Find me factories that produce tote bags for LIDL, Decathlon or Uniqlo.
Replaces: Searching trade directories, cross-checking retail product lines against factory capabilities, and building a first shortlist by hand.
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Sourcing prompts
48 sourcing prompts
48 sourcing prompts
that do the work
Every prompt below is a job a buyer used to do by hand. Copy one into SourcingGPT and the agent runs the search, the outreach, the quote comparison and the paperwork behind it — then hands you the decision. What each one replaces is on the card.
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48 prompts across 10 categories. No sign-up to read or copy.
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Supplier discovery and curation
~5.8 hr saved per briefGo from a product idea to a shortlist of factories that actually make it, filtered by certification, export history and MOQ.
List OEM/ODM factories in China that manufacture for Dyson-level brands.
Replaces: Working backwards from brand product lines to contract manufacturers across several directories.
Find me baby stroller suppliers compliant with EU EN1888 standards.
Replaces: Reading certification databases and emailing suppliers to confirm which standard they actually hold.
Which factories export air fryers to the US with FDA and UL certification?
Replaces: Pulling US customs records, then matching shipments back to factories and checking their certification claims.
Show me Vietnam-based textile suppliers with verified US customs shipments over $5M.
Replaces: Querying trade data, filtering by value and destination, then verifying the companies are still trading.
Find small MOQs for startups for premium candles with EU fragrance compliance.
Replaces: Emailing a dozen suppliers to ask for MOQ, then checking IFRA and EU fragrance compliance separately.
Show me suppliers with BSCI or Sedex certification for garment production.
Replaces: Checking audit databases and reconciling them against the supplier's own claims.
Find private-label smartwatch manufacturers like Amazfit or Noise.
Replaces: Reverse-engineering comparable brands to a manufacturer list, then filtering for private-label capability.
RFQ creation, comparison and negotiation
~4.7 hr saved per briefTurn a brief into a specification-complete RFQ, chase the replies, and put every quote side by side on the same terms.
Draft an RFQ for a 1.5-ton split AC with inverter technology and R32 gas.
Replaces: Writing the specification from scratch and formatting it for supplier outreach.
Turn this product link into a complete RFQ for suppliers.
Replaces: Reading a product page, extracting the spec, and rewriting it as a sourcing brief.
Compare these 5 RFQ responses and calculate the landed cost per unit.
Replaces: Rebuilding five quotes in a spreadsheet, normalising units and terms, then adding duties and freight by hand.
Write a polite negotiation message asking for a 10% price reduction.
Replaces: Drafting negotiation emails and getting the tone right with a supplier you want to keep.
Summarise the top differences in warranty terms across supplier quotes.
Replaces: Reading every quote line by line and building a comparison of warranty terms.
Create a supplier scorecard ranking these 4 factories by price, quality and capacity.
Replaces: Building a weighted scoring model and filling it in manually.
Technical product workflows
~3.6 hr saved per briefBills of materials, packaging, material substitutions and inspection checklists — the documents that decide your unit cost.
Create a BOM for a Bluetooth speaker comparable to Sonos Roam.
Replaces: Tearing down a comparable product and costing components line by line.
Suggest packaging materials to reduce cost by 12% without reducing protection.
Replaces: Working with a packaging supplier over several rounds to find a cheaper specification.
Provide a material breakdown for a yoga mat like Lululemon's.
Replaces: Researching material composition and estimating the split by weight.
List the quality inspection checklist for stainless steel cookware.
Replaces: Writing an inspection checklist from scratch, or paying a third party to supply one.
Suggest alternative components to reduce BOM cost for a smart door lock.
Replaces: Sourcing alternate components, checking they are drop-in compatible and re-costing the build.
Compliance, certification and documentation
~3.8 hr saved per briefWhat a product must carry to enter a market, and the paperwork that proves it. The step that stops shipments at the border.
What certifications are needed to import LED lamps into the EU?
Replaces: Reading regulator guidance and cross-checking which directives apply to the product.
List FDA and USDA requirements for importing bamboo kitchenware to the USA.
