Discover effective ways to verify furniture suppliers encountered at CIFF. From on – site evaluation to post – exhibition checks of qualifications, production capacity, and leveraging CIFF’s specialized trade platforms, ensure reliable collaborations.
After contacting suppliers at large-scale exhibitions like CIFF, enterprises can re-evaluate suppliers through four dimensions—qualification verification, strength assessment, reputation verification, and cooperation testing—to avoid cooperation risks.
How to Verify Furniture Suppliers Met at CIFF (China International Furniture Fair)
The following are specific actionable steps, carried out in the order of “preliminary screening at the exhibition site → in-depth verification after the exhibition → risk mitigation before cooperation”:
I. Preliminary Screening at the Exhibition Site
1. Evaluate Booths and Products
First, it is recommended that buyers participate in the most influential exhibitions in the region. Generally, furniture manufacturers participating in large-scale international exhibitions have undergone strict screening and strength verification, making them more reliable.
Take CIFF Guangzhou as an example:
CIFF has built itself as the world’s largest home furnishing fair with the entire industry chain, playing an important role in the global furnishing industry.
Positioned by “Design Trend, Global Trade and Full Supply Chain”, CIFF Guangzhou is the foremost exhibition for “Design Trend, Intelligent Manufacturing, Trade Promotion, and Quality Consumption.”
CIFF Guangzhou hosts over 4,900 brands from China and abroad, comprising home furniture, home decor & home textiles, outdoor & leisure, office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture, and furniture machinery & raw materials.
– If you need to find products and brands of better quality, you can prioritize understanding suppliers in core exhibition areas or large-scale customized booths, as they usually have stronger strength. For specific details, it is recommended that you check the exhibition area map of CIFF 2026 in advance to make your participation more efficient: https://www.cifffurniturefair.com/about/
– Whether the quality of product samples is good enough can often be judged by observing their details; products with manufacturing defects such as burrs or uneven surfaces can be directly ruled out. Moreover, high-quality manufacturers will have internationally recognized quality inspection marks, so be sure to check this.
– The reception staff can clearly answer questions about product material sources, production cycles, customization capabilities, after-sales policies, etc., and have a thorough understanding of the products.
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https://www.cifffurniturefair.com/the-57th-china-international-furniture-fair-guangzhou/
2. Ask Key Questions
Raise the following questions directly to the suppliers:
– Production capacity: “Do you have your own factory or do you use OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing)? Where is the factory located? What is the annual production capacity? Can you provide real-scene photos or videos of the factory and production lines?”
– Cooperation cases: “Have you served clients of the same type? Can you provide contact information of 1-2 verifiable clients?”
– Quality assurance: “Have your products passed China’s national mandatory standard testing? Can you provide a third-party test report from the past year with a CMA/CNAS seal?”
– Performance terms: “What is the production cycle for regular orders? What is the payment method and the compensation mechanism for delayed delivery?”
3. Request Copies of Qualification Certificates
– Business License
– Production License
– Core certification certificates (e.g., environmental certification, export certification)
II. Multi-Channel Cross-Verification Check Third-Party Evaluations and Customer Feedback
CIFF Guangzhou attracts over 380,000 professional visitors from more than 200 countries and regions, mainly consisting of professional international traders, designers, purchasers, and manufacturers. The participation of numerous professional visitors is also sufficient to prove that CIFF exhibitors have received high recognition from a large number of exhibition visitors.
Contact the cooperative clients provided by the supplier and ask the following 3 questions directly:
– “During the cooperation period, could the supplier deliver goods on time as agreed? Has there been any delay? How was it handled?”
– “Is the actual product quality consistent with the sample? Have there been any quality problems? How fast is the after-sales response?”
– “Are you willing to continue cooperating? If there are any negative issues, can you explain them in detail?”
Check for legal and credit risks: Log in to the China Judgments Online (http://wenshu.court.gov.cn/), enter the supplier’s name, and check for lawsuits related to “sales contract disputes” or “product liability disputes”.
4. Sample Testing and Small-Batch Trial Order
Sample Testing: Send the samples obtained at the exhibition to a third-party testing institution with CMA qualification for testing.
Small-Batch Trial Order: When cooperating for the first time, you can place a small-batch trial order first to simulate the real cooperation process:
– Test the supplier’s “order response speed”.
– Verify the “ability to fulfill delivery deadlines”.
– Recheck the “quality of bulk products”.
– Experience the “after-sales service”.
5. Access CIFF’s Professional Trade Matching Service – InterBiz Club (IBC Matching)
CIFF InteBiz Club is a global furniture & furnishing trade value platform created by CIFF for international traders, representatives of multinational purchasing groups, cross-border e-commerce companies, overseas retailers, distributors, designers, and overseas consumers from various countries and regions around the world.
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CIFF International Business Club (IBC) is a global furniture & furnishing trade value platform created by CIFF for international traders, representatives of multinational purchasing groups, cross-border e-commerce companies, overseas retailers, overseas distributors, overseas designers, and overseas consumers from various countries and regions around the world.
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