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 "@context": "https://schema.org",
 "generated_at": "2026-09-17",
 "brand": "Cheery Supply Chain",
 "site": "https://luressource.com",
 "scope": "Chinese fishing tackle sourcing",
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 "entry_count": 32,
 "entries": [
  {
   "id": "fishing-tackle-guan",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/fishing-tackle/guan/",
   "title": "Guan, Hebei Fishing Tackle Suppliers | Verified Data",
   "summary": "Guan County in Hebei is an inland tackle manufacturing cluster. Verified factory data for rods, lures and accessories, with MOQ and reference price ranges.",
   "answer": "Guan County in Langfang, Hebei is a source for rods, accessories and volume OEM tackle at a lower cost base than the Shandong coast. Every record here passes the same 4 verification gates and is re-checked on a 90-day cycle. Inland labour and land cost less, but cargo travels further to a port and component supply is thinner, so unit price and landed cost diverge. It is a cost-led choice for known specifications, not for hardware-sensitive rod programmes.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Strongest where the specification is not hardware-sensitive.",
    "Ask where guides, reel seats and hooks come from and how they are stocked before accepting a lead time.",
    "A production-line sample matters more here than in a mature cluster."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1221,
   "md": "/fishing-tackle/guan.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "fishing-tackle-weihai",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/fishing-tackle/weihai/",
   "title": "Weihai Fishing Tackle Suppliers | Verified Factory Data",
   "summary": "Weihai in Shandong is a coastal tackle and rod manufacturing base. Verified factory data for rods, lures and accessories, with MOQ and price ranges.",
   "answer": "Weihai, Shandong is a coastal tackle cluster, and industry reporting attributes about 60% of global rod output and roughly 90% of the domestic Chinese rod market to the city. For buyers that means local blank, guide and reel-seat supply, so component changes rarely stall a production run, and every factory record passes 4 verification gates before publication. It is the benchmark for rod programmes, not automatically the cheapest option, so compare landed cost at the same Incoterm.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Tackle exports from Weihai grew 18.4% year on year in the first two months of the reported period.",
    "Rods, hard lures, metal jigs and accessories are the strengths; component changes rarely stall a production run.",
    "The risks are higher unit cost and peak-season capacity booking."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1282,
   "md": "/fishing-tackle/weihai.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "fishing-tackle-xianxian",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/fishing-tackle/xianxian/",
   "title": "Xianxian Fishing Tackle Suppliers | Verified Data",
   "summary": "Xianxian County in Cangzhou, Hebei, has an emerging fishing tackle supply base. Verified factory data for lures, rods and accessories, with MOQ and price.",
   "answer": "Xianxian County in Cangzhou, Hebei is a newer Chinese tackle supply base, useful to buyers as an independent price reference rather than a first programme. It runs the same 4 verification gates as every other cluster, with records re-checked on a 90-day cycle. The main risk is process maturity, so ask how colourways are locked and who inspects incoming hardware. It suits price discovery and second-source work on tolerant specifications; treat a first programme here as higher risk than the same programme in Weihai.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Most useful for price discovery on stock lure shapes and standard rod specifications.",
    "The main risk is process maturity: colourway locking and incoming hardware inspection.",
    "Always compare at the same Incoterm as the coastal quote."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1256,
   "md": "/fishing-tackle/xianxian.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "insights-chinese-fishing-tackle-clusters",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/insights/chinese-fishing-tackle-clusters/",
   "title": "Chinese Fishing Tackle Clusters Compared | Weihai vs Hebei",
   "summary": "How China's fishing tackle clusters compare: Weihai for rods (about 60% of global output), Xianxian and Guan in Hebei for volume programmes.",
   "answer": "China's fishing tackle supply is concentrated in two places. Weihai in Shandong is the rod capital, credited with roughly 60% of global fishing rod output and about 90% of China's domestic rod market, and it is the default first stop for rod and hard-lure programmes. Hebei's inland clusters, Xianxian in Cangzhou and Guan in Langfang, are the volume and cost alternatives for lures, accessories and value rods. The split does not apply where the specification names the hook, ring and finish, because component availability then decides.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Weihai, Shandong is credited with roughly 60% of global fishing rod production and about 90% of China's domestic rod market (industry reporting, 2025–2026).",
    "Weihai tackle exports grew 18.4% year on year in the first two months of the reporting period (Qilu network).",
