China Product Pros

Leading the charge at China Product Pros, my wife and I set out to break the mold of what a sourcing agency can be. 

We're a true seller's agent. Our practices are transparent because we're here to represent your best interests, and only your best interests, with zero bias. Transparent pricing, transparent communication and transparent processes is what you can expect. 

That means never taking any commissions, kickbacks, or giving preferential bias to a select list of factories. We charge a fair flat rate and go to work finding you the best factory partner for your situation—delivering you huge ROI throughout your product catalogue's lifespan. 

Every month, our team is in the trenches - collaborating with factories in China, overseeing products, and coordinating logistics - to ensure that top-quality goods reach the US, Canada, Europe, and Oceania like clockwork.

Unlike most agencies, we understand the journey from manufacturing floor to the global marketplace because we're living it with our own 7-figure home goods brand. 

We go beyond the typical sourcing agent role; we act as your trusted advisors in the world of product development and manufacturing. Ensuring quality, lowering landed cost, and improving time to market. 

Intrigued by our approach to sourcing from China? Let's start a conversation! Send me a message or connect directly here on LinkedIn.

President

Home Goods E-commerce Company

Founder and Managing Partner

Select Aviation College / Richcopter

Vice President of Sales

Concordia University

Manager, International Student Recruitment

Hatley

Coordinator, Sales and Marketing

I know what it’s like to hustle—bootstrapping from scratch, scaling a business with limited resources, and figuring out how to make every dollar stretch. In 2017, with just $8,000, I launched a home storage brand while juggling a full-time job and a young family. By 2020, that small investment had grown into a multi-million dollar operation with no outside investment. Now, I’m taking our super power in product sourcing and applying everything I’ve learned to help other eCommerce brands level up their own sourcing strategies.

Today, together with my wife Xiaofeng, we lead a team of 15 across our offices in Canada and China. We know that sourcing smarter can be the difference between profitable growth and constant factory headaches. That’s why we're passionate about helping eCommerce entrepreneurs optimize product quality, reduce costs, and build strong, reliable factory relationships through China Product Pros.

Do you have any sourcing headaches? Think your pricing could be better? Unsure how to bring a new product idea to life? Or maybe you find working with Chinese factories overwhelming? Send me a message to say hi—I’d love to chat about how we can help solve these challenges and grow your business.

Life and business are full of fun surprises. Here's a story of how a random encounter at Ecom North ended with us meeting a strong new factory partner halfway across the world in Moradabad, India. 


This past September, our China Product Pros booth was buzzing at Ecom North in Toronto. On day 2, as things were winding down and the event was drawing to a close, a guy walked up to shake my hand and introduce himself. 

We got to chatting about the usual - what we do, who we work with - when he mentioned he was originally from India but now based in Canada.

Out of curiosity, I asked where in India.

"Moradabad," he said.

"No way." I practically did a double-take. "We're going to Moradabad in November."

His face lit up. Turns out, his father and family own a large metalworking factory there... precisely the type of facility we were planning to visit on our upcoming sourcing trip.

We jumped on a call with him the following week, and the potential fit seemed strong right from the start. But that feeling was only confirmed when we actually visited last week. 

Walking through their showroom, touring the facilities, and getting into the details of their capabilities and client roster - it all clicked. They were already producing for some of Canada's largest retailers, with the quality and scale to back it up.

I waiver on whether or not I believe in "fate," but moments like these always make me a believer. Out of hundreds of people at a trade show, in the final hours of the event, we just happened to connect with someone whose family runs exactly the kind of factory we needed, in exactly the city we were about to visit. 

What do you think? Have you had any fateful encounters recently?

Also a shoutout to the organizers of Ecom North who put on the best event in Canada for those in ecommerce. They make a space for such encounters to be possible. 😎 Nicasio Co III Sharif Virani Adi Gullia James Zhao Kate Fenton Kelton Evans Coeli Fortun

#businessisfun #chinaproductpros #costherosourcing #productsourcing

John Kyle Beaton

Helping companies source smarter from China / Millions sold online / E-commerce strategist and sourcing expert / Speaker & podcast guest

China is in the books and we're off to...





India! More factory tours and potential partnership talks await. 

Our China stop was everything we hoped it would be. Full of meeting current factories, future suppliers, and various partners. 

The ROI will continue long into the future. 

We also checked off all the entertainment boxes of great food, foot massages, and of course karaoke. 

It's always fun seeing what English songs are available in a KTV bar on the outskirts of Shenzhen. 北京北京 by 汪峰 is my go to Chinese song to "attempt" singing. 

What's your go to song?

Mike Petter, P.Eng, PMP 

#chinamanufacturing #sourcingagency #chinaproductpros

We attracted a bit of a crowd today in Moradabad, India. 



All while visiting a sand casting workshop. If you own a heavy metal housewares product that's made in India, then chances are it originated from a workshop just like this one. 

It seemed the neighborhood wasn't overly used to foreign visitors so a large gathering formed. 

I love seeing different manufacturing processes in person and this particular experience was very memorable. 

Hope you had a great week, wherever you are in the world. 

Mike Petter, P.Eng, PMP 

#sandcasting #indiamanufacturing #sourcingagent #chinaproductpros

Day 1 back in China. 

Mike Petter, P.Eng, PMP and I were busy in Guangzhou meeting partners, fighting jetlag on bikes, and enjoying amazing food. 

Life is good when you do business in China. 

Today we're off to Dongguan for factory visits after spending the morning with a key logistics partner. 

Wishing you and your supply chain a great week ahead. 

#chinabusiness #chinaproductpros #factoryvisits

We've been doing some heavy lifting in Dongguan, China. 

If you make a product then you really can't beat the value of visiting in person. 

It's a speed run for a more successful supply chain: 

- Meet and break bread with your suppliers. Nothing ever beats face to face. 
- Meet all of the supporting cast at the factory, including line managers, sub suppliers, and previously invisible factory shareholders. 
- Learn about the entire process and have it inform the way you make ordering decisions, how you approach negotiations, and about the capabilities for what else you can make. 

There's more but we're now rolling into Shenzhen to our next visit. What's been your experience visiting factories? What else would you add?

Mike Petter, P.Eng, PMP 

#chinafactories #chinasourcing #chinaproductpros #sourcingagency

We rode through a maze of back alleys on motorcycles and stepped into a wall of heat. This is where the metal for many global brands is actually made.


Welcome to Moradabad, India. Or "Brass City" as it's commonly known. 

Here in front of us, in this workshop no larger than a two-car garage, they were smelting metal to create brass ingots. 

One at a time, using an old, simple, but effective process. 

These ingots are then sent across the city to small casting workshops.

That’s where they’re melted again and poured into moulds to become the home decor and tableware that end up in shops and on marketplaces around the world. 

When we visit suppliers, this is what we look for: to understand every step in the chain. Starting with the first step. 

Our job is to stand in rooms like this so our clients don’t have to and still know exactly what’s happening upstream.

With Mike Petter, P.Eng, PMP. 

#manufacturing #brassingots #howthingsaremade #chinaproductpros #costherosourcing

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