https://www.tendlyn.com/tags/trading-company/Recent content in Trading Company on TendlynHugoen-USTue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tendlyn.com/tendlyn-university/spot-trading-companies/Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tendlyn.com/tendlyn-university/spot-trading-companies/<p>Trading companies are not always malicious— but when they <strong>pose as manufacturers</strong>, you pay middleman margins and lose control of production timing, QC, and export documentation.</p> <h2 id="five-red-flags-before-you-wire-a-deposit">Five red flags before you wire a deposit<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#five-red-flags-before-you-wire-a-deposit" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <ol> <li><strong>No production floor in video calls</strong> — only showrooms or sample rooms.</li> <li><strong>Business license category</strong> does not include manufacturing scope.</li> <li><strong>MOQ flexibility that is too good</strong> — real factories have line minimums.</li> <li><strong>Refusal of third-party audit</strong> or &ldquo;audit not allowed during peak season.&rdquo;</li> <li><strong>Export history</strong> that cannot be verified with reference buyers.</li> </ol> <h2 id="what-a-real-audit-reveals">What a real audit reveals<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#what-a-real-audit-reveals" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <p>Tendlyn auditors photograph <strong>production lines, QC stations, raw material storage, and export packing areas</strong>—not staged sample rooms. We cross-check license data against the entity on the contract and the bank account receiving your deposit.</p>