    "Xianxian County's Monan township in Cangzhou, Hebei, runs a full lure-to-rod supply chain described by provincial media as \"one small rod, one industry chain\".",
    "The practical split: rods and hard lures from Weihai; volume lures, accessories and value rods from Hebei."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1558,
   "md": "/insights/chinese-fishing-tackle-clusters.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "insights-fob-vs-exw-for-china-sourcing",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/insights/fob-vs-exw-for-china-sourcing/",
   "title": "FOB vs EXW for China Sourcing | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "FOB and EXW change who carries cost, risk and paperwork in a China sourcing order. A practical comparison, with the questions to ask before you accept.",
   "answer": "FOB and EXW are two different scopes of work, not two prices for the same product. FOB includes inland freight, export clearance and terminal handling, while EXW starts at the factory gate, so an EXW quote looks cheaper only because it covers less. Normalise 3 fields before comparing two quotes, namely unit, order quantity and price basis, then compare landed cost at the same Incoterm. The comparison does not apply when a buyer already runs their own forwarder in China, where EXW can be the simpler route.",
   "key_facts": [
    "FOB is usually the easier starting point for a buyer with no local presence in China.",
    "A factory with volume often gets better inland freight rates than a small buyer does.",
    "Ask 4 questions in writing before accepting a term, namely the named port, terminal handling, clearance and inland freight per container."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1220,
   "md": "/insights/fob-vs-exw-for-china-sourcing.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "insights-how-to-verify-a-chinese-supplier",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/insights/how-to-verify-a-chinese-supplier/",
   "title": "How to Verify a Chinese Supplier Before You Pay a Deposit",
   "summary": "How to verify a Chinese factory before paying a deposit: registration checks, main-business evidence, export records and the interview questions that matter.",
   "answer": "Verifying a Chinese supplier before you pay a deposit takes 4 checks, in this order. Confirm the legal entity and its insured employee count, confirm the company actually manufactures your category, read customs export records for real destination markets, then interview and take a sample from the production line. The fastest tell for a trading desk posing as a factory is a manufacturing question it cannot answer with numbers. Each check is cheap and can end the process early. It does not replace your own sample and inspection on the first order.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Insured employee count beats a claimed capacity as a size signal.",
    "\"Do you export?\" is answered yes by everyone; ask where to, how often, and under which Incoterm.",
    "Pre-shipment inspection catches problems after the money is spent; during-production inspection is where you can still change the outcome."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1119,
   "md": "/insights/how-to-verify-a-chinese-supplier.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "insights-moq-negotiation-with-chinese-factories",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/insights/moq-negotiation-with-chinese-factories/",
   "title": "MOQ Negotiation with Chinese Factories",
   "summary": "Why minimum order quantities exist, which costs set the floor for printed packaging, and the levers that genuinely lower MOQ on a first order.",
   "answer": "MOQ in Chinese manufacturing is a setup-cost calculation, not a supplier trait. Take the plate, mould or tooling cost and divide it by the number of units the factory will spread it over, and you have the floor. 4 levers lower that floor. Separate the tooling into its own line item, take a stock specification, ride a scheduled run, or commit to a programme rather than a single order. None of them work if you ask for a lower MOQ and a discount in the same message.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Printed packaging and moulded products are constrained by setup, not by material.",
    "A higher unit price for a small trial order is often cheaper than unsellable inventory.",
    "Get the MOQ, the quantity it applies to and the basis in writing."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1477,
   "md": "/insights/moq-negotiation-with-chinese-factories.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "fishing-tackle",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/fishing-tackle/",
   "title": "Fishing Tackle Manufacturers in China | Verified Data",
   "summary": "Where Chinese fishing tackle is made, what each cluster is good at, and the numbers behind it, with cluster-level specification and compliance detail.",
   "answer": "China's fishing tackle industry is a 3-cluster supply base, and the cluster you choose decides your cost base more than the factory you choose inside it. China exported US$1.93 billion of tackle under HS 9507 in 2024, up 9.0 percent on 2023, and shipped it to 196 destinations. Weihai in Shandong is the rod and hard-lure base, credited with roughly 60 percent of global rod output; Guan and Xianxian in Hebei cover rods, accessories and value lures. Cluster averages are not quotations, so compare factories at the same Incoterm.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Three published clusters: Weihai, Guan and Xianxian.",
