Factory Ready Checklist

You've found a factory. Maybe a few. You're messaging them on Alibaba or Instagram, you've got a rough idea what you want to make, and now you're stuck wondering... is this legit? Am I about to get scammed? What am I even meant to ask them?

This is the checklist Rachel and I built from years of actually doing this, the good factories, the red flag ones, the ones that promised the world and delivered nothing.

Inside, you get the exact checklists and templates we use ourselves:

• The Factory Vetting Checklist, so you know exactly what to check before you commit to anyone

• A copy-paste Factory Enquiry Email that filters out time wasters in one message

• The Audit & Compliance Checklist, so you know what BSCI, SMETA, GOTS and REACH actually mean and why they matter

• The Payment Terms Cheat Sheet, so you never agree to pay 100% upfront again

• A full Purchase Order Checklist, because a PO is a legal contract and most first time founders have no idea what should be in one

• The SKU & Barcode Quick Start, so you set this up properly from day one instead of retrofitting it later in a panic

No fluff. No theory. Just the exact documents you open on your laptop the next time you're messaging a factory.