Manufacturing marketplace & data rules · Test marketplace-logistics-v0.4

Make the commercial and data boundaries clear first.

Resource MVP is a manufacturing matching and technology service platform. It structures requirements, matches suppliers, compares quotes and coordinates fulfillment, but it is not the buyer or seller of goods. The buyer contracts directly with the selected factory or compliant export seller.

This page describes current product rules. It does not replace the factory quotation, buyer-seller trade contract, quality appendix or payment-provider rules. The confirmed buyer-seller documents govern. These remain test terms until legal review is completed.

Transaction identity and scope

Customers use the platform as business buyers or authorized channel partners. An RFQ is for pricing and feasibility only, not a purchase commitment.
The selected factory or its compliant export entity is the goods seller and the customer is the buyer. The platform provides matching, technology and transaction support and does not take title to the goods.
Customer and factory accounts must accept the current policy at first login and after every version change. Account acceptance does not replace both parties accepting the same order contract.
The platform separately charges disclosed membership, transaction service or value-added service fees. Goods GMV is not platform revenue.

Identified factory profiles and confidentiality

After consent and verification, public profiles show the legal name, registered address, production address, capabilities and item-level authorized equipment.
Private contacts, bank details, original licence files, serial numbers and other buyers’ data remain private. Competing factories cannot see one another’s bids.
Drawings, specifications, quotations and trade data are used only as needed for RFQ, quotation, contracting, production, quality, logistics and dispute coordination.
Technical data is not used for model training by default. Reuse, public case studies or external disclosure require separate written approval.

Capability, lead time and quality

Public factory profiles and matching scores are screening signals, not capacity reservations or delivery promises. Capacity, lead time, certificates and quality requirements must be reconfirmed in the RFQ, quote and trade-contract attachments.
The platform may request business credentials, equipment proof, quality documents, samples/FAI, material certificates, outgoing inspection and batch traceability records.
Medical, children’s, food-contact, automotive-safety, aerospace, dual-use, chemical, pressure-equipment and regulated electrical products require category approval before a formal quote.

Payment, fulfillment and disputes

The buyer pays goods funds directly to the factory/export seller named in the trade contract, or through a licensed provider under an approved settlement structure. The platform does not collect the full amount in an ordinary account and manually remit it.
Platform membership, transaction and value-added service fees are invoiced and settled separately from goods funds.
Buyer and seller must verify beneficiary, currency, amount and payment reference. Do not pay a personal or changed account without documented confirmation.
Buyer and seller remain responsible under the trade contract for product, quality, delivery and payment disputes. The platform preserves evidence and may coordinate resolution without automatically assuming seller liability.

Freight matching and logistics responsibility

A forwarder's legal identity, addresses, country/lane statistics, top cargo and credentials appear only after consent and verification. Self-reported evidence is labelled and discounted in AI scoring.
Screening considers destination, exact lane, cargo, transport mode, special-cargo credentials, service scope, P50/P90 transit, on-time history, claims and valid capacity. A match score is not a freight quote, booking or delivery promise.
The shipment-responsible party contracts with and pays the selected forwarder directly. A recommendation does not make the platform a carrier, NVOCC, customs broker, insurer or freight payee.
Each shipment requires confirmation of packed weight/volume, HS code, dangerous-goods/battery/temperature attributes, Incoterm, fee scope, cutoff, capacity and exception liability.

Launch gate

Still required before real orders

1Confirm the seller/export entity, governing law, tax, customs, FX and importer responsibilities for the first trade lane and put them in the buyer-seller contract.
2Obtain written approval from a bank or licensed provider for direct seller settlement or compliant split settlement. Disable the old platform Stripe goods checkout for marketplace orders until then.
3Publish lawyer-reviewed buyer terms, factory onboarding/service agreement, trade contract, privacy policy and cross-border data arrangements.
4Complete supplier audit, quality controls, product liability, cargo and cyber-insurance setup for the first product categories.

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