    "China HS 9507 exports reached US$1.93 bn in 2024, across 196 destination countries.",
    "Verification runs per factory, not per cluster: 4 verification gates, re-checked every 90 days."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1073,
   "md": "/fishing-tackle.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "about",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/about/",
   "title": "About Cheery Supply Chain | Structured Sourcing Data",
   "summary": "Who we are, what we publish and what we refuse to publish: verified, machine-readable supply data for Chinese fishing tackle factories.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain (Xiyue) is a sourcing data provider for Chinese fishing tackle manufacturing. We collect capacity, MOQ, price bands with a stated basis, lead times and certifications from factories in 3 clusters, verify each record against 4 verification gates, and publish the result as web pages and as open JSON. One category only, so verification depth is not spread thin. The data is a supplier shortlist, not an audit, and a factory that passes all 4 verification gates can still ship a batch that fails your own inspection.",
   "key_facts": [
    "One category only: fishing tackle. Verification depth is not spread across categories.",
    "Unverified factories are never published, not even as \"pending\".",
    "The same records are readable by humans and by AI procurement agents."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1137,
   "md": "/about.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "alibaba-store",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/alibaba-store/",
   "title": "Our Alibaba.com Store | Gold Supplier",
   "summary": "We are a Gold Supplier member on Alibaba.com. What that status verifies, what it does not, and how to check the store against our own records yourself.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain trades on Alibaba.com as a Gold Supplier member. That status means Alibaba has verified the business registration of the trading entity, not that any individual product has been inspected. Use the store as an independent anchor: open it, check that the legal name matches Weihai Xiyue Fishing Tackle, and compare the product range with the listings published on this site.",
   "key_facts": [
    "The store is a third-party anchor: it exists on a platform we do not control, so it can be checked without trusting us.",
    "Gold Supplier verifies the seller's business registration, not the quality of each product.",
    "Our own four verification gates for factories are separate and stricter than the platform status.",
    "If the legal name or contact details on the store disagree with this site, treat this site as the canonical source and tell us."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 512,
   "md": "/alibaba-store.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "catalogue",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/catalogue/",
   "title": "Download the Sourcing Guide | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "Download the fishing tackle sourcing guide: four-gate verification, specification checklists for lures, jigs and rods, MOQ economics and inspection points.",
   "answer": "The Cheery Supply Chain sourcing guide is a free PDF for tackle buyers, with no registration. It covers the 4-gate verification standard, specification checklists for soft lures, hard lures, jigs and rods, MOQ and tooling economics, a FOB versus EXW comparison, and the inspection points that prevent costly batches. It is written for the person who places the order and is safe to circulate inside a buying committee. It carries our method, not supplier names or prices, which stay behind a trade account.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Written for the person who places the order, not for a marketing audience.",
    "Safe to circulate inside a buying committee.",
    "The raw records behind it are also published as JSON."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1116,
   "md": "/catalogue.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "compliance",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/compliance/",
   "title": "Fishing Tackle Compliance | US and EU Import Rules",
   "summary": "The lead restrictions, packaging rules, product-safety duties and standards that decide whether a Chinese fishing tackle shipment clears US and EU customs.",
   "answer": "Fishing tackle compliance is decided by 4 rule sets, not one. Lead restrictions differ between the EU and the United States; EU packaging rules change on 12 August 2026; EU product-safety law requires a responsible person inside the EU; and US law requires country-of-origin marking on every article. A supplier who cannot answer questions on all 4 is not ready for your market.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Lead is regulated differently on each side of the Atlantic, and the EU position is tightening.",
    "Packaging law is the rule most buyers discover last, and it applies from a fixed date.",
