second invoice for what we quoted.
Our fee
10%
of the order, minimum EUR 150 on a first order, EUR 300 after that
- Vetted factories compared for you
- Samples before bulk
- Warehouse check in China with photos
- Customs paperwork arranged for your shipment
If we miss what we quoted, we reship or refund our fee.
Freight and purchasing
At cost, shown on the quote. Import VAT and duty are paid by you as importer; we tell you the amount to expect.
What a first order looks like
300 caps at EUR 6.50 per unit
- Goods
- EUR 1,950.00
- China purchasing and handling (2 percent)
- EUR 39.00
- Freight to Amsterdam
- EUR 180.00
- Equilinq fee (10 percent)
- EUR 195.00
- Request fee credit
- EUR -49.00
- Total
- EUR 2,315.00
Compliance pack, EUR 250 to 500 per order
CE or GPSR file for your product as made, the EU responsible person named on the label, import VAT and EORI explained, label check before printing, test reports reviewed. If customs stops your shipment for paperwork we handled, we fix it at our cost.
Compliance packSubmitting a request is free. When we start the supplier search we charge EUR 49, credited in full if you order within 90 days. Free for returning clients and product-link requests.
Start your requestDetails for larger orders and prototyping
Fee bands
Marginal bands on goods value. Minimum EUR 150 on your first order, EUR 300 after that.
| Goods value | Service fee |
|---|---|
| First EUR 10,000 | 10% |
| EUR 10,000 to 50,000 | 8% |
| Above EUR 50,000 | 6% |
Samples: at cost plus EUR 150. Custom packaging and labelling are quoted per project. Import VAT and duty, new certification testing and factory visits are not included.
Prototyping
Priced in stages.
Every hardware project is different, so we price it in stages. You always know the price of the next stage before it starts.
Production readiness audit
We review your design files or prototype for manufacturability, cost drivers, parts availability and compliance gaps, and give you a written plan for the first run.
Fixed price per project.
Fixed price, quoted after a 30-minute call
Prototype build
Engineering samples or a small prototype series built with Chinese partners, with design changes tracked between rounds.
Priced per project after the audit.
Quoted per project after the audit
Production bridge
Tooling, the first production run and the factory hand-over, managed with the same itemised quote as Sourcing.
Priced per project.
Quoted per project; production orders then follow the Sourcing price list
How it works
Four steps to a first price
- 01Book a 30-minute call.
- 02Send your files or prototype.
- 03Get a fixed price for the audit.
- 04Each next stage is quoted before it starts.
How payment works
- 01
Quote approved
You approve the itemised quote: goods, our fee, purchasing and freight.
Nothing paid yet.
- 02
One invoice
One invoice per accepted quote, paid by bank transfer. Samples have their own quote and invoice.
You pay once.
- 03
Factory order placed
We pay the factory. Goods are checked at our warehouse in China before they ship.
We pay the factory.
- 04
Delivered as promised
Goods ship to you. What you pay us matches the quote.
Duties and import VAT are yours.
Samples are quoted and invoiced on their own. The EUR 49 request fee is credited as described above.
Three ways to buy from China
Alibaba
- What it costs
- Free
- What you do yourself
- Find, vet and chase the factory, handle paperwork
- Quality check
- Your own arrangement
- EU paperwork
- Yours
- Invoice
- Pay each seller
Sourcing agent
- What it costs
- Typically 3 to 10 percent, usually from about USD 5,000 of goods
- What you do yourself
- Brief the agent, check the work
- Quality check
- Sometimes, extra cost
- EU paperwork
- Rarely
- Invoice
- Agent plus factory
Equilinq
- What it costs
- 10 percent service fee on your first order, minimum EUR 150; freight and purchasing at cost; import VAT and duties paid by you
- What you do yourself
- Approve the quote and the sample photos
- Quality check
- Every order checked with photos at our warehouse in China
- EU paperwork
- Included for electronics with the compliance pack, standard documents for other goods
- Invoice
- One invoice from a European-run company
If you are comfortable buying on Alibaba yourself, you do not need us. We are for your first production run and for anything that needs EU paperwork.
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