The brief
- A 30 to 60 minute consultation on your category, your stage, and your objectives in China.
West to China · Distributor and partner sourcing BeyondCompass
Skip three months of sourcing. Find the right China partner first.
Editorial. Two operators reviewing a partner shortlist on a Shanghai conference table.
Thesis
A contact list tells you who exists. We tell you who fits. BeyondCompass is a private database of distributors, Tmall TPs, Douyin Partners and importers we have actually met, vetted, and in most cases worked with on real brand projects. Fifteen years of on-ground vetting, not a scraped directory.
The shortlist
- Three to five vetted partners, with an honest analysis of strengths and weaknesses for your specific case.
- Cross-border versus domestic, Tmall TP versus distributor, B2B versus DTC. We pick what fits.
Warm introductions
- We open the door using existing relationships, instead of cold-emailing partners who never reply.
Categories we cover
- Beauty, food and beverage, fashion, lifestyle, home, wellness, mother and baby, pet.
Outcome
- Compress sourcing from months to weeks.
- Avoid the partner mismatches that quietly burn six figures and a launch window.
BeyondCompass — context shot
Who it is for
- Mid-sized to large consumer brands entering China for the first time and choosing between cross-border and domestic, Tmall TP versus distributor.
- Existing China operations rebuilding the partner stack: replacing a distributor or TP without losing a launch window.
- Brands who have been pitched by ten partners in three weeks and need a second opinion grounded in real project history.
How it connects
Sits upstream of execution. Most clients use BeyondCompass first to pick the right partner, then bring in BeyondBorderGroup for full-service operation, TheRedScroll for social, ChinaWebFoundry for web, and HubStudio for content. The introduction does not lock you in. We are paid to recommend the fit, not to sell you the operator.