    "Product standards exist for rods, hooks and line; a certificate of conformity is not the same as a test report."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1228,
   "md": "/compliance.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "contact",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/contact/",
   "title": "Contact | Buyer, Supplier and Data Enquiries",
   "summary": "Route your enquiry to the right desk: buyer sourcing, distributor enquiries, factory listing, data corrections or partnerships. Replies within one business day.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain is a sourcing partner with 4 enquiry desks, so a message reaches the right team on the first attempt. Buyer sourcing, distributor and trade-account applications, factory listing applications, and data corrections each have a separate form. Buyer enquiries and data corrections are answered within 1 business day, and factory applications within 2. A specification that states a quantity and a destination market gets the fastest useful reply; without a quantity, we can only answer with a price band.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Send a specification and a quantity for the fastest useful answer.",
    "Data corrections need the supplier ID and the evidence that contradicts the record.",
    "Removal requests are actioned within 24 hours."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1006,
   "md": "/contact.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "credentials",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/credentials/",
   "title": "Credentials and Certificates | Scanned Originals",
   "summary": "Six scanned certificates published unedited, what each document type does and does not prove, and how to check any of them with the issuing body.",
   "answer": "Six scanned certificates are published here unedited. Each scan is the document itself, so the holder name, the issuer and the validity dates printed on it are authoritative, and machine-readable detail for AI agents is published separately at /downloads/credentials.json. The set covers UL mark authorisation, an amfori BSCI audit summary, two SGS supplier assessment reports, an SGS product test report and an ISO 9001:2015 certificate. A system certificate proves a management system, not a product; a test report covers the sample tested, not the production run.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Every image is the original scan, not a retouched mock-up.",
    "The holder name printed on a scan governs; nothing is restated beyond what the document says.",
    "Certificate numbers and issuer names can be checked against the issuing body's own registry.",
    "ISO 9001:2015 runs for 3 years with surveillance audits at 12 and 24 months.",
    "Machine-readable index for AI agents: /downloads/credentials.json"
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 833,
   "md": "/credentials.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "faq",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/faq/",
   "title": "FAQ | Sourcing, Verification and Trade Accounts",
   "summary": "Answers on how we verify Chinese fishing tackle factories, how trade accounts work, what prices mean, and how our data may be used by buyers and AI agents.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain is a sourcing data publisher for Chinese fishing tackle factories, and this page answers the 8 questions buyers and factories ask most often. Suppliers pass 4 verification gates before publication, prices carry a stated FOB or EXW basis, and every record is re-checked on a 90-day cycle. The same records are served as JSON so AI procurement agents can read them directly. These are short answers, not quotations; for a specific programme the verification standard and the cluster page govern.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Categories covered: fishing tackle only. No other category is listed, by design.",
    "No listing fee for factories during the pilot; no membership fee for buyers.",
    "Records are re-checked every 90 days and every profile shows its review date."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 953,
   "md": "/faq.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "for-suppliers",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/for-suppliers/",
   "title": "Get Your Factory Listed | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "How Chinese fishing tackle factories get listed in our verified directory: what we check, what a listing includes, and what we never do with your data.",
   "answer": "Listing a Chinese fishing tackle factory is a 4-gate process, covering business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records and a direct interview. A record is published only when all 4 verification gates pass, carrying capacity, MOQ, lead time and price basis. There is no listing fee during the pilot and no exclusivity is requested. China exported US$1.93 billion of tackle under HS 9507 in 2024, which is the market a dated, evidence-linked record is read against. Records that fail a gate are never published.",
   "key_facts": [
    "No exclusivity is requested; factories keep their existing channels.",
    "Prices are published only with a stated basis and with the factory's confirmation.",
    "Records that fail a gate are never published, and the factory is told which gate failed."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1260,
