03 of 03 · A factory is asking for a deposit

A check before you pay

The company, the certificates and the price checked before you send money.

Four checks before the deposit
  • The companyA factory or a trading company, and who owns it.
  • The certificatesIssued to this company, for this site and product, and still valid.
  • The priceAgainst other factories, on the same specification.
  • The termsDeposit, inspection rights, defects, a late or short shipment.

Hielux Advisory is a Singapore firm that finds and checks factories across Asia and negotiates for buyers.

About Hielux

Before you send a deposit, we check who the company is, whether its certificates were issued to it for that product, and how the price compares with other factories. We mark the terms that would leave you exposed.

How you pay for this
  • By the day: $1,200 for eight hours of work.
  • Most checks take one or two days. You send the quote, the certificates and the specification.
  • The company can be checked from records alone, or by contacting the factory under our name as well.

Send us one product, or book a call.

What you get

A written answer on the company, the price and the terms, with the evidence behind each point and the changes we would ask for before you pay.

When something else fits better

If the supplier is already checked and you only want a better price, go to the price work.

Recent results · September 2026

Savings found, project by project

Projects for a European distributor that buys more than $1 million a year. For each, we got factory prices. Client and products are withheld.

Subject to your own volume and current purchasing price.

What the client pays today The factory price we got

17% less$91,000

27% less$147,000

33% less$45,000

38% less$84,000

Common questions

Do you contact the factory that sent the quote?

Only if you ask us to. We start with registers and records. Any contact with the factory is made under Hielux's name.

What if the quote is from a trading company?

We tell you, and we name the factory behind it if we can identify it.

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Send us one product

We show you the range factories ask today for a product like it, within two business days. No cost, and nothing to sign.

  1. 01You send one product
  2. 02We check the market
  3. 03We show you, within two business days
  4. 04You decide what happens next