The right China partner. Faster, and with fewer wrong turns.
A private database of distributors, Tmall TPs, Douyin Partners and importers we've actually met, vetted and worked with on real brand projects. Built over fifteen years in China. We use it for international brands entering the market, or already on the ground and rebuilding their distribution.
A different way to source partners in China
Most "China distributor databases" online are basically scraped lists with a contact form attached.
BeyondCompass was built the slow way, one meeting at a time, over fifteen years of running brands in China. Every name in it has been vetted, met in person, visited on site, or worked with directly (most of them, more than one of those). It isn't sold off the shelf. We use it on behalf of the brands we're already working with, so they don't lose three months of sourcing before the launch even starts.
Brief, market map, shortlist
Brief from you. Market map back from us. Shortlist soon after.
You tell us your category, your stage, and what you're really trying to do in China. We come back with a clear map of who actually operates in your space, a shortlist of three to five partners who are genuinely worth talking to, and warm introductions to whichever of those you want to take forward. The sourcing was done long before you got here.
Beyond Border Group
A marketing and eCommerce agency operating in China since 2010. We've placed brands across beauty, food and beverage, fashion, lifestyle, home, wellness, mother-and-baby, and pet. Cross-border and domestic. Hundreds of brand projects over the years, and the database is basically the by-product of all that work.
Three pages, fifteen minutes
Why this database
What it is, why we built it, and what it actually costs brands when they end up with the wrong partner.
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What you can find inside
Who's in there, what we know about them that nothing scraped off the internet can give you, and why we don't sell it as a product.
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How we use it for your brand
The process from the first brief to the warm intro, and what it usually looks like in days rather than months.
ReadTell us where you're headed in China. We'll bring the shortlist.
We use BeyondCompass on your behalf. You walk in with three to five partners genuinely worth talking to, and warm intros to whichever you want to take forward.
Beyond Border Group
Beyond Border Group runs BeyondCompass as part of its China practice. Offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Paris (with a few of us in motion most of the time).
No obligation, no long pitch
If you're entering China, or replacing a partner that isn't really working out, or just trying to figure out the right distribution shape for your category, get in touch. The first call is short and there's no obligation. Most people know within half an hour whether BeyondCompass is the right fit for what they're trying to do.