1688 Before-Payment Checklist
Tick through supplier, product match, MOQ, packaging, customs, and evidence checks before you pay a 1688 supplier.
Saved on this device; supplier claims are not evidence
Before-payment workspace
Record what is proven before you pay
Product clue
Find and confirm the product for this before-payment record
Use a link, image or product name. The confirmed product anchors this checklist, but it does not mark evidence received, verify the supplier or approve payment.
Needs evidence. 0 of 19 evidence items received. Collect the missing evidence before continuing to Product Check.
Confidence, evidence, and payment-boundary details
Decision summary
Checklist progress records buyer-selected evidence states. It is not operator verification, payment approval, supplier quality assurance, or customs clearance.
More information needed
- Confidence
- Low
- Basis
- Input completeness
- Ruleset
- Before-payment checklist · version 2
- Input status
- Incomplete
- Ruleset status
- Not applicable
- Evidence status
- Missing
- Provider
- Available
Missing information
- Visible company name and business scope
- Shop history, transaction record, and response behavior
- Payment stays on-platform (no personal-account transfer)
- Willing to share samples, certificates, or production photos
- Material, function, and variant match your target product
- Source-match the URL, screenshot, or keyword to the right listing
- Certificates needed for your category are available
- Supplier MOQ vs your first-order quantity
- Whether MOQ applies per SKU, color, or size
- First-batch cash exposure against expected margin
- Carton dimensions, weight, and CBM / volumetric weight
- Air vs sea vs consolidation route fit
- Receiving, prep, and 3PL/FBA handoff readiness
- HS / HTS / TARIC code and covered products
- Destination import duty and VAT/GST (official-source, not a fixed rate)
- Who pays freight and duty under the Incoterm (FOB, DDP)
- Restricted-product, platform, and carrier review
- Batteries, liquids, magnets, branded/IP, child or food-contact risk
- China receiving photos and warehouse evidence plan
Evidence needed
- Visible company name and business scope
- Shop history, transaction record, and response behavior
- Payment stays on-platform (no personal-account transfer)
- Willing to share samples, certificates, or production photos
- Material, function, and variant match your target product
- Source-match the URL, screenshot, or keyword to the right listing
- Certificates needed for your category are available
- Supplier MOQ vs your first-order quantity
- Whether MOQ applies per SKU, color, or size
- First-batch cash exposure against expected margin
- Carton dimensions, weight, and CBM / volumetric weight
- Air vs sea vs consolidation route fit
- Receiving, prep, and 3PL/FBA handoff readiness
- HS / HTS / TARIC code and covered products
- Destination import duty and VAT/GST (official-source, not a fixed rate)
- Who pays freight and duty under the Incoterm (FOB, DDP)
- Restricted-product, platform, and carrier review
- Batteries, liquids, magnets, branded/IP, child or food-contact risk
- China receiving photos and warehouse evidence plan
Questions to answer
- What evidence supports Visible company name and business scope?
- What evidence supports Shop history, transaction record, and response behavior?
- What evidence supports Payment stays on-platform (no personal-account transfer)?
- What evidence supports Willing to share samples, certificates, or production photos?
- What evidence supports Material, function, and variant match your target product?
- What evidence supports Source-match the URL, screenshot, or keyword to the right listing?
- What evidence supports Certificates needed for your category are available?
- What evidence supports Supplier MOQ vs your first-order quantity?
Assumptions
- Buyer-reported checklist state
Next action
Collect the missing evidence before continuing to Product Check.
Before-payment decision
What this checklist should decide before you pay
The goal is not to collect every possible supplier detail. The goal is to know whether the product can move forward, needs supplier evidence, needs a sample, or should stop.
Supplier
Confirm you are paying a real, traceable supplier — not a thin reseller or a scam.
Product match
Confirm the listing is really your product, not just a similar photo.
Customs & landed cost
Confirm duty, VAT/GST, and the HS code — these change the real cost.
Do not pay yet if these fields are still missing
Missing supplier, package, SKU, customs, or restricted-goods evidence is not a small detail. It changes cost, route, and payment risk.
Payment risk
Payment stays on-platform (no personal-account transfer)
Wrong product risk
Material, function, and variant match your target product
Shipping cost risk
Carton dimensions, weight, and CBM / volumetric weight
Restricted-product risk
Batteries, liquids, magnets, branded/IP, child or food-contact risk
Copy-paste messages that collect the evidence
Most checklist items are answered by the supplier — if you ask the right way. Send the Chinese version on 1688 chat; the translation shows you what it says.
Ask for the business license & certificates
Before any payment — confirms you're dealing with a real company.
Chinese · paste this into 1688 chat
你好，我们是海外采购商，下单前需要核实贵司资质。方便发一下营业执照和这款产品的相关认证（如质检报告）吗？谢谢。
English · what it says
Hello, we are an overseas buyer. Before ordering we need to verify your company. Could you share your business license and any certificates or test reports for this product? Thank you.
Ask for carton data (for freight quotes)
Before requesting any shipping quote — freight needs real numbers.
Chinese · paste this into 1688 chat
请问这款产品的装箱数据方便发一下吗？需要外箱尺寸（长宽高）、单箱毛重、每箱装多少个，我们要计算国际运费。
English · what it says
Could you send the packing data for this product? We need the carton dimensions (L×W×H), gross weight per carton, and units per carton to calculate international freight.
Ask about samples before bulk
When photos can't prove material or build quality.
Chinese · paste this into 1688 chat
我们想先拿样品确认品质，再下批量订单。请问样品怎么收费？后续下大货的话样品费可以抵扣吗？
English · what it says
We'd like to check a sample before placing a bulk order. What is the sample cost, and can it be credited against the bulk order later?
Ask for real photos & stock status
When the listing photos look like renders or stock images.
Chinese · paste this into 1688 chat
方便发几张产品和包装的实拍照片吗？另外想确认一下现货库存情况，和详情页是否一致。
English · what it says
Could you send a few real photos of the product and its packaging? We'd also like to confirm current stock matches the listing.
Use the next tool for the weak point
Each checklist group links to the Supplymo tool that can turn a weak field into a before-payment decision.
Boundary before supplier payment
Supplymo gives a manual review path, quote preparation, and official-source checks where relevant. It does not guarantee supplier reliability, customs clearance, delivery time, a fixed duty or tax rate, or a final quote before the missing evidence is visible.
The first check is free — a full written report is $29. See a sample report