For independent shoe & apparel brands
Your factory makes your product. Make sure they make the right ones.
Save what you approved before production starts — so the factory cannot quietly change it.
Free forever. Everything included. No card.
Sometimes they ask.
Most times they don’t — they just run cheaper stuff. Either way, you need proof saved first.
Factory · Production
online
Bulk material unavailable. We have equivalent quality. Must start production Monday to meet your deadline.
06:14
Please confirm ASAP 🙏
06:15
idk just start, use whatever you have
06:17
Perfect. We start Monday.
06:18
Or worse: they never text.
You open the cartons. Wrong materials. $363k sitting there.
The real problem
After you said “I like this sample,” control leaves your desk.
The factory optimizes their line. You need something that optimizes your control.
They swap material. Quietly.
Most times they don’t ask. Cheaper stuff goes in. You find out when shoes arrive — or when customers do.
The price creeps up later.
Quote locked. Then extras show up when you cannot walk away.
They start before you are finished.
Line starts. Spec still open. Every fix after that is a fight or write-off.
And Alibaba doesn’t save you
Trade Assurance works — until people stop using it.
Alibaba Trade Assurance works, but fees are high for both sides. So after sample, most people stop using it and wire money straight to the factory bank account.
Now you have no protection.
And most real factories aren’t even on Alibaba anyway. The ones on Alibaba are often trading companies, not the factory.
So you wire $20k to a bank account and hope.
Factory Bouncer is the proof without the fees. Free.
Before production
7 proofs must be saved. Then they can start.
Save these before the line starts. If something is missing, production waits — so “almost the same” cannot slip through.
1 of 7
The sample you approved is the target.
So bulk has to match what you said yes to — not a “close enough” version.
2 of 7
What it is made of is saved.
So they cannot quietly swap to cheaper stuff mid-run.
3 of 7
Who actually makes it is clear.
Real factory name, address, license. Not a trading company hiding the real factory.
4 of 7
Who owns the mold / pattern is clear.
So the shape is yours, not stuck at the factory.
5 of 7
The size set is agreed.
So sizes are not improvised on the line.
6 of 7
You have floor proof.
So you see real production — not only a promise in chat.
7 of 7
Pairs, cost, and sell price are real.
So your margin is not a hope. And you have a clear yes to start.
What you see
What’s still open. How much money is on the line.
So you chase the gap that can ruin the run — not a spreadsheet of green checks.
Risk right now
42 days to shipNo proof of what goes into the shoe. $363k at risk.
That’s how silent swaps happen.
Start free
Catch the swap before the cartons land.
Free forever. Everything included. No card.
Factory Bouncer
€0
Cheaper than one wrong box of shoes
- ✓7 proofs before production can start
- ✓See what’s missing and how much money is at risk
- ✓When something changes, related proofs go to at risk
- ✓As many styles as you want. Private.
Create a style. Save the sample you already approved. That is step one.
Want a human?
Quick check call
€199
30 minutes. I check if you have a trading company, look at your 7 proofs, tell you what’s missing and what to ask the factory for.
Book a callWant a human?
Operator
$3,000/mo
Someone runs the 7 proofs, talks to the factory, and holds start for you. Berlin / Xiamen.
Book a callAbout me
Andy
Founder · Berlin / Xiamen
15+ years footwear & apparel in China’s factory capital — Jinjiang and Xiamen — turning samples into bulk without losing the product.
Today I help independent brands keep control after they say yes to the sample — when the factory is already optimizing for their line, not yours.
Factory Bouncer is the system I always wanted on the floor: save what you approved, see what’s missing, catch drift before cartons leave.
15+ years
Footwear & apparel on the factory floor
Jinjiang & Xiamen
Where the swaps and price creep actually happen
Independent brands
Shoes and apparel — not enterprise theatre
Questions
Still finding out about the swap when the shoes arrive?
Save proof first. Free.