   "md": "/for-suppliers.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "glossary",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/glossary/",
   "title": "Fishing Tackle Sourcing Glossary | FOB, EXW, MOQ, AQL",
   "summary": "Plain definitions of the terms that decide a Chinese fishing tackle order: FOB, EXW, MOQ, tooling cost, AQL, HS 9507 and the sample-to-production gap.",
   "answer": "A Chinese fishing tackle order turns on 14 terms: FOB, EXW, MOQ, tooling cost, colourway tolerance, AQL sampling, HS heading 9507, salt-spray testing, OEM versus ODM, private label, the sample-to-production gap, lead time, verification gates and reference price bands. HS 9507 covers rods, hooks, reels and artificial bait, and China exported US$1.93 billion under it in 2024. A quotation is comparable only when the unit, the order quantity and the basis are stated. Each entry below states what the term means, what it changes in the price you pay, and where it does not apply.",
   "key_facts": [
    "A quotation is comparable only when the unit, the order quantity and the basis (FOB port or EXW factory) are all stated.",
    "Fishing rods, hooks, reels and lures classify under HS heading 9507 for duty purposes.",
    "For moulded or printed tackle, MOQ is set by tooling and setup cost, not by material cost.",
    "AQL inspection scope must be agreed before production starts, not after a defect appears."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1433,
   "md": "/glossary.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "home",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/",
   "title": "Weihai & Hebei Tackle Source Factories | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "Verified Chinese fishing tackle source factories across Weihai and Hebei — lowest landed cost for price-led buyers, strongest specification for quality-led buyers.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain is a sourcing partner for fishing tackle buyers, working directly with factories in Weihai, Guan and Xianxian. We verify each factory against 4 verification gates, publish reference price bands and MOQ ranges with the unit stated, and normalise quotations so two prices can be compared. The site carries 63 sampled listings across 12 sub-types, a verified supplier directory and 14 defined sourcing terms. Every record is dated and re-checked on a 90-day cycle; it is a starting point for a shortlist, not a substitute for your own sample approval.",
   "key_facts": [
    "We source from Weihai, Shandong - China's rod and hard-lure cluster, credited with roughly 60% of global fishing rod output.",
    "4 verification gates must pass before a factory is published - business registration, main business, customs export records, direct interview.",
    "63 sampled listings across 12 sub-types, each with a reference price band and an MOQ range.",
    "A quotation is comparable only when the unit, the order quantity and the basis (FOB port or EXW factory) are all stated.",
    "Buyer enquiries are answered within 1 business day, and records are re-checked every 90 days."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 606,
   "md": "/index.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "how-it-works",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/how-it-works/",
   "title": "How Sourcing Works | China Fishing Tackle Supply",
   "summary": "Six steps from specification to delivery, the commercial terms behind them, inspection points, the documents you receive, and where you can stop without cost.",
   "answer": "Sourcing through Cheery Supply Chain is a six-step process: specification, factory matching, a written quotation, samples, production with checkpoints, and pre-shipment inspection. Commercial terms are agreed in writing before production starts. A repeat order on existing tooling takes about 7 to 9 weeks from order to goods landed; a first order with new tooling takes 10 to 14 weeks. You can stop after the quotation or after the sample without committing to production. The process covers fishing tackle only.",
   "key_facts": [
    "You can stop after the quotation or after the sample without committing to production.",
    "The quotation states the price basis, MOQ, lead time, tooling and validity in writing.",
    "Tooling ownership is agreed up front — it decides whether you can move the programme later.",
    "Inspection measures the colourway, hardware and buoyancy against the approved sample, not against a description."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1930,
   "md": "/how-it-works.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "opportunities",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/opportunities/",
   "title": "Fishing Tackle Opportunities | What Buyers Are Asking For",
   "summary": "Product-level opportunity briefs for Chinese fishing tackle: where a product is fished, how it is rigged, which material holds up and which channels buy it.",
   "answer": "Opportunities is the product-intelligence section of this site. Each brief takes one product that buyers are actively asking about and answers the questions a supplier cannot: which waters and species it is fished for, how it is rigged, which material and buoyancy hold up on repeat orders, which retail channels actually stock it, and what the buying calendar looks like. Briefs are written for buyers and factories, they carry their sources, and they mark explicitly what has not been verified. The first brief covers sea urchin soft lures.",
