For factories · 面向工厂 · Free to list

Shenzhen
22.54° N · 114.06° E
Los Angeles
34.05° N · 118.24° W

Western buyers, directly.No listing fee.

Meridian8 matches brand owners in the United States, Canada and Europe with factories that specialise in what they want to make. Listing is free. The buyer talks to you, not to a trading company.

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Great-circle routes, your factory to the brandYour factoryBuyers

We match you. We are not a marketplace.

01The problem

The buyer never learns your name.

Between your factory and a Western brand sit trading companies, agents and marketplaces. Each takes margin, and most of them keep the buyer from knowing who actually makes the product.

Your factory

What sits between you and the buyer today

  • Trading company
  • Sourcing agent
  • Marketplace listing
  • Platform fees
  • Listing ads
  • Importer
  • Wholesaler
  • Distributor
  • Retailer
  • Translation layer
Western brand

You already make the product. The relationship should be yours too.

Ten layers, one buyer.
02How it works

Four steps from listing to buyer.

Free to list. Buyers arrive verified. You keep the conversation.

From your factory to a Western brandSchematic
  1. 01Register
    Free, no listing fee
  2. 02Your products
    Categories you specialise in
  3. 03English contact
    One named person
  4. 04Matched
    Verified buyers in your category
  5. 05Direct line
    You and the buyer

Free

01

Register free

Tell us what you make and where you are. There is no listing fee and no commission. Meridian8 is paid by buyers.

Required

02

Name an English-speaking contact

Every listed factory names one person who handles enquiries in English. If you already sell on Alibaba, you likely have one.

Verified

03

Get matched

When a verified buyer wants a product in your category, we introduce them to you. Buyers verify their identity before they see any factory.

Direct

04

Talk directly

Quotes, samples and production happen between you and the buyer. We are not in the conversation and take nothing from the order.

03What buyers come for

Four kinds of work buyers bring.

Brand owners arrive with a category and a plan. These are the jobs they are looking to place.

01

New brand runs

A first production run for a brand that is starting out, with repeat orders if it sells.

02

Custom products

The buyer's design and spec, built by a factory with the right capability.

03

White-label

A product you already make, sold under the buyer's brand.

04

Dropship supply

Buyers who want a direct line to the factory behind a product they sell.

04Why list

Keep the margin. Meet the buyer.

On a marketplace you pay for placement and still compete with a thousand listings. Through a trading company you never meet the buyer. Meridian8 is free for factories and introduces you to verified buyers in your category.

Traditional
  1. Your factory
  2. Trading company
  3. Importer
  4. Distributor
  5. Brand

Margin taken at every step. The brand never learns who made the product.

Meridian8
  1. Your factory
  2. Meridian8 match
  3. Brand

One introduction. Then you and the brand talk directly.

We match you. We are not a marketplace.

Free to list

No listing fee, no commission. Buyers pay.

Verified buyers

Buyers verify their identity before they see a factory.

Nothing new exposed

If you list on Alibaba, your catalog is already public. Here it reaches buyers who want to deal direct.

Not a marketplace.

A marketplace sells placement and leaves you to compete with everyone. Meridian8 routes a buyer to the few factories that specialise in their category, then leaves the conversation to you.

  • 01

    Routed by specialty

    You are matched for what you actually make, not for keywords.

  • 02

    Buyers, not browsers

    Introductions come from buyers who verified who they are and said what they want.

  • 03

    Your name, your customer

    The brand knows it is working with you. Repeat orders are yours.

05In person

We come to the factory.

Recruiting cannot be done from a laptop in another hemisphere. Our team travels to China to meet factories in person, walk production lines and understand what each one is genuinely good at. That is how we know who to match.

Where we visitPearl River Delta · Zhejiang
112°E116°E120°E20°N24°N28°N32°NTO WESTERN BUYERSShenzhenGuangzhouDongguanYiwu

Plotted to scale by latitude and longitude

  • 22.54° N 114.06° E

    Shenzhen

    深圳

    Electronics & hardware

  • 23.13° N 113.26° E

    Guangzhou

    广州

    Apparel & consumer goods

  • 23.02° N 113.75° E

    Dongguan

    东莞

    Precision manufacturing

  • 29.31° N 120.08° E

    Yiwu

    义乌

    Small commodities

Meetings in Mandarin or English. WeChat for day-to-day.

  • In-person visit

    We see the line, not a listing photo.

  • Capability notes

    Capacity, QC, certifications and lead times, so buyers arrive informed.

  • Specialty on record

    What you actually make, so introductions fit.

  • Built for repeat orders

    Structured for a working relationship, not one enquiry.

Wait list

List your factory. Free.

Meridian8 is in private build. Tell us what you make and we will contact you when buyers in your category are ready.

Your details are not shown to buyers until a match is made.