Replaces: Navigating two agencies' guidance to work out which rules actually apply.
Draft a compliance checklist for children's toys entering the UK.
Replaces: Assembling UKCA requirements into a checklist a supplier can sign against.
Generate a factory audit template for consumer electronics.
Replaces: Writing an audit template, or paying a consultancy for one.
Duties, tariffs, shipping and landed cost
~2.9 hr saved per briefThe number that actually decides whether a product works: unit price plus duty, freight, VAT, port fees and last-mile.
Calculate duties and Trump tariffs for Chinese-made air conditioners to the USA.
Replaces: Checking current tariff schedules and applying them to the product's HS classification.
What is the HS code for a robotic vacuum cleaner, and what are the duties to the EU?
Replaces: Classifying the product, then looking up the duty rate for that code.
Calculate landed cost including duties, VAT, port fees, trucking and last-mile.
Replaces: Building a landed-cost model and filling in every cost line by hand.
What is the shipping cost per 40HQ container from Vietnam to Germany this week?
Replaces: Requesting quotes from three forwarders and waiting for replies.
Estimate freight cost for 5 CBM of apparel from Bangladesh to Rotterdam.
Replaces: Working out chargeable weight and asking a forwarder for a rate.
Compare air versus sea freight time and cost from Shenzhen to Chicago.
Replaces: Getting two quotes and building the time-cost trade-off yourself.
Container optimisation and logistics
~1.8 hr saved per briefHow much fits, how to pack it, and which port gets it there sooner. Small percentages here are large sums at container scale.
How many cotton T-shirts can I fit in a 40HQ container?
Replaces: Estimating carton dimensions and doing the container maths by hand.
Optimise palletisation for 2,000 smartwatches with minimal air cost.
Replaces: Working out pallet configuration and chargeable weight across several options.
Calculate cubic metre usage and suggest packing density improvements.
Replaces: Measuring cartons and modelling how to pack them tighter.
Suggest alternative ports that reduce shipping lead time for EU buyers.
Replaces: Comparing port schedules and transit times manually.
Market intelligence and competitive analysis
~3.7 hr saved per briefWhere a product is cheapest to make, who is already shipping it, and whether demand is rising or fading.
What are the top 10 exporting countries for air fryers and their average FOB prices?
Replaces: Pulling trade statistics from several sources and building a country comparison.
Compare production cost of tote bags in India versus China versus Vietnam.
Replaces: Getting indicative quotes from three countries and normalising them.
Show me trending consumer electronics with rising global demand.
Replaces: Reading trade data and market reports to spot which categories are growing.
Check which suppliers shipped to Target or Walmart in the last 12 months.
Replaces: Searching customs records for retail buyers and matching shipments to factories.
Sample management and supplier communication
~2.8 hr saved per briefThe follow-up work that quietly eats a buyer's week: sample requests, chasing, and getting it right in the supplier's language.
Draft a sample request email with clear testing criteria.
Replaces: Writing a sample request and defining what you will actually test it against.
Follow up with the supplier asking for photos of the production line.
Replaces: Chasing a supplier and writing the follow-up yourself.
Write a message asking for updated lead times due to CNY closures.
Replaces: Tracking the holiday calendar and chasing every supplier before it bites.
Translate this message for supplier communication in simplified Chinese.
Replaces: Relying on a translation tool that loses the commercial nuance.
Sustainability and ethical sourcing
~2.2 hr saved per briefCertification, footprint and material swaps — increasingly a listing requirement, not a nice-to-have.
Find sustainable cotton suppliers with GOTS certification.
Replaces: Checking the certification body's register and verifying each supplier.
Calculate product carbon footprint for a stainless-steel bottle with assumptions.
Replaces: Building a footprint model and researching emission factors.
Suggest eco-friendly materials for pet accessories without raising cost 20%.
Replaces: Researching substitutes and costing the swap against the current material.
Corporate procurement
~5.6 hr saved per briefFor larger buyers and SMEs running multi-supplier programmes, where the risk and the reporting burden both scale up.