   "key_facts": [
    "A brief is one product, not a category list, and it states the fishing situation before the specification.",
    "Every market claim carries a source; anything unsourced is listed under \"what we have not verified\".",
    "Each brief ends with a specification checklist you can send as an enquiry.",
    "Topics come from what buyers ask us for, not from keyword volume alone."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1157,
   "md": "/opportunities.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "price-benchmark",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/price-benchmark/",
   "title": "China Fishing Tackle Price Benchmark | Bands and MOQ",
   "summary": "Reference price bands and MOQ tiers for Chinese fishing tackle by sub-category, with the unit and basis stated so quotes are comparable. FOB and EXW explained.",
   "answer": "A Chinese fishing tackle quote is comparable only when 4 things are stated: the unit, the order quantity, the price basis (FOB a named port, or EXW factory), and what the price includes. Cheery Supply Chain publishes reference bands per sub-category on this page, aggregated at build time from sampled listings, with unit and sample size on every row, plus an MOQ band for each type. Bands are benchmarks, not offers, and they do not apply where a specification falls outside the sample.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Price bands below are aggregated from sampled listings; each row states the unit and the sample size.",
    "A quote without a stated basis (FOB or EXW) and quantity is not comparable with any other quote.",
    "MOQ is set by setup and tooling cost, not by material, for printed or moulded products.",
    "Median figures are shown alongside bands because bands hide the distribution."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1553,
   "md": "/price-benchmark.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "rfq",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/rfq/",
   "title": "Request a Quote | Verified Chinese Suppliers",
   "summary": "Send a specification for a quote from verified Chinese packaging or fishing tackle factories: format, quantity, material and destination market.",
   "answer": "A request for quotation is a specification, not a product link. Send 6 fields, namely product type, order quantity, material, colourway, packaging format and destination market. Cheery Supply Chain answers against verified factory records within 1 business day, and when a field is missing we name it rather than invent a price. No registration is needed to send an enquiry. Supplier identity and full price ranges follow once a trade account is approved.",
   "key_facts": [
    "[object Object]",
    "Reply time is 1 business day; an incomplete specification gets a question rather than an invented price.",
    "No registration is required to send an enquiry.",
    "Supplier identity is released after a trade account is approved."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1085,
   "md": "/rfq.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "sourcing-playbook",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/sourcing-playbook/",
   "title": "Sourcing Fishing Tackle from China: The Complete Playbook",
   "summary": "One route through Chinese tackle sourcing: the six steps, four verification gates, quotation bases, MOQ levers, inspection points and 14 glossary terms.",
   "answer": "Sourcing fishing tackle from China runs as six steps, namely specification, factory matching, a written quotation, a sample, production against agreed checkpoints, and pre-shipment inspection. A repeat order on existing tooling takes about 7 to 9 weeks from order to goods landed; a first order that needs new tooling takes 10 to 14 weeks. Factories are published only after 4 verification gates pass, and a quotation is comparable only when the unit, the quantity and the basis (FOB port or EXW factory) are all stated. You can stop after the quotation or after the sample without committing to production.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Six steps run from specification to delivery; stopping after the quotation or the sample costs nothing beyond the sample itself.",
    "Four gates decide publication, namely business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records and a direct interview.",
    "A price is comparable only when the unit, the order quantity and the basis (FOB port or EXW factory) are stated.",
    "HS heading 9507 covers rods, hooks, reels and artificial bait; China exported US$1.93 billion under it in 2024 (UN Comtrade).",
    "Supplier records are dated and re-checked on a 90-day cycle, and factory identity opens with an approved trade account."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 4316,
   "md": "/sourcing-playbook.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "supply-data",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/supply-data/",
   "title": "Open Supply Data | Fishing Tackle Directory and Datasets",
