Sourcing/procurement review draft

Set expectations before PrepPort helps customers source products or coordinate supplier purchases.

This draft supports product RFQ, supplier quote collection, sample coordination, customer quote approval, payment-before-procurement, QC handoff, and drop-shipping workflows.

Service nature

PrepPort can coordinate supplier-side work, but customer approval and payment gates stay explicit.

PrepPort may help

  • Collect supplier quotes, coordinate samples, compare supplier information, prepare customer quote packages, receive goods, arrange QC, and hand off to fulfillment or FBA prep
  • Record supplier risk notes and missing customer inputs in staff workbenches

Not guaranteed

  • Supplier quote, sample, certificate, factory claim, photo, or prior transaction history does not guarantee quality, compliance, legal eligibility, sales performance, marketplace approval, customs clearance, or supplier performance

Customer approval

  • Customer approves product specification, target market, supplier choice, sample/bulk decision, external cost assumptions, and payment before PrepPort incurs supplier-side costs

Procurement gates

Use the same finance and authorization gates as fulfillment.

Before supplier outreach or quote prep

  • Customer product brief, target channel, target market, quantity/MOQ, quality level, budget, timeline, compliance category, brand/IP status, and destination are recorded
  • High-risk category or trademark-sensitive goods are routed to owner/compliance review

Before purchase or supplier commitment

  • Customer accepts quote and terms
  • Finance verifies deposit, wallet balance, or approved payment method
  • Customer accepts supplier risk, sample/bulk assumptions, QC scope, and third-party cost rules

Approval questions

Owner/legal should resolve these before the disclaimer is published.

Supplier disclosure

Which supplier identity, quote screenshots, certificates, and internal risk notes can be shared with customers by default?

Purchase authority

Who can approve sample orders, deposits, bulk purchases, packaging purchases, freight purchases, and supplier substitutions?

Liability boundary

What wording separates sourcing support from product warranty, legal compliance, supplier guarantee, customs clearance, and sales performance claims?