Supplier A
#1
RANK
Knit hoodies · 400 GSM · holds your 300 run
Lead time — 40 days
Held price — HK$180 FOB
HOW IT WORKS
From a sentence to a shipped product.
Most tools start from a spec you already have, and stop at the factory door. Frenzee starts at the idea and runs it through: brief it, source it, sample it, QC it, ship it — with you in control at every gate.
IN SHORT
- You describe a product; Frenzee turns it into a factory-ready brief and ranks makers who’ve shipped it before.
- You stay anonymous to factories until you commit, and money is held until you confirm QC.
- It’s more than a quote engine — Frenzee writes the brief, runs the outreach, and manages the run through sample, QC and shipping.
More than a sourcing quote
Most sourcing tools hand you a price and a supplier, then leave. Frenzee starts earlier and stays later.
01
It starts at the idea, not a spec
Describe what you want in plain words; Frenzee writes the factory-ready brief. Other tools need a tech pack you don’t have yet — this is the on-ramp.
02
It runs the job, not just the quote
Match → anonymous outreach you approve → quotes → sample → commit → QC → ship. Every step has your sign-off — not a one-off price and goodbye.
03
Judgment + honest cost, built in
The margin at your retail price on every option, factories matched from 16,137 profiles with due diligence before they’re shown, and our cut shown as a line on the quote.
The lifecycle, step by step
Every step produces something real — a named output you can point to.
- 01→ A captured intent
Describe it
A sentence or a photo — no spec required. Frenzee asks the questions you’d otherwise learn the hard way.
- 02→ A locked brief
Frenzee writes the brief
It turns your idea into a factory-ready spec and hands you the trade-offs to decide. Then the brief locks.
- 03→ A ranked shortlist
Ranked makers
Frenzee matches factories that have shipped your category — ranked, with the margin at your retail price shown on every option.
- 04→ Approved outreach
Outreach you approve
Frenzee drafts each factory inquiry. Nothing goes out until you OK it — and you stay anonymous (you’re “Buyer #4731,” they’re “Supplier A/B/C”).
- 05→ Comparable quotes
Quotes back
Real price, MOQ and lead time come back, still anonymized, side by side so you can compare.
- 06→ An approved sample
Commit + sample
You commit to one maker — only then does your identity release to them — and approve a sample before any bulk run.
- 07→ Funds held
Deposit, held
A deposit goes down and the balance is held — the factory’s share waits until you confirm QC. New suppliers, 30% down / 70% on delivery.
- 08→ Released on your OK
QC, then release
You confirm the goods are right. Only then does the held balance release to the factory.
- 09→ A shipped run
Ship
The goods move, and you keep the full record — every quote, every approval, every QC photo.
What “ranked makers” actually looks like
SAMPLE DATAA worked example — a 300-unit olive hoodie. This is the real Frenzee surface with sample numbers.
Supplier B
#2
RANK
High-volume knit specialist · 320–450 GSM
Lead time — 45 days
Held price — HK$168 FOB
Supplier C
#3
RANK
Low-MOQ knit house · French Terry · garment-dye in-house
Lead time — 52 days
Held price — HK$192 FOB
Every option shows the margin at your retail price — so you’re choosing on what you’ll actually make, not just on unit cost.
How we keep it safe
You’re anonymous until you commit
Factories see “Buyer #4731,” not you. It stops anyone taking the match and going around Frenzee — and it protects you from being marketed to before you’re ready. Identity releases only when you choose to commit.
Money is held until QC
On the built-in-margin path, your balance sits in custody until you confirm the goods are right. Only then does the factory’s share release.
You lock the trade-offs, not the factory
Frenzee hands you the trade-offs in plain language; you decide; then the brief locks. The opposite of a factory’s take-it-or-leave-it.
The cost is honest
Our margin is a line on the quote, in writing — never a markup buried in the factory price. You choose the model: a built-in-margin path where Frenzee holds the balance until you confirm QC, or your own rails with a flat retainer.
The questions people actually ask
What stops me taking the match and going direct?
Nothing stops you talking to a factory — but the deal transits Frenzee, and you stay anonymous until you commit, so the match only pays off inside the flow. We’d rather earn the run than trap you in it.
Is my identity exposed to the factory?
No. You’re anonymous — labelled “Buyer #4731” — until you commit. Your name, contact and company are released only when you choose to.
What if the factory goes quiet?
Frenzee pre-warms alternate factories and chases on your behalf, so you’re not stuck waiting on a single reply.
Do I have to use Frenzee to pay?
You choose. A built-in-margin path where Frenzee holds the balance until you confirm QC, or your own rails with a flat retainer — on that one, Frenzee never touches the money.
Is this just AI, or are there people?
AI does the expert drafting and matching. People handle anything that needs a human — verifying a factory, a tricky negotiation. We say which is which; we never fake automation.
How many factories are behind it?
16,137 factory profiles across Hong Kong, China, India and Vietnam, with due diligence before they’re shown.
Describe a product. See real factories and the margin at your price — in a few minutes.
REF · FZ-HOW-2026 · R1 · HUMAN-AUTHORED