Supplier Identity Review

Supplier Identity & Transaction Map

The website, quotation, factory and bank beneficiary show different names? Find out which company is doing what before the order moves ahead.

Standard pilot: US$79 · Target 2 business days after scope and payment are confirmed.

ENTITY / TRANSACTION MAPCASE 001
PUBLIC-FACING NAMEWebsite brandMarket identity
How are these connected?↓
CONTRACT / QUOTATIONCompany SProposed seller
PRODUCTIONFactory MRelationship to confirm
PAYMENTRecipient T?Authority to confirm
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Unresolved: What documents connect these roles for the actual order?

Hypothetical entities for explanation only. No actual company relationship or payment route is asserted.

Use this when the names in a real transaction do not line up

For a supplier you are already considering, we look at the company names and documents involved in your transaction.

Typical starting points

  • The website name differs from the registered company name.
  • The quotation or PI shows another company.
  • The bank beneficiary is not the same entity as the supplier you expected.
  • The supplier refers to “our factory” but another company appears on the documents.
  • Several related companies appear and their roles are not clear.

What you can find out

Who is who in this transaction, what evidence supports each role, and what still needs to be confirmed before the next commercial step?

What you send

  • Supplier website or marketplace page
  • Company and brand names already seen
  • Product being sourced and destination market
  • Quotation or PI details that are relevant to the identity question
  • Bank beneficiary legal name, if already provided
  • Business licence, company documents or public links you are entitled to share
  • The specific mismatch or relationship you want clarified

What you receive

Entity map

The company, brand and website names found in the case, kept separate rather than merged by assumption.

Transaction role map

Who appears to operate the website, issue the quotation, contract, receive payment, export or manufacture.

Evidence table

The public sources and buyer-provided records supporting each identified role or relationship.

Unresolved relationships

What the available evidence does not establish and which claims remain only stated, partial or unconfirmed.

Supplier questions

A short list of the next questions or documents needed to close the remaining identity gaps.

A WORK PRODUCT YOU CAN ACT ON

A readable record of who is who.

See the corporate and transaction roles separately, alongside the sources used and relationships that still need confirmation.

This preview is hypothetical. The US$79 pilot scope is described below; no supplier approval, audit or payment safety guarantee is implied.

See the worked identity example →
RESEARCH OUTPUT / SAMPLEICW—02
RESEARCH / 001 ILLUSTRATIVE

A decision-ready supplier brief.

The information you found, organised around the question you need answered.

01 / CLAIMCompany website

A product range is publicly listed.

02 / EVIDENCESource-linked record

Entity, date and scope retained.

03 / OPEN DECISIONWhich company will quote and supply the specified version?
Source → Context → Open questionsPREVIEW ONLY
Illustrative layout; actual findings and deliverables depend on the agreed research scope.

Pilot scope, price and turnaround

Standard pilot case

  • One main supplier
  • Up to three connected entities where they are relevant to the same transaction
  • One product or order context
  • Public-source research plus the buyer-provided records needed for the identity question

US$79 pilot price

US$79 per standard case.

Target delivery is within 2 business days after the scope and payment are confirmed.

If the case is materially larger than the standard scope, the expanded scope and price are confirmed before any work begins.

What the review cannot confirm

A company relationship may be documented while production, payment security or suitability for your order remains unconfirmed.

  • It does not certify that a supplier is safe, reliable or legitimate.
  • It does not replace a factory audit, product inspection, laboratory test or certification review.
  • It does not provide legal, financial or credit due diligence.
  • It does not recommend whether you should place the order.
  • Unresolved facts remain labelled as unresolved.

Start a case

Submit the supplier identity question

Use the form below to describe the supplier identity question. Do not include bank account numbers, private identifiers or confidential files at this stage. Payment instructions are sent only after the scope is confirmed.

Initial contact should include only the information needed to understand the request. Do not send private identifiers, personal contact databases, third-party confidential files you are not authorised to disclose or highly sensitive contracts.