{
  "name": "FoshanBuild trust center",
  "page": "https://foshanbuild.com/trust/",
  "files": [
    {
      "title": "Buyer checklist",
      "url": "https://foshanbuild.com/trust/buyer-protection-checklist.txt",
      "format": "TXT",
      "description": "A checklist for the first reply, deposit stage, balance payment, and shipment handoff."
    },
    {
      "title": "Structured trust notes",
      "url": "https://foshanbuild.com/trust/trust-center.json",
      "format": "JSON",
      "description": "A structured version of the payment, record, and handoff checks."
    }
  ],
  "first_reply_standards": [
    {
      "title": "Is this worth doing from China?",
      "description": "We look at order size, timeline, country, product mix, and installation needs before pushing the route forward."
    },
    {
      "title": "What is still missing?",
      "description": "Drawings, room list, sizes, finishes, budget, trade term, local delivery condition, installer responsibility, or compliance questions."
    },
    {
      "title": "Where can it go wrong?",
      "description": "Price gaps, certification issues, breakage risk, wrong finish, wrong accessories, or local installation problems."
    },
    {
      "title": "What is the next step?",
      "description": "Build a schedule, review a supplier quote, request samples, compare factories, or stop and source locally."
    }
  ],
  "before_deposit_checks": [
    "One room-by-room schedule exists for the confirmed scope.",
    "Product photos, dimensions, material, finish, quantity, and room tags are recorded.",
    "Quote basis is separated: EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP, packing, inland trucking, freight, tax, local delivery, and installation guidance.",
    "Critical samples, drawings, colors, hardware, glass, stone, or fabric decisions are documented.",
    "Payment milestone, balance-payment proof, replacement responsibility, and production timeline are clear.",
    "Packing method, fragile handling, label rules, and CBM estimate are not ignored."
  ],
  "payment_boundaries": [
    {
      "title": "Service fee is separate",
      "description": "Buying and coordination fees should not be confused with product value, freight, duties, tax, insurance, inspection, or local delivery."
    },
    {
      "title": "If the order does not proceed",
      "description": "If the project does not move into purchase or no order is completed, only the actual working days already used are charged."
    },
    {
      "title": "Avoid full upfront payment",
      "description": "For higher-value mixed orders, payment should follow scope confirmation, production proof, QC, packing, and handoff evidence."
    },
    {
      "title": "Supplier risk can be checked, not erased",
      "description": "No buying agent can make every supplier risk disappear. The value is comparison, records, and stopping weak routes early."
    },
    {
      "title": "Third-party work stays third-party",
      "description": "Freight forwarders, customs brokers, local installers, engineers, and certification bodies need their own confirmation where required."
    }
  ],
  "cases_that_may_not_fit": [
    "The order is too small after freight, tax, and local delivery are included.",
    "The deadline is too urgent for samples, production, QC, and shipping.",
    "The category is highly regulated in the destination market and the buyer has no local compliance support.",
    "The project needs heavy local installation or engineering but no qualified local installer is involved.",
    "The buyer only wants the absolute cheapest option and does not want records, samples, or quality control."
  ],
  "process_records": "Planning cases and sample records show the type of scope, inspection, packing, and handoff information buyers should expect during a mixed order.",
  "limitations": "FoshanBuild is not a guaranteed customs, tax, certification, structural engineering, or local code compliance provider.",
  "updated": "2026-06-20"
}