Octo SAM is an intelligent sourcing agent backed by a database of 40,000 verified and vetted manufacturers worldwide. He matches your requirements, reaches out to multiple factories at once, and brings the conversation back to you in one language — yours.
SAM works from a curated network of 40,000 manufacturers across the globe — every one verified, vetted, and indexed by capability, certification, and category. No directory scraping. No cold leads.
Tell SAM what you need — material, MOQ, certification, geography, price band — and he matches you against the network in seconds. The shortlist is built on fit, not on who paid for placement.
SAM contacts multiple factories at once for your first-round request. No more sequential emails, no more waiting two weeks for a single quote. Responses come back side by side, ready to compare.
Every conversation runs through SAM in your language. No middleman markup. No commission baked into the unit price. No hours lost decoding sales-speak across time zones.
Sourcing shouldn't take three months, four agents, and a stack of WeChat threads. SAM is built for the people who need a real factory, a real quote, and a real answer — without the markup or the noise.
The sourcing network
Octo SAM is an intelligent sourcing agent backed by a database of 40,000 verified manufacturers worldwide. SAM matches your product requirements (material, MOQ, certification, geography, price band) against the network, contacts multiple factories in parallel, and brings the conversation back to you in your language — without middleman markup or commission baked into unit prices.
SAM's network draws from major B2B marketplaces (Alibaba, Made-in-China, Global Sources, IndiaMART, ThomasNet, Kompass, Europages, TradeKey), trade-fair indexes (Canton Fair, Hannover Messe, CMEF, MEDICA, HKTDC, CES), and certification bodies (ISO, Bureau Veritas, SGS, Intertek, DUNS). Every supplier on the shortlist is verified for compliance, certification, and capability before contact.
Standard SAM engagement turnaround is a vetted shortlist within 14 days of receiving a complete product spec (material, MOQ, certification requirements, target geography, price band). Parallel outreach to multiple factories runs during the engagement so quotes come back side by side, ready to compare — instead of sequential weeks-long email chains with one supplier at a time.
No. SAM operates on a flat fee paid by the buyer, not commission paid by the factory. This is the structural difference between SAM and traditional sourcing agents — there is no incentive for SAM to push you toward whichever factory pays the highest commission. Every quote you see is the factory's real quote, not a marked-up version with a hidden cut for the agent.
Brand founders launching a physical product and looking for a manufacturing partner they can trust. Strategic acquirers needing production capacity behind a product they just bought or licensed. Manufacturers and OEMs scaling into new categories and looking for component or co-manufacturing partners. Common thread: founders who'd rather build a product than chase a quote.
Email info@agenceocto.com with the product you're making (or planning to make), the geography that fits your supply chain, and any non-negotiable certifications or material constraints. Octo replies within 1 business day with a 30-minute scoping call. If SAM isn't the right tool for your case, that gets said on the call rather than after a proposal.
Tell us what you're making. SAM will find who can make it.
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