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title: "About Us: On the Buyer's Side Since 2009 | China Agent"
description: Founded by Eldad Shashua in 2009. Nobody in China works only for you. We do. Face-to-face with your factories. No sourcing, no commissions.
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    - [China Supplier Control](https://www.china-agent.com/monthly-support-packages)
    - [Your own employee in China](https://www.china-agent.com/employee-in-china)
- Fixed-Price Services 
    - [Supplier Reality Check ($95)](https://www.china-agent.com/supplier-reality-check)
    - [Due Diligence](https://www.china-agent.com/due-diligence)
    - [Contracts](https://www.china-agent.com/contracts)
    - [Guided Visits](https://www.china-agent.com/guided-visits)
    - [Fixer](https://www.china-agent.com/fixer)
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 FOR US IMPORTERS BUYING FROM CHINA

# Nobody in China works only for you. We do.

### Look at who's around your factory. The factory pays its own salesman. The agent who "found" it takes a cut from the factory. Nobody in that room is paid by you.

### We are. Only you. No factory has ever paid us, and none ever will.

### Since 2009 we've sat across the table from Chinese factory owners, in Chinese, on the buyer's side. Our own people, in hubs legally registered in each city: Guangzhou, Foshan, Yiwu, Shenzhen and Jinan.

## Who we work for

US importers who already buy from a factory in China. You found the supplier. You have an order. Now you need to know two things: who really makes your goods, and whether the deal you think you have actually exists.

That's our job. Most of it is face to face.

- We [go to your factory](https://www.china-agent.com/factory-reality-check?hsLang=en) and sit with the owner, in Chinese.
- We [go with you](https://www.china-agent.com/guided-visits?hsLang=en) when you fly in.
- We negotiate for you and write [contracts under Chinese law](https://www.china-agent.com/contracts?hsLang=en), the kind a Chinese court will actually enforce.
- When a deal breaks, we [work the dispute](https://www.china-agent.com/fixer?hsLang=en) at the factory, not by email.
- We keep your [supplier records](https://www.china-agent.com/monthly-support-packages?hsLang=en) current, so when someone asks who made your goods and where, you have the answer.

Want your own person in China doing QC, design or negotiation, working under your direction? That's [Employee in China](https://www.china-agent.com/employee-in-china?hsLang=en).

We don't find factories. You bring the supplier. We stand next to you.

## Where we are

 Five hubs. Legally registered in each city. Our own people on payroll. 

- **Guangzhou**, Guangdong (since 2009)
- **Foshan**, Guangdong (since 2011)
- **Yiwu**, Zhejiang (since 2012)
- **Shenzhen**, Guangdong (since 2012)
- **Jinan**, Shandong (opened 2026)

Factory somewhere else? We can put a person there for you, anywhere in China. And we'll tell you straight what we can't see from a distance, before you pay, not after.

## Who pays us?

You do. Nobody else.

No commission from any factory. Ever. Our fee is fixed, and it doesn't move when your order does. A hundred units or ten thousand, we make the same money.

Here's why that matters. The factory makes money when you buy. The commission agent makes money when you buy. So when something goes wrong, they both have a reason to keep quiet.

We don't. We gain nothing from you buying more, or from you picking one supplier over another. When the news is bad, you hear it from us first.

**How the billing works**

- **One-off jobs:** fixed scope, fixed price. You get the report or the document, and we step out.
- **[Monthly Support](https://www.china-agent.com/monthly-support-packages?hsLang=en) and [Employee in China](https://www.china-agent.com/employee-in-china?hsLang=en):** billed monthly, because that work doesn't stop.
- **Your employee's salary and social insurance:** on your invoice at cost, line by line, plus a 10% handling fee on what we pay out in China. No markup hidden inside.

All billing runs through China Agent Ltd, Hong Kong. You can look us up.

## Who runs China Agent

I'm Eldad Shashua. I started this, and I still run it.

My first job in China was on the other side of the table. A year managing production for an Intranational company, inside a footwear manufacturing hub in Guangdong.

One afternoon I was having tea with the factory boss when an agent walked in with his client, a foreign buyer. Before they even sat down, the agent turned to the boss and said in Chinese:

*"Wǒmen de shōufèi shì měi zhǐ xié 3 yuán."*

Our fee is 3 RMB a shoe.

The client smiled and shook hands. He had no idea his own agent had just put a price on him, in front of him, at the door.

That's when I knew what buyers in China were missing. Someone in the room who works only for them.

Later that year I set up in Guangzhou to be that person. It started as Guangzhou Agent. By 2016 the work had spread past one city, and it became China Agent Ltd, Hong Kong.

Today I'm based in Singapore. Our hub managers run the hubs day to day. I'm still the one clients call when it gets serious.