   "summary": "The datasets behind this site: verified supplier records, product listings, a page-level knowledge base and a full-text snapshot, published as open JSON.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain publishes 4 open datasets as static JSON: verified supplier records, product listings, a page-level knowledge base, and a full-text snapshot of the site. All are static files with no login and no rate limit, regenerated on every build. Supplier records are published only after 4 verification gates pass, and each record carries its own review date inside a 90-day cycle. The datasets cover our verified records only, not the whole Chinese fishing tackle market.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Supplier records are published only after four-gate verification; the current published count is shown on the directory page.",
    "Product listings carry reference price per unit and MOQ; media rights status is stated in the payload itself.",
    "Every page also has a Markdown twin at its own path with .md."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 2026,
   "md": "/supply-data.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "trade-account",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/trade-account/",
   "title": "Trade Account Application | Verified Supplier Data",
   "summary": "A free buyer account for importers, distributors and private-label brands: full price ranges with basis, capacity detail, factory identity and samples.",
   "answer": "A trade account is a free buyer account for importers, distributors and private-label brands. It unlocks the 4 items we deliberately keep off public pages, namely reference price ranges with their basis, capacity detail per specification, verified factory identity with business contacts, and sample coordination against a real factory quotation. Applications are reviewed within 1 business day and we reply whether we approve or decline. The account is not a price list. It applies once you are placing orders, not while you are still comparing categories.",
   "key_facts": [
    "No membership fee. We earn on orders we place and manage, not on access to the directory.",
    "Factory identity and contact details are released to approved buyers only, so factories are not quoted against by non-buyers.",
    "Your enquiry and your price data are not shared with other buyers or used for marketing."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1948,
   "md": "/trade-account.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "verification",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/verification/",
   "title": "How We Verify Chinese Suppliers | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "Our four-way verification for Chinese factories: business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records and a direct capacity interview.",
   "answer": "Verification at Cheery Supply Chain is a four-gate check, and every gate must pass before a factory is published: business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records, and a direct interview confirming capacity, MOQ, lead time and price basis. Published records are re-checked on a 90-day cycle. A record that fails any gate is absent from the directory rather than published as pending. The gates cover fishing tackle factories only; a supplier outside tackle is not assessed.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Insured employee count is used as the size signal, because it is harder to inflate than a claimed capacity.",
    "Customs records answer \"do you export?\" better than the supplier does.",
    "Published records are re-checked on a 90-day cycle and dated on every profile."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 2403,
   "md": "/verification.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "verify-us",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/verify-us/",
   "title": "Verify Cheery Supply Chain | Alibaba Store Match",
   "summary": "Check that Cheery Supply Chain is a real company before trusting our data: match the legal name, the Alibaba.com store and our contact details yourself.",
   "answer": "Cheery Supply Chain is a sourcing-data business operated by Weihai Xiyue Fishing Tackle. You can verify that independently in 3 steps. Match our legal company name against the Alibaba.com International store, check how long the store has traded and which categories it sells, then confirm the contact details match the ones published here. If all 3 match, our supplier data is being published by the entity it claims to be. If any one fails, treat our data as unverified and tell us.",
   "key_facts": [
    "The cross-check anchor is our Alibaba.com International store, a third-party platform we do not control.",
    "A platform badge proves the company exists and trades; it does not prove factory capacity or colour consistency.",
    "We would rather you check us than trust us. It is the same standard we apply to factories."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1394,
   "md": "/verify-us.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "opportunities-sea-urchin-soft-lure",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/opportunities/sea-urchin-soft-lure/",
   "title": "Sea urchin soft lures - sourcing brief | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "A sold-out Japanese bait, copied within months: waters, rigging, materials, channel formats.",
