Supplier Risk Score Lookup before you wire payment
Run a free 60-second risk check on any Chinese supplier. Forthsource scores legal-registration completeness, trade-history depth, communication red flags, and counterfeit risk — so you know what you're buying before you send a deposit.
TL;DR
A supplier risk score is a single number (0–100) that summarises the fraud, capacity, and compliance risk of buying from a specific manufacturer. Forthsource's free supplier risk lookup combines registry verification (NECIS), trade-history depth, factory audit history, communication-pattern red flags, and counterfeit indicators into one transparent score, with the contributing signals broken out so procurement teams can decide whether to wire a deposit.
Answer the questions below using information from your supplier's Alibaba/1688 profile, sample shipment, and email thread. Forthsource scores the inputs and returns a risk grade in seconds.
What the score means
- 85–100 (Low risk) — proceed with standard due diligence: 30% deposit, balance on BL copy, third-party QC inspection.
- 65–84 (Moderate) — proceed cautiously: smaller first order, escrow / Trade Assurance only, on-site or live-video inspection.
- 40–64 (Elevated) — fix the gaps before placing an order: request audit, verify registration, switch to corporate email + LC.
- Below 40 (High risk) — find a different supplier. The combination of red flags here matches the fraud pattern most ecom merchants get burned by.
Forthsource Premium runs the same scoring against live registry data, customs records, and historical trade flows — see how we verify suppliers for the full methodology.
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Free tier includes 5 full supplier verification reports per month — registry data, AI trust score, trade history, and compliance flags.
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