Longer story: [The Eldad Method](https://www.china-agent.com/the-eldad-method?hsLang=en). Press and partnerships: [find me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eldad-shashua-36519040).

 

## China Agent and Asia Agent

Two doors, same people behind them.

**China Agent** is for buyers who already have a factory and an order. Fixed jobs, fixed prices, and monthly support on the chain you've already built.

**[Asia Agent](https://asia-agent.com)** is for bigger projects. It's end to end, often across more than one country, and I lead those myself. It started in Singapore in 2023 and bills through Asia Agent Pte Ltd.

Not sure which one you need? Start here. Most clients begin with one job or one person in China, and we prove it works before anything gets bigger. We don't jump from zero to a hundred.

Neither door finds factories for you.

## Questions buyers ask about China Agent

**What is China Agent?**

China Agent has worked on the buyer's side in China since 2009. Today it is a Hong Kong company with people in Guangzhou, Foshan, Yiwu, Shenzhen and Jinan. We work for buyers who already have a supplier. Most of the work is face to face with their factories, on contract negotiation and disputes, and on China-side supplier compliance. You pay us, and no factory does.

**Who pays China Agent?**

You do, and only you. Our fee is fixed and doesn't move with your order. We take no commission from any factory, so we gain nothing from you buying more or choosing a particular supplier.

**Does China Agent find factories?**

No. We work on the supply chain you already have. You bring the supplier, and we find out who really makes your goods and stay on your side of the deal. No sourcing, no commissions.

**Is China Agent a QC company?**

No, and we're not a design firm either. When we go to a factory, it's to find out who really makes your goods and whether the deal you think you have is real. If you hire your own employee in China through us, they can do QC work that you direct.

**Where does China Agent have people in China?**

Our hubs are Guangzhou (since 2009), Foshan (2011), Yiwu (2012), Shenzhen (2012) and Jinan (opened 2026). We can also employ someone for you anywhere else in China.

**Does China Agent handle US customs?**

No. We work on the China side: your supplier and the records behind it. Your customs broker files the entry, and the duty of reasonable care stays with you as importer of record. We don't give US customs legal advice, and nobody can promise you a CBP outcome.

**How is China Agent different from Asia Agent?**

China Agent works for buyers whose factories in China already exist, with fixed jobs and Monthly Support. Asia Agent is part of the same network and runs end-to-end projects that Eldad Shashua leads himself. No one finds factories for you.

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**Who founded China Agent?**

Eldad Shashua. He started the work in Guangzhou in November 2009, under the name Guangzhou Agent, and he still leads the company.

## Where to start

Start with the supplier you already have. A $95 [Supplier Reality Check](https://www.china-agent.com/supplier-reality-check?hsLang=en) gets you a written verdict on who you're really paying, before you wire money.

Or just tell us what's going on. The call is 30 minutes, and you'll talk to someone who does this work in China.

[Book a 30-minute call](https://www.china-agent.com/booking?hsLang=en)

[or message us on WhatsApp: +86 153 2208 6875](https://wa.me/8615322086875)

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*Fixed fees. No commissions. We work only for the importer.* 

*China Agent Ltd, Hong Kong. On the buyer's side in China since 2009, with people in Guangzhou, Foshan, Yiwu, Shenzhen and Jinan.* 

- SERVICES
- [Supplier Reality Check ($95)](https://www.china-agent.com/supplier-reality-check)
- [Due Diligence](https://www.china-agent.com/due-diligence)
- [Contracts](https://www.china-agent.com/contracts)
- [Guided Visits](https://www.china-agent.com/guided-visits)
- [Fixer](https://www.china-agent.com/fixer)
- [Monthly Support](https://www.china-agent.com/monthly-support-packages)
- [A full-time person in China working only for you](https://www.china-agent.com/employee-in-china)

- LEARN
- [Case Files](https://www.china-agent.com/case-files)
- [The Eldad Method](https://www.china-agent.com/the-eldad-method)
- [The 10 Truths](https://www.china-agent.com/the-10-truths)
- [UFLPA Detention: What CBP Wants and Your 30 Days](https://www.china-agent.com/uflpa-detention-documentation)
- [CF-28 / CF-29: When CBP Questions an Entry](https://www.china-agent.com/cf-28-response-china)
- [China Origin via Cambodia or Vietnam](https://www.china-agent.com/country-of-origin-china-vietnam)
- [CBP Detained My Shipment from China](https://www.china-agent.com/cbp-detained-shipment-china)
- [The Ten Things CBP Will Ask You to Produce](https://www.china-agent.com/blog/10-things-cbp-will-ask-you-to-produce)

- COMPANY
- [About Us](https://www.china-agent.com/about-us)
- [Contact](https://www.china-agent.com/contact-us)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.china-agent.com/privacy-policy)
- [Terms & Services](https://www.china-agent.com/terms-and-services)

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