1688 Brief · pre-sale
For sellers who order on 1688.com without paying an agent. Write the spec in English. Get a Chinese RFQ you can paste into the supplier’s chat. Paste their reply back, and see which lines were answered, which were vague, and which were ignored.
The tool is not on yet. The five phrases below are ready today. The US$19 is a pre-order, not a login you can use tonight.
A sourcing agent is a real service. On public seller forums, buyers say the fee is often 5–8% of the order. On a US$2,000 order that is US$100–160, and you pay that again on the next order. You still depend on someone else’s translation.
Many 1688 factories reply only in Chinese. A translation app can turn “matte black, 20 per carton, 304 for drinking water” into something vague. One wrong packaging run on 500 units can cost more than the fee you were trying to save.
A polished message is not a business license. Before you pay, you want the license, a receiving account in the company’s name, and real photos of the goods and the packaging — not a render. This page does not promise that a supplier is safe.
The 5–8% figure is what buyers say on public forums. I did not measure it, and it is not data from users of this site. There are no customer quotes on this page, because there are no customers yet. Amazon FBA thread · 1688 translation thread
Size, material, color, quantity, packaging, deadline. You write it the way you mean it. You do not translate it first.
You get a spec sheet and a few negotiation lines, written the way a supplier expects to answer, ready to paste into 1688 chat (Wangwang).
You get an English reading, lined up against your original list. Skipped and vague answers are marked. A pre-payment checklist sits beside it.
It does not collect them for you, and it does not decide whether the factory can do the job.
This is not generated by the product. The product cannot run yet. I wrote an English spec and the Chinese that should go with it, for a water-bottle order, so you can see how specific the RFQ needs to be.
你好，我想订 500ml 双层不锈钢杯，请按下面逐条报价，并逐条确认。做不到的请直接写明，不要只回“可以”。
1. 材质：内胆和外壳都是 304 不锈钢，用来装饮用水。杯盖是 PP，不含 BPA。请确认实际材质。
2. 颜色：杯身哑光黑，杯盖不锈钢本色。
3. 尺寸：高度不超过 22 厘米，杯身直径不超过 7 厘米，需要放进汽车杯托。请给实际的高度和直径。
4. 数量：首单 500 只。请报这个数量的单价，并写明最低起订量。
5. 包装：每只一个白盒，20 只装一个外箱。请写外箱的长、宽、高（厘米）和整箱毛重（千克）。不要只写“常规包装”。
6. 交期：付定金后 25 天内交货，能不能做到？
7. 请单独说明：哑光涂层会不会掉漆；装满水倒置是否漏水；单色 logo 怎么收费，起印量多少。
8. 请把单价、是否含税、运费分开写。运费请说明送到哪里。
请按序号回复，谢谢。
These three rows are an illustration. They are not a real supplier’s reply, and they are not a result from the software.
Diameter at most 7 cm, so it fits a cup holder
Flag it whenFlag it if they send a photo and no measurement.
Carton size and gross weight, 20 per carton
Flag it whenFlag “standard packaging” as vague. It does not answer the question.
Account name matches the business license
Flag it whenFlag a personal WeChat or Alipay name. Do not pay that.
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The address is saved so I can write to this group about this product only. The phrases appear below. I do not run a separate mail program that sends them again. If the form uses a backup service, a confirmation tab may open.
请按下面每一条分别回复，不要只回“可以”：尺寸、材质、颜色、数量、包装。做不到的请直接写明。
Qǐng àn xiàmiàn měi yì tiáo fēnbié huífù, búyào zhǐ huí “kěyǐ”: chǐcùn, cáizhì, yánsè, shùliàng, bāozhuāng. Zuò bú dào de qǐng zhíjiē xiěmíng.
Please answer each line on its own. Do not just reply “yes”: size, material, color, quantity, packaging. If you cannot do something, say so plainly.
请发这批货的实拍照片和一段短视频，不要网图，也不要效果图。我需要看清材质、做工和包装。
Qǐng fā zhè pī huò de shípāi zhàopiàn hé yí duàn duǎn shìpín, búyào wǎngtú, yě búyào xiàoguǒtú. Wǒ xūyào kànqīng cáizhì, zuògōng hé bāozhuāng.
Please send real photos and a short video of this batch. No stock images and no mockups. I need to see the material, the workmanship, and the packaging.
请写清包装：单件怎么包、外箱尺寸（长×宽×高）、每箱多少件、单件净重和整箱毛重。请写数字，不要只写“常规包装”。
Qǐng xiěqīng bāozhuāng: dān jiàn zěnme bāo, wàixiāng chǐcùn (cháng × kuān × gāo), měi xiāng duōshao jiàn, dān jiàn jìngzhòng hé zhěng xiāng máozhòng. Qǐng xiě shùzì, búyào zhǐ xiě “chángguī bāozhuāng”.
Please specify the packaging: how each unit is packed, carton size (length × width × height), units per carton, unit net weight, and carton gross weight. Write the numbers. “Standard packaging” is not an answer.
请分开写三件事：最低起订量、大货从下单到发货要几天、如果数量或包装改了单价怎么变。
Qǐng fēnkāi xiě sān jiàn shì: zuìdī qǐdìngliàng, dàhuò cóng xiàdān dào fāhuò yào jǐ tiān, rúguǒ shùliàng huò bāozhuāng gǎile dānjià zěnme biàn.
Please split this into three answers: the minimum order quantity, how many days from order to shipment for a production run, and how the unit price changes if the quantity or the packaging changes.
付款前请发营业执照照片，并确认收款账户的户名和执照上的公司名称一致。请不要用个人账户收款。
Fùkuǎn qián qǐng fā yíngyè zhízhào zhàopiàn, bìng quèrèn shōukuǎn zhànghù de hùmíng hé zhízhào shàng de gōngsī míngchēng yízhì. Qǐng búyào yòng gèrén zhànghù shōukuǎn.
Before I pay, send a photo of the business license and confirm the bank account name matches the company name on that license. Please do not ask me to pay a personal account.
Pinyin uses spoken tone changes, so you can read the lines aloud. These five sentences are the free sample. Founding access covers a full spec sheet, not only these lines.
US$19
One payment. The price after launch will be higher. I am not naming that higher price until the tool is finished.
Full refund if you are not satisfied. The same full refund if the tool has not arrived within 30 days of payment. Write from the address you paid with.
The payment link is not connected yet, so this button cannot take money. Leave your email above, and you will get the checkout link when it is ready.
You can paste a spec into ChatGPT and get a paragraph of Chinese. What you do not get is an RFQ shaped the way 1688 suppliers are used to answering, line by line; a check that maps their reply back onto your original requirements; or a pre-payment list written for this marketplace (license name versus the account you are about to pay). 1688 Brief is that workflow. It is not finished. The sample on this page was written by hand so you can see the level of detail. It is not output from the tool.
No. I do not visit factories, and I do not tell you a supplier is safe. A fluent reply can still ask you to pay a personal account. The checklist is a list of things to collect before you send money. You decide whether to pay. If something on that list is missing, do not pay yet.
There is no launch date. This page is here to find out whether enough sellers want the tool. If you pay for founding access, you get an email when it is ready to use. If 30 days pass after your payment and you still do not have it, ask for a full refund.
Full refund if you are not satisfied, including if nothing has been delivered within 30 days of payment. Write from the address you paid with. I would rather return the US$19 than keep it for a tool that did not help. This is not a promise that a supplier will perform.
People who buy on 1688.com themselves: Amazon FBA, Shopify, and small importers. It is not a sourcing agency. I do not take a percentage of your order. One person is building this. The tool is not finished.