China sourcing intelligence, verification systems & negotiation tools for e-commerce founders.
🌐 Read everything at assassinationss.github.io — the Sol Research Desk hub: 4 free deep guides + the Playbook.
I publish the systems that keep importers from getting burned — open-source toolkits, checklists, and field-tested templates.
| What it is | Link | |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 | The China Sourcing Playbook 2026 — 25 templates to verify suppliers, negotiate like a local & never get burned | Product page |
| 🧰 | Awesome China Sourcing — open-source supplier verification toolkit: VERIFY system, red flags, Incoterms, free email templates | Repo |
Simplified Chinese docs contributor — native-speaker review & translation:
- toss/react-simplikit — finished the repo's entire zh-Hans roadmap: 15 API pages translated (#525) plus a 30-page CJK typography sweep (#524)
- Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub — native review of the Chinese README and site copy (#519, #520)
- open-data-brazil/br-validators — aligned docs with official validation vectors (#46)
More in transit: NeTEx transit-data fixes (#1082, approved) and a zh translation skill for shadcn-labs (#27).
New to sourcing from China? Read the VERIFY system first — six steps that filter out 95% of bad suppliers before money moves.
- v1.0.0 released — the complete verification toolkit, tagged & versioned
- 🧮 Free interactive tools — Landed Cost Calculator (FOB + freight + duty + VAT, true per-unit cost) · Supplier Red-Flag Checker (score any supplier in 3 minutes) · CNY 2027 Deadline Calculator (last safe order date before the real factory shutdown — Feb 6, 11 days early)
- 5 deep guides — Verify a supplier (6 steps) · Supplier phrases bilingual decoder · Read a Chinese business license · Pay safely (instruments & scam patterns) · Alibaba vs 1688
- Weekly Q&A — ask anything about sourcing from China, I answer in-thread
- ⚡ September window: $12 until Oct 1 (then $19) — email
assassinationss@163.comwith subject Playbook · or subject Sample for the free pack (2 AI prompts + claim template)
- Alibaba vs 1688 in 2026: Where Smart Importers Actually Buy — the honest comparison: prices, MOQs, scam recovery
- How to Read a Chinese Business License (and Spot a Fake Supplier) — the line-by-line decoding of the single highest-leverage document in sourcing
- How to Verify a Chinese Supplier: The 6-Step System — the VERIFY framework, start to finish
- The GitHub-Only Monetization Stack — how this product line runs on GitHub alone
Open an issue on any repo, or reach me at assassinationss@163.com.
Star ⭐ the toolkit if it saved you from a bad supplier.