Always the same twelve
The order is fixed as well as the list, so the shape of a ledger means the same thing every time you read one. The official record is checked first; a site visit, where one was ordered, comes after it.
Twelve checks. No badge.
No rating, no endorsement, no badge a supplier can display. The same twelve checks run on every company, the method is published, and you see each answer. Buy from the catalogue and Trillions is the seller — every company behind a product there passed all twelve. Bring a supplier you found yourself and the same twelve run before you pay, on a deal Trillions is not part of.
Found a supplier yourself? Send us the licence and the quotation before you pay, and you get back what matched, what did not hold up, and what we could not check.
No supplier yet? Describe what you need once and we take it to suppliers we have already checked. Every reply comes back in the same shape, so what differs between them is the offer and not the paperwork.
Chinese, Arabic and Turkish documents do not need translating first. Send them as they were sent to you.
12standing checks, the same twelve on every supplier
MOQ shownevery listing states its minimum order and unit price
EN · AR · ZHdocuments read in the language they arrive in
Any marketwe review for whichever market you import into
What a report looks like
Illustrative layout · not a real supplier
Matched
Gap — present, does not hold up
Missing — nothing supplied
Not applicable
In review
Twelve cells, one per standing check, always in the same order. Filled is matched. A dashed outline is a gap — the document exists but does not hold up. A solid outline is missing. Grey means the check does not apply to this supplier.
The method
Twelve checks, always the same twelve.
The list does not change with the supplier, the country or the order size. That is what makes two reports comparable, and what makes a gap visible instead of quietly skipped.
Five ways a cell can read
Matched, gap, missing, not applicable, in review. A gap is a document that exists and does not hold up. Missing is nothing supplied at all. Checks that do not apply are removed from the denominator rather than scored as zero.
What stays with us
Which twelve, what closes each one, and how they weigh against each other. A method published in full is a method a supplier can prepare for, and the report would then measure the preparation rather than the company.
The vocabulary
Six statuses. A supplier sits at exactly one.
The wording is fixed. The same six strings appear in the portal, the email, the PDF and the API, so a status never means one thing on a screen and something else in a message.
- Not reviewed
- In your list, nothing submitted. We hold no evidence and make no statement about this supplier.
- In review
- Documents received and checks running. No partial result is shown, because a buyer must not act on half a review.
- Too little to assess
- What arrived does not support a finding either way — usually a licence alone, or scans too poor to read. This is not a negative result.
- Gaps found
- Enough evidence to assess, with specific items that did not hold up. Each gap is listed with what would close it.
- Fully evidenced
- Every applicable check matched on the review date. It describes documents, not future conduct, and it ages.
- Flagged
- A check directly contradicts what the supplier stated, or an identity could not be reconciled. Do not pay until this is resolved.
Quote gaps
The costs a quotation does not mention are still yours.
A quotation is read line by line, and the finding is usually the omission. We put what the quote says next to what it leaves open, and name the thing to ask for.
| Term | What the quote says | What it leaves open | Ask for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incoterm | FOB Ningbo | Freight, insurance and destination port charges are yours, and none of them appear on this document. | A CIF price to your port |
| Payment | 30% / 70% before shipment | The balance falls due before you or your agent has seen the goods. There is no inspection step in the sequence. | Balance against a bill of lading copy |
| Lead time | 35 days | Whether the clock starts at deposit or at confirmed artwork is not stated, and a public holiday falls inside the window. | The start event, in writing |
| Packing | Export carton | No carton dimensions and no gross weight, so nobody can check whether the quantity fills the container you are paying for. | A packing list |
Illustrative rows. Freight and duty figures we give in a real report are indicative ranges for planning — get a written rate from your forwarder before you compare suppliers on total cost.
Limits
What a review is not.
A review describes documents and records seen on a date. Being clear about the edge of that is part of the work, not a caveat bolted on at the end. Ordering a product from the catalogue is a different relationship — there Trillions is the seller, and the terms of the sale say so.
A review does not
- Guarantee that goods arrive, arrive on time, or arrive as described.
- Warrant product quality, certificate validity, customs acceptance or regulatory approval.
- Assign final HS codes, or give legal, tax or customs advice.
- Rate a supplier, endorse one, or issue a badge a supplier can display.
- Put Trillions into the deal. You contract with the supplier you found, pay them, and arrange the freight — the review is what you take into that.
Send the supplier, the quotation, or just the thread.
Send whatever you have. A licence number and nothing else is a better start than a form abandoned halfway. We ask for the rest by name once we know what is missing.