Partner services

Testing, inspection and freight, booked inside your project.

Testing houses, inspectors, freight forwarders and customs brokers who work inside your project, plus Viaty experts to review the decisions that matter.

Find a service

What our partners deliver inside your project.

Search or filter the list, then book and pay from your project workspace. The partner sees the technical file sections the job needs.

Vetted

Service partners

In-project

Partners work inside your workspace

Pay per job

No retainer needed

Shared

Technical file access

14 services

Payments and insurance

Currency exchange for supplier payments

Pay factories in USD, CNY or EUR through a regulated payments partner, with the rate shown before you commit.

  • Step 8, Order
  • Step 11, Ship
  • About 2 days
  • Priced as a share of the amount

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Freight and logistics

Sea freight from China (FCL and LCL)

Full-container or shared-container freight from Chinese ports to UK and EU ports, booked against a passed inspection.

  • Step 11, Ship
  • About 45 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Quality inspection

Pre-shipment inspection (AQL)

An independent inspector checks finished goods against the approved sample before the balance is paid.

  • Step 10, Inspect
  • About 3 days
  • Priced per inspector day

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Testing and compliance

Product lab testing

Accredited testing of the approved sample: REACH chemicals, toy safety, food contact and more.

  • Step 3, Check
  • Step 7, Approve
  • About 10 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Freight and logistics

Air freight and express courier

Air cargo or door-to-door express for urgent orders, samples and small shipments.

  • Step 6, Sample
  • Step 11, Ship
  • About 7 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Freight and logistics

Sample collection and consolidation in China

Samples from several factories collected, checked against the brief and sent to you in one parcel.

  • Step 6, Sample
  • About 10 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Freight and logistics

UK customs clearance and duty

A customs broker declares your import in the Customs Declaration Service and pays duty and import VAT on your behalf.

  • Step 11, Ship
  • Step 12, Deliver
  • About 3 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Freight and logistics

EU customs clearance and duty

Import clearance into an EU member state, with duty and import VAT handled through a broker.

  • Step 11, Ship
  • Step 12, Deliver
  • About 3 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Payments and insurance

Cargo insurance

Cover for loss or damage in transit, arranged per shipment.

  • Step 11, Ship
  • About a day
  • Priced as a share of the amount

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Quality inspection

During-production inspection

A check when 20 to 50% of the order is made, so faults are fixed before the whole run is finished.

  • Step 9, Produce
  • About 3 days
  • Priced per inspector day

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Quality inspection

Factory audit (quality and social)

An on-site audit of a shortlisted factory: capability, quality system, and working conditions.

  • Step 4, Source
  • About 10 days
  • Priced per inspector day

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Testing and compliance

UK and EU compliance review

A specialist confirms what your product must meet in the UK and EU: safety, marking, labelling and claims.

  • Step 3, Check
  • About 5 days

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Freight and logistics

UK warehousing and fulfilment

Receive, store and send out your delivered goods from a UK warehouse.

  • Step 12, Deliver

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Content

Product photography

Clean product images of the finished goods for your catalogue, store or campaign.

  • Step 7, Approve
  • Step 12, Deliver
  • About 7 days
  • Priced per item

Vetted partner, booked inside your project

Quoted per project

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Colleagues reviewing documents together in an office

Viaty expert reviews

A specialist checks the decision before you commit money.

Each answer is logged in your technical file. Paid plans include reviews each month; otherwise the fee is shown before you pay.

  • Quotation review

    Is the quote complete, comparable and fair for this spec and volume?

    £95

  • Compliance route

    Which regulations, tests and labels apply in your markets, and what evidence you need.

    £145

  • Supplier suitability

    Is this factory the right fit for the product, volume and markets?

    £125

  • Production risk

    Quality, timeline and capacity risks before you commit.

    £125

Reviews included by plan

At the right step

Partners join the project when their input is needed.

Partners see the shared technical file and their own tasks, and message everyone in one thread. Where a step is locked, their evidence is what unlocks it.

A product manager matching colour samples at her desk

Steps 3 and 7

Compliance and testing

Compliance advisers confirm what the product must meet at Check; testing houses test the approved sample at Approve.

Quality checks at an inspection bench with scales and a spec sheet

Step 10

Inspection

Inspection partners check the goods against the approved sample and spec before anything ships.

Loading boxed goods into a delivery van

Steps 11 and 12

Freight and customs

Freight forwarders and customs brokers book, document and clear the shipment through to delivery.

  • 3

    Check

    Compliance, feasibility, risk and commercial viability

  • 7

    Approve

    Lock specification, testing, documents and order details

  • 10

    Inspect

    QC checks, inspection reports and corrective action

  • 11

    Ship

    Freight, export docs, import clearance, duty and VAT

  • 12

    Deliver

    Receipt, proof of delivery, checks and close-out

See all thirteen steps

How it works

Book a service in four steps.

It all happens inside the project, so the quote, the booking, the payment and the partner's report sit next to the rest of the evidence.

  1. 1

    Pick the step that needs help

    Open your project and choose the step: testing, inspection, freight, customs or documents.

  2. 2

    Send your requirements

    Share the project details and receive quotes from matched providers inside your project.

  3. 3

    Book and pay

    Choose your provider and pay through Viaty escrow. Funds are released only on completion.

  4. 4

    Review and book again

    Rate the provider and re-book the ones who did the job well.

Grow your trade services business.

Join the Viaty partner network and work inside buyers' sourcing projects, with the technical file sections you need already in front of you. No setup fee.