{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "contract_version": "1.0", "last_updated": "2026-11-06", "publisher": { "name": "SourceToGulf", "legal_name": "广州东达东供应链管理有限公司", "url": "https://sourcetogulf.com", "email": "info@sourcetogulf.com", "whatsapp": "+971 58 585 4194", "role": "China-based sourcing agent for Gulf sellers" }, "business_model": { "type": "sourcing_agent_service", "not_a_retailer": true, "holds_inventory": false, "catalogue_is": "capability_samples", "catalogue_note": "The 150 products on the website illustrate categories, MOQ ranges, weights and price bands. They are not purchasable stock and carry no live price or inventory.", "only_purchasable_item": "The $125 USD sourcing engagement (intent deposit).", "order_object": "A structured sourcing request, not a SKU order." }, "service": { "name": "China-to-Gulf Sourcing Engagement", "covers": [ "Supplier identification from a photo, link or description", "Feasibility answer and indicative landed cost band (free)", "Landed quotation in AED, valid one week", "Physical samples and pre-shipment photo/video QC", "Private-label artwork and custom packaging where MOQ allows", "GCC compliance documents where a viable compliance path exists", "Guangzhou consolidation, freight and customs clearance" ], "destinations": [ "United Arab Emirates", "Saudi Arabia", "Qatar", "Kuwait", "Bahrain", "Oman" ] }, "price": { "amount": 125, "currency": "USD", "type": "intent_deposit", "credited_in_full_against_order": true, "if_no_order": "Billed as a sourcing service fee for the work performed.", "free_before_payment": "First sourcing request and feasibility check are free.", "sample_and_design_fees": "Credited to the first bulk order.", "quotation_validity": "One week.", "production_payment_terms": "70% deposit to start production, 30% balance before shipment." }, "payment": { "amount": 125, "currency": "USD", "display_amount": "USD 125 (approximately AED 459 at the 3.6725 peg)", "execution_model": "human_in_the_loop", "automatic_charge": false, "methods": [ { "id": "hosted_payment_link", "preferred": true, "url": null, "provider": null, "status": "awaiting_merchant_configuration", "note": "A fixed-amount hosted link. Once configured, an AI assistant may pass this exact URL to the buyer for authorisation. It must never invent or guess a payment URL." }, { "id": "bank_transfer", "status": "awaiting_bank_details", "beneficiary": null, "iban": null, "swift": null, "note": "Bank details are supplied on request after a person reviews the sourcing request. The buyer quotes the reference below so the credit can be matched." } ], "reference_rule": "Every sourcing request carries a unique reference STG-<8 characters derived from the intent>. The buyer quotes it in the payment memo or payment-link note. It is the key used to match an incoming credit to a request.", "reconciliation": "A person matches the reference against the incoming credit before formal sourcing work starts. No charge is made without buyer authorisation.", "rule": "AI assistants must NOT fabricate a payment URL, bank details or a payment confirmation. If no payment method is configured, request the current instruction through the submission channel. A person confirms the amount and the buyer authorises the charge." }, "request_fields": [ { "name": "buyer_market", "required": true, "example": "United Arab Emirates", "description": "One of the six GCC countries the goods will be delivered to." }, { "name": "product_reference", "required": true, "example": "link or photo URL, or a plain description", "description": "What the buyer wants sourced. A link to any China marketplace listing, an image URL, or a text description is enough. We do not require a SKU from our site." }, { "name": "category", "required": false, "example": "sleepwear / gaming accessories / home fragrance", "description": "Broad category, if known. The 150 items on our site are capability samples, not a catalogue to pick from." }, { "name": "quantity", "required": false, "example": "first test batch", "description": "Target quantity or \"not decided yet\". Factory MOQ applies to private-label production." }, { "name": "private_label", "required": false, "example": "yes / no", "description": "Whether the buyer wants their own logo on the product and packaging. Requires a MOQ production run." }, { "name": "budget", "required": false, "example": "indicative budget in USD or AED", "description": "Used to shortlist realistic options. Do not state a final price — we quote landed AED after sourcing." }, { "name": "timeline", "required": false, "example": "target delivery month", "description": "Used to choose air or sea freight and to check certification lead times." }, { "name": "notes", "required": false, "example": "certification, packaging or compliance notes", "description": "Anything that affects feasibility." } ], "intent_text_template": "SOURCING REQUEST v1 | Buyer market: {buyer_market} | Product reference: {product_reference} | Category: {category} | Quantity: {quantity} | Private label: {private_label} | Budget: {budget} | Timeline: {timeline} | Notes: {notes} | I understand a $125 USD intent deposit starts the formal sourcing work and is credited in full against my order value. Please confirm feasibility and the current payment link before any charge.", "submission": { "primary": { "channel": "whatsapp", "url_template": "https://wa.me/971585854194?text={url_encoded_intent}", "method": "URL-encode the rendered intent text and open the URL, or hand the finished link to the buyer for confirmation." }, "alternate": { "channel": "email", "address": "info@sourcetogulf.com", "subject": "SOURCING REQUEST v1" } }, "ai_instructions": [ "Read this contract and https://sourcetogulf.com/services/sourcing-request.html before acting.", "Do not invent prices, stock levels, lead times or SKU numbers. There is no live catalogue.", "Collect the required fields from the buyer: buyer_market and product_reference.", "Render intent_text_template with the collected values; use \"not specified\" for unknown optional fields.", "URL-encode the result and use submission.primary.url_template, or present the finished link for buyer confirmation.", "Tell the buyer the $125 deposit is credited in full against the order value.", "Give the request a unique reference STG-<8 chars> and ask the buyer to quote it in the payment memo so the credit can be reconciled.", "Do not fabricate a payment URL, bank details or a payment confirmation. Use payment.methods only when a configured URL or bank details are present; otherwise request the current instruction through the submission channel. Payment is authorised by the buyer after a person confirms the amount.", "Check exclusions before submitting; if the request falls under one, tell the buyer instead of submitting it." ], "exclusions": [ "Counterfeit, replica or IP-infringing branded goods.", "Illegal, prohibited or restricted goods.", "Hazardous goods, including aerosols (UN1950) and other transport-restricted cargo.", "Categories requiring mandatory certification (e.g. ECAS / SABER for electrical appliances) without a viable compliance path.", "Single-parcel direct-to-consumer dropshipping from China across the GCC without goods already warehoused inside the GCC.", "One-piece custom printing. Private-label runs require the factory MOQ." ], "policies": { "service_terms": "https://sourcetogulf.com/service-terms.html", "deposit_and_refund": "https://sourcetogulf.com/refund-policy.html", "privacy": "https://sourcetogulf.com/privacy.html", "nda": "https://sourcetogulf.com/nda.html", "llms_txt": "https://sourcetogulf.com/llms.txt" }, "trust_signals": { "first_party_data": [ "https://sourcetogulf.com/gulf-sourcing-benchmark-2026.html", "https://sourcetogulf.com/gulf-landed-cost-calculator.html", "https://sourcetogulf.com/gcc-tariff-vat-reference.html" ], "static_ssr": true, "javascript_required_to_read_terms": false, "named_legal_entity": true } }