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Thailand Business Check · Sample report
Is this ceramics supplier real?
- Requested by:
- An Israeli homeware brand (fictional)
- Company checked:
- Tua Yang Ceramics Co., Ltd. (fictional)
- Delivered in:
- 3 business days
- Report language:
- English (also available in Hebrew)
- Report date:
- October 2026
Your question
We found Tua Yang Ceramics on Alibaba. They quote 1,200 mugs with our logo at $3.20 each and want a 50% deposit by bank transfer. Are they real, and is it safe to pay?
Verdict
Amber: a real company, but don’t pay until the payment details are fixed
- Registered in Thailand since 2016, active, with financial statements filed.
- The factory exists and makes custom mugs; we spoke to their sales manager in Thai.
- The deposit was requested to a personal bank account, not the company’s. Don’t pay until that changes.
- Green: go ahead
- Amber: go ahead with safeguards
- Red: avoid
1. Registration (Thai company registry, DBD)
- Registered name
- Tua Yang Ceramics Co., Ltd. (fictional)
- Registration number
- None: the company is fictional. Real reports give the 13-digit DBD number.
- Registered
- 2016 (10 years)
- Status
- Active
- Registered capital
- ฿5,000,000
- Directors
- 2
- Latest financial statements filed
- 2025
The registration matches the company name on your quotation.
2. Physical presence
Registered address and factory: Lampang, northern Thailand. Sales office: Chiang Mai.
Map and street-view imagery show an industrial building with the company sign at the factory address.
Not visited in person: a Business Check is done remotely. A site visit is available separately.
The addresses are consistent across the registry, the website and the quotation.
3. Contact test
- Phone (in Thai)
- Answered on the second call, same day
- Who answered
- Sales manager (named in real reports)
- English
- Basic on the phone, good by email
- LINE
- Replied within 3 hours
Responsive, and what they told us matches what they told you.
4. Products and price
- What they make
- Stoneware mugs, plates and bowls, in their own factory
- Private label
- Yes: custom glaze from 300 pieces per design, logo from 500
- Quoted to you
- $3.20 per mug for 1,200 mugs
- Told us (in Thai)
- ฿100–115 per mug depending on glaze, consistent with your quote
- Samples
- 2 free mugs; you pay the courier
The price you were quoted matches what they told us directly.
5. Online footprint
- Website
- Thai and English, with product pages and factory photos
- Marketplace
- Alibaba store since 2019
- Social media
- Facebook page, active in the last month
- Reviews
- Few public reviews; we found no negative ones
A long, consistent online history for a company of this size.
6. Risks and open questions
The deposit was requested to a personal account in an individual’s name, not to Tua Yang Ceramics Co., Ltd.
The food-safe glaze certificate shown on their website has no certificate number we could check.
Lead time for 1,200 mugs: they told us 30–35 days. Get it in writing on the proforma invoice.
7. Recommended next steps
- Ask for a proforma invoice from Tua Yang Ceramics Co., Ltd. showing the company’s own bank account. Pay only to an account in the company’s registered name.
- Order the 2 sample mugs before paying any deposit.
- Ask for a lab test report for the glaze (food safety), and check with your customs broker what Israel requires to import it.
- Optional: a site visit to the Lampang factory, with photos, video and a written report.(₪690 + travel from Chiang Mai)
This is operational research based on public information and direct contact. It isn’t legal, financial or credit advice, or a guarantee of the company’s performance.