Sock Wholesalers
01 · The brief
A style, a quantity, a market. Without all three the reply is a question, which is the honest response but costs a day of the calendar.
- Closes with
- A written brief.
- Published figure
- Reply within one working day.
Evidence: Quote.
Vendor · the record a purchasing team opens
Vendor of socks
A vendor is what a supplier becomes once someone has to open a record for it. That record has fields, and this page fills them in the order they usually get asked: who the entity is, what it holds, where it is, what it signs, and what it will not claim.
Nothing here is a sales argument. It is the same information a procurement team assembles by email over two weeks, written down once so the first round trip is about a specification instead of a form.
The five fields, and who fills them
What a vendor record is made of
Three of the five fields are things we publish. Two are things only you can decide. Keeping them apart is what makes a vendor record useful rather than decorative.
Published
Legal entity and audit numbers
QS Knitting Co.,Ltd contracts and exports; Zhuji Qingsheng Knitting Co.,Ltd runs the floor; BSCI 26-0419962 and SEDEX ZAA600215648 name it as holder. Both entity names are on the proforma invoice.
Published
Site address and floor
No. 79 Jiangbei Road, Datang Sub-district, Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province, China — the same address on the packing list and on both audit documents.
Your call
What the record is for
A first order, a second source, or a range replacement. The same vendor record supports all three, but the specification you attach to it decides which of them the enquiry becomes.
Field by field
Eight fields a sock vendor record asks for
Written as the record would have it: the field, our answer, and where on this site the answer is already published so your file can cite something rather than quote an email.
| Field | Our answer | What it decides downstream | Where it is published |
|---|---|---|---|
| PublishedTrading brand | Sock Wholesalers, the site brand. | Nothing commercial. It does not appear on a contract, invoice or bank transfer. | Contact, under the entity split. |
| PublishedContracting entity | QS Knitting Co.,Ltd, Baoshan District, Shanghai, China, +86-13761030160. | Which legal name your purchase order is issued against, and who can be paid. | Contact and the glossary. |
| PublishedManufacturing entity | Zhuji Qingsheng Knitting Co.,Ltd, No. 79 Jiangbei Road, Datang Sub-district, Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province. | Whether the audits cover the building your goods are made in. | About the factory. |
| PublishedSocial audit 1 | BSCI 26-0419962, amfori 156-056790-000 / site -001, audited 7 Aug 2026, valid until 14 Aug 2027. | Whether the vendor can be onboarded before that date without a renewal question. | Certificates, with the PDF. |
| PublishedSocial audit 2 | SEDEX (SMETA) ZAA600215648, audited 12–13 Aug 2026. | Whether a Sedex member can pull the report by reference number. | Certificates, with the PDF. |
| PublishedMinimum and lead time | 1,000 pairs per style; sampling 3–5 days; bulk 20–30 days after deposit and approved sample. | Whether the vendor fits the order size and the calendar at all. | Quote and wholesale terms. |
| QuotedTrade term and price | EXW, FOB, DDP or DAP, Incoterms® 2020; the binding price sits on the proforma invoice. | Landed cost and who clears the goods. | Wholesale terms. |
| Not heldCertifications we do not hold | No OEKO-TEX, GRS or medical-device file on our name. | Whether the record needs one of them from the yarn instead, which changes the sourcing question. | The buyer FAQ. |
A record built from this table is complete enough to raise a first purchase order. The two things it will still be missing are the specification and the destination, which are yours to supply.
What happens after the record opens
Six steps from vendor record to first shipment
Onboarding a vendor is a sequence with dates in it. Each card names the step, the document that closes it, and the page where the step is already described.
02 · The costing
A reference range against your specification, with the trade term it sits on and the minimum restated for your style count. It is an invitation to proceed, not a binding offer.
- Closes with
- A range you can compare.
- Binds on
- Nothing yet.
Evidence: Negotiating sock pricing.
03 · The sample
Typically 3–5 days after brief and artwork. Charged per style, credited against the first bulk order. This is where the parameters get locked, not at the invoice.
- Closes with
- An approved sample.
- Published figure
- 3–5 days.
Evidence: Sample policy.
04 · The proforma
The document that binds: price, term, quantity and lead time against the confirmed spec, issued by the contracting entity and naming both entities where it should.
- Closes with
- A signed proforma.
- Binds on
- Price, term, quantity, lead time.
Evidence: Document desk.
05 · The run
Bulk is typically 20–30 days after deposit received and sample approved. The queue is four production lines, so the date is a loading question rather than a promise.
- Closes with
- Goods packed.
- Published figure
- 20–30 days.
Evidence: Wholesale terms.
06 · The repeat
The second order runs from the locked specification and skips the sample round. The vendor record does not change; only the quantity does.
- Closes with
- A repeat order.
- Skips
- Sampling, if nothing changes.
Evidence: Reorder lead time.
The four figures a record needs first
Vendor facts, in one block
If a procurement system asks for four numbers before it will open a vendor record, they are these.
- Minimum per style
- 1,000 pairs
- Sampling
- 3–5 days
- Bulk
- 20–30 days
- Audits held
- 2 current
The two audits are BSCI 26-0419962, valid until 14 Aug 2027, and SEDEX (SMETA) ZAA600215648, audited 12–13 Aug 2026. Both name the factory entity and the same address, and both reports are on this site as PDFs you can file with the record.
Where vendor records go wrong
Three answers we will not dress up
Every one of these would be easier as a yes. Each is a no, or a not-yet, and saying so early is cheaper than saying it at the purchase order.
- No certificate we do not hold. If your record needs OEKO-TEX, GRS or a medical-device file from the maker, say so in the first email — the answer is that the document would have to come from the yarn, and that changes the sourcing question rather than the paperwork.
- No bank details on a page. Payment runs through the entity named on your quotation and proforma invoice. Anything else you are asked to pay, from anywhere, is worth verifying independently.
- No volume commitment we cannot hold. The floor has four lines. What is free in a given month is confirmed with the quotation, not with the vendor record — a record that promises capacity before a date exists is a record with a fiction in it.
Read next
Four pages to cite in the record
Each of these carries one of the eight fields above in full, with a document behind it.
| Page | What it covers | The field it fills |
|---|---|---|
| Certificates | Both audits, holders, numbers, dates, PDFs. | Social audit 1 and 2. |
| Contact and certificates | Both entity names, the phone, the market list. | Contracting and manufacturing entity. |
| About the factory | The floor, the address, the photographs. | Whether the building in the papers is the building in the photographs. |
| Sock catalogue | Sixteen constructions and terms, one sheet. | Certifications we do not hold, and what that means for your spec. |
Open the record with a brief attached
Send the fields you still need, not a form
If your vendor record needs something this page does not answer, name it in the first email. The reply comes back within one working day with the document, the number or the honest gap — and if it is a gap, you will know before the purchase order rather than after it.
Michelle Zhang, Export sales manager, answers enquiries within one working day — sales@sockwholesalers.com, +86-13761030160 (WhatsApp same number).