Sorva
One-off service

China factory visit in Guangdong

One factory, a day on site, a dated photo and video report.

€249Excluding tax

per factory visited

Launch pricing until December 31, 2026Lead timeWithin 10 working days
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An online profile and a helpful sales contact prove nothing about the workshop behind them.

  • We go there, we film the machines running, the raw material and the inspection benches, and we hand you a dated report you can put in front of the supplier.
  • We can travel the day after you order: our management lives in Guangzhou.
What you receive
  • A dated written report: the address we actually found, who we met, what we saw.
  • Captioned photographs: frontage, workshops, machines, raw material, finished goods, despatch area.
  • One continuous unedited video of the workshop running.
  • A record of the visible: production lines, headcount observed, certificates on display, storage capacity.
  • Our written verdict: what looked solid, what looked weak, what we would check again before ordering.
Included
  • Travel from Guangzhou and back, anywhere in Guangdong province.
  • As long as it takes on site: we do not leave before seeing your lines.
  • The conversation with the workshop in Mandarin, handled by our Chinese-speaking team.
  • An identity check on the spot: signage, real address, match with the business licence.
  • Your questions, asked on site and answered one by one in the report.
Not included
  • Quality control on a finished batch: that is the pre-shipment inspection.
  • Laboratory testing and audits issued by an accredited body.
  • Factories outside Guangdong: those come under the outside-Guangdong visit.
  • A refund once we have travelled: the service is owed as soon as the trip is made, and a documented failure report counts as delivery.
What you send us
  • The factory name and address, or a link to its online profile.
  • The product concerned and, if you have one, the quotation you received.
  • The three to five points you want checked on site.
After payment
  1. 01
    Within the hour

    Acknowledgement and a list of anything missing before we travel.

  2. 02
    Within 24 hours

    Our Chinese-speaking team contacts the factory and proposes a date.

  3. 03
    On the day

    First photographs sent from the workshop floor, before the report.

  4. 04
    Within 10 working days

    Full report, captioned photographs and video.

When it applies

  • An attractive quotation from a supplier nobody in your company has met.
  • Two factories answering your enquiry identically: the workshop settles it.
  • A long-standing supplier that has changed address, name or story.

Who carries it out

Led by Sorva's management, European and based in Guangzhou, with our Chinese-speaking team talking to the workshop in its own language. Report written in English.

Frequently asked

01Do you tell the factory you are coming?
Yes, by default: an announced visit opens the workshops and the offices. If you would rather we arrived unannounced, say so when ordering and the report will note it.
02How fast can you actually go?
We can travel the day after your order. The ten working days quoted cover the factory's response time and the writing of the report.
03What if the factory refuses us entry?
You receive a documented failure report: what we saw from outside and how we read the refusal. The service is still owed, because a refusal is itself information worth paying for.
04Is this a quality inspection?
No. A visit tells you who you are dealing with and what the workshop can do. Checking a finished batch before it ships is a separate service.

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