Create a multi-supplier comparison dashboard for Bluetooth earbuds.
Replaces: Building a comparison workbook and keeping it current as quotes change.
Prepare a sourcing strategy for migrating production from China to Mexico.
Replaces: Modelling the move across cost, lead time, duty and risk.
Audit supplier risk based on political stability, cost and logistics.
Replaces: Scoring each supplier against risk factors and keeping the scores updated.
Summarise supplier contracts and extract key risks, penalties and obligations.
Replaces: Reading contracts line by line and extracting the clauses that matter.
How to use them
Three steps, and you approve each one
A prompt is a brief, not a button. The agent plans the work, does it, and stops for your approval before anything leaves your account.
Copy a prompt
Take any prompt below. Edit it to your product, your quantity and your market — they are written to be changed.
Paste it into SourcingGPT
The agent reads the constraint, plans the steps, and runs the searches and outreach that follow from it.
Approve the decision
You get the shortlist, the normalised quotes and the landed cost. You approve each step before anything goes out.
The time it replaces
What each category costs you today
Estimates for a typical buyer running the step by hand, against the same step run through SourcingGPT. They are shown per category so you can weigh them against your own process rather than take a single headline number.
| Category | Prompts | By hand | With SourcingGPT | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplier discovery and curation | 8 | 6 hr | 12 min | ~5.8 hr |
| RFQ creation, comparison and negotiation | 6 | 5 hr | 20 min | ~4.7 hr |
| Technical product workflows | 5 | 4 hr | 25 min | ~3.6 hr |
| Compliance, certification and documentation | 4 | 4 hr | 15 min | ~3.8 hr |
| Duties, tariffs, shipping and landed cost | 6 | 3 hr | 8 min | ~2.9 hr |
| Container optimisation and logistics | 4 | 2 hr | 10 min | ~1.8 hr |
| Market intelligence and competitive analysis | 4 | 4 hr | 20 min | ~3.7 hr |
| Sample management and supplier communication | 4 | 3 hr | 15 min | ~2.8 hr |
| Sustainability and ethical sourcing | 3 | 2.5 hr | 15 min | ~2.2 hr |
| Corporate procurement | 4 | 6 hr | 25 min | ~5.6 hr |
| A complete sourcing brief | 48 | 39.5 hr | 2 hr 45 min | ~37 hr |
Estimates are indicative and vary with product complexity, supplier responsiveness and destination market. They describe time spent on the task itself, not elapsed time waiting on a supplier.
The same figures as a document
Every prompt, the step it replaces and its estimated saving, in one file you can share with a team or a finance lead.
Questions
Sourcing prompts, answered
What is a sourcing prompt?
A sourcing prompt is a plain-language instruction that tells SourcingGPT what you need to buy and under what constraints.
Instead of filling in filter forms across several directories, you describe the job the way you would brief a colleague, and the agent works out the steps.
Do I need to change the prompts before using them?
You should.
Each prompt is written as a starting point. Replace the product, the quantity, the destination market and any certification you care about with your own numbers, and the answer gets sharper.
Can SourcingGPT really find suppliers from a single prompt?
It searches across supplier directories and trade data, then filters the results against the constraints in your prompt — certification, export history, MOQ, destination market.
You get a shortlist with the reasoning attached, not a list of thousands of names to filter yourself.
How much time do these prompts actually save?
Each category below shows the manual time it replaces and the time it takes through SourcingGPT.
The estimates are based on typical buyer workflows and are shown per category so you can judge them against your own process rather than take a single headline number.
Are the prompts free to use?
The whole library is free to read and copy, with no sign-up.
You need an account only to run a prompt through the agent, and the trial does not require a card.
Can I use these prompts for corporate procurement rather than e-commerce?
Yes.
The final category is written for larger buyers running multi-supplier programmes, covering comparison dashboards, production migration, supplier risk and contract review.
Find the right suppliers
with nothing but a prompt.
Turn an idea into a curated supplier list, an instant RFQ and a clear comparison. The workflow, the evidence tiers and the audit trail are included.
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