Supplier Intelligence Platform - Chinese Supplier Check & Verification Tool
Evaluate suppliers by running registry lookups, review company records, analyze export history, and identify risk signals, without on-site inspection
Chaperon aggregates registry data, shipment records, and verification insights to help you evaluate suppliers with greater transparency.
Free to start • Explore before making decisions
You find a product. The price looks right. The supplier has good reviews, a verified badge, and responds fast. Everything seems to be in order. (pun intended)
Then reality hits. They suddenly want you to do wire transfer. The bulk order doesn't match the sample. Suddenly the shipping costs more than quoted. The "factory" turns out to be a trader with a 30% markup baked in. And the agent you trusted? They're working for the supplier, not for you.
You start to wonder if the supplier is a scammer
What we eventually learn the hard way
They may indicate platform participation, but they do not always confirm manufacturing capability or product quality.
Shipping, handling, customs, agent margins, etc. The real landed cost is rarely what the listing shows, and often times they inform you the extra costs only before you buy.
Some sourcing agents work closely with preferred suppliers. They often times get commissions from suppliers, and may not be incentivized to find you the best deal.
Supplier listings sometimes show production facilities that are not owned or directly operated by the seller.
Buyer experiences, warning signals, and dispute reports often appear across forums and private groups. Most buyers only come across them after the decision is already made.
We built Chaperon because this information should exist in one place, before you decide, not after.
Go beyond Alibaba
Use Sourcing Discovery to explore domestic factories (1688 and Taobao) and real pricing, revealing options you won’t see on Alibaba.
Use Unified Search to quickly assess whether a supplier is even worth considering, bringing together registry data, export history, legal signals, and reports in one place.
Try Unified Search →Use Landed Cost Calculator to see your real margin before moving forward, understand all the costs and fees involved and more.
Crunch the Numbers →Move forward with suppliers that pass your initial screening, supported by verified sourcing agents.
Each step feeds the next. By the end, you're not reacting - you're selecting.
Most inspections answer "what did someone see that day?"
Chaperon answers "who you are actually dealing with, across records, shipments, disputes, and time, before making decisions."
Smart buyers don’t choose one over the other.
They use Chaperon first - to filter risk - then inspections later, only on suppliers worth visiting.
"We don't ask you to trust a sales pitch — we show you the data behind the supplier."
"Chaperon started with a simple frustration — there was no neutral place to check if a supplier was real. So we built one."
Shaped by experience across Hong Kong, the U.S., and mainland China, I understand cross-border trade firsthand. I’ve seen how miscommunication, inconsistent quality, and pricing tactics derail growing businesses. We built this platform to bring real transparency to global trade, helping serious SMEs and dropshippers filter risk and scale with confidence.
I spent 5 years in China building my own ecom brand from scratch — and still run it today. Along the way I encountered everything this market throws at you — bad suppliers, hidden fees, agents with their own agenda, and margins that looked nothing like what I'd calculated. Chaperon is what I wish had existed when I started.
| Explorer | Insider | Chaperoned | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplier checks (search & preview) | Limited daily | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Full supplier data (registry, export, risk signals) | Preview only | Full access | Full access |
| Supplier lookup (deep check) | $14.99 each | 2 included + $4.99 after | Included |
| Domestic factory verification results | Limited | Full access | Full access |
| Landed cost calculation | Limited uses | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Guided sourcing support | — | — | Coming soon |