Catch defects before they leave the floor

Portless sends an independent inspector to your factory before you wire the balance.

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Inspection report showing 38 of 40 units passed, passing stitching and packaging, 2 units flagged for label placement.

HOW IT WORKS

Booking to report in five steps

Takes 2 minutes

Submit your brief

Fill in factory details, product info, and preferred date.

Within 1 business day

We review and confirm

We coordinate with the agency and send you a quote.

Your timeline

You approve the quote

Confirm and we schedule the inspection with full details.

On-site

Inspection day

Inspector visits the factory. AQL sampling across random units.

Within 1 day of inspection

Report delivered

PDF report sent exclusively to you. Factory never receives it.

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The Risk

One bad shipment erases margin

You trust their findings

Factory self-reports are biased. "Everything's great" isn't an inspection.

By then, it's shipped

Returns, replacements, one-star reviews — and no paper trail.

They show their best units

Without independent sampling, you review the units they selected.

Agencies are slow and disconnected

Separate vendor, minimum commitments, two-week turnarounds. Never gets prioritised.

What customers say

"Honestly, this has been such a relief. We used to wire the balance and just hope for the best. Now we see theinspection report first, and if something's off, we can fix it before it ships."

Grace Clark

Founder • Ugly Sleep Club

WHAT’S INCLUDEd

Five inspection types. One booking.

Pre-shipment inspection

Conducted when 80–100% of production is complete and packed.

Inline inspection (DUPRO)

Catches defects during production before they spread across the batch.

Full inspection (100% QC)

Every unit inspected. For high-value or low-tolerance SKUs.

Truck loading supervison

Verifies carton count, condition, and shipping marks during loading.

Inventory count/audit

Independent stock count before payment, handover, or inbounding.

Why Portless Quality Control

Leverage before you pay

Dispute before payment

Report in hand means rework requests before releasing balance.

Flowchart with Inspection Report labeled 'Label Placement,' Rework Requested as 'Pending,' and Balance $8,400 on Hold.

Catch it at factory

Defects stay at the factory. Not your returns queue.

Comparison showing defect costs: reaches customer with $149+ cost, caught at factory with $0 cost.

Random units. Real quality.

Industry-standard AQL sampling. Your production quality, not their
showcase.

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A record every time

Cumulative inspection history for disputes, reorders, and supplier accountability.

Inspection History for Factory A listing orders from Jan to Sep 2024 with results Pass or flagged.

External agency vs Portless Quality Control

Same team. No new vendor.

Who receives the report

Standalone Agency

You and the factory

Exclusively you. Factory sees nothing.

Vendor relationship

Standalone Agency

New contract, new onboarding

Same team. No new vendor.

Factory shipping approval

Standalone Agency

Agency confirms independently

You approve after reviewing the report.

Failed batch handling

Standalone Agency

You notify fulfillment separately

Flagged directly into your inbound flow.

Commitment model

Standalone Agency

Minimum volume or retainer

No minimum. Book as needed.

Factor

External packaging vendor

Service fee

Often included as coordination or management markup

$0 — you pay materials only, at our supplier rate

MOQ

Typically 5,000–10,000+ units (new relationship, no leverage)

Lower MOQs through existing supplier relationships

Pricing

Retail or wholesale markup

Pass-through at cost

Coordination

You manage supplier, shipping, and timelines

Portless manages end-to-end

SKU setup & warehousing

Separate fees at your 3PL or warehouse

Included at no fee inside your Portless account

Logistics

Second logistics layer — separate shipment, separate tracking

Same Portless flow, no second vendor

Quote turnaround

Days to weeks (new relationship from scratch)

1 business day

Catch defects before they leave the floor

Booking to report in five steps

Submit your brief

We review and confirm

You approve the quote

Inspection day

Report delivered

One bad shipment erases margin

You trust their findings

By then, it's shipped

They show their best units

Agencies are slow and disconnected

Five inspection types. One booking.

Pre-shipment inspection

Inline inspection (DUPRO)

Full inspection (100% QC)

Truck loading supervison

Inventory count/audit

Leverage before you pay

Dispute before payment

Catch it at factory

Random units. Real quality.

A record every time

Same team. No new vendor.

Who receives the report

Standalone Agency

Vendor relationship

Standalone Agency

Factory shipping approval

Standalone Agency

Failed batch handling

Standalone Agency

Commitment model

Standalone Agency

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