   "answer": "A sold-out Japanese bait, copied within months: waters, rigging, materials, channel formats. The shape is a Japanese design reported as 20 years old that took over ICAST 2026 (Hook and Barrel). US coverage describes the original selling out at around US$20 retail and being copied within months (Sports Illustrated, Ike Live).",
   "key_facts": [
    "The shape is a Japanese design reported as 20 years old that took over ICAST 2026 (Hook and Barrel).",
    "US coverage describes the original selling out at around US$20 retail and being copied within months (Sports Illustrated, Ike Live).",
    "Retail listings sell the shape as floating TPR or TPE in 2, 5, 6 and 12-piece packs with 6 colours (Amazon and Walmart listings).",
    "Sizes run from about 17 mm in finesse versions to roughly 110 mm (4.3 in) in value packs.",
    "Durability is a documented consumer problem: US titles published guides on rigging and on preserving the bait."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1887,
   "md": "/opportunities/sea-urchin-soft-lure.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "opportunities-slow-pitch-metal-jigs",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/opportunities/slow-pitch-metal-jigs/",
   "title": "Slow-pitch metal jigs - sourcing brief | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "Night offshore jigging for mackerel, hairtail and amberjack: weights, glow, hooks and pack formats.",
   "answer": "Night offshore jigging for mackerel, hairtail and amberjack: weights, glow, hooks and pack formats. Our sampled metal-jig listings quote US$0.97 to US$4.11 per piece at MOQ 100 to 200 pieces. The sample spans 20 g to 300 g, which is three different fishing situations rather than one product ladder.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Our sampled metal-jig listings quote US$0.97 to US$4.11 per piece at MOQ 100 to 200 pieces.",
    "The sample spans 20 g to 300 g, which is three different fishing situations rather than one product ladder.",
    "Night slow-pitch jigging is covered by the saltwater press as its own technique, with its own tackle and timing (Florida Sportsman).",
    "Glow and laser finishes are measurable specifications: afterglow duration and colour can be tested, unlike 'looks bright'.",
    "Jigs are sold with or without hooks; the hook is the most commonly substituted component."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1663,
   "md": "/opportunities/slow-pitch-metal-jigs.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "suppliers",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/suppliers/",
   "title": "Verified Chinese Supplier Directory | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "Directory of verified Chinese source factories with MOQ, reference price ranges, materials and lead times. Available as JSON for AI agents.",
   "answer": "This directory publishes only the Chinese fishing tackle factories that passed 4 verification gates: business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records and a direct interview confirming capacity, MOQ, lead time and price basis. Each record carries products, materials, MOQ, a reference price range with its stated basis, lead time, certifications, export markets, insured headcount and dated evidence links. Records that fail a gate are withheld rather than marked pending, and factory contact details are released after a trade account is approved.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Records that fail a gate are absent from the site rather than published as pending.",
    "Each profile carries its evidence links and the date it was last reviewed.",
    "Prices appear only with a stated FOB or EXW basis; otherwise the record says on request."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1634,
   "md": "/suppliers.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "insights",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/insights/",
   "title": "Sourcing Insights | Factory Verification and Negotiation",
   "summary": "Practical insights on verifying Chinese factories, MOQ negotiation, FOB vs EXW comparison and specifying tackle programmes that produce comparable quotes.",
   "answer": "This section covers the 4 sourcing decisions that cost buyers the most money in Chinese manufacturing, grouped by buying stage: before you commit (how to verify a supplier, which Chinese tackle cluster to source from) and pricing and terms (why FOB and EXW quotes are not comparable, and what actually moves a minimum order quantity). The same standard backs the 3 data pages: the price benchmark, the verified supplier directory and the open supply data.",
   "key_facts": [
    "Written for the person who signs the order, not for a marketing audience.",
    "Numbers and methods follow the four-gate verification standard published on this site.",
    "Half the knowledge is published as queryable data rather than as articles.",
    "Topics not yet covered are listed openly, with a way to ask for them."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 1443,
   "md": "/insights.md"
  },
  {
   "id": "products",
   "url": "https://luressource.com/products/",
   "title": "Fishing Tackle Catalogue | Cheery Supply Chain",
   "summary": "Browse sample fishing tackle listings with reference prices, MOQ and type — soft lures, hard lures, metal jigs, rods and accessories from Chinese factories.",
   "answer": "Chinese fishing tackle prices in this sample are quoted per unit and per listing, not per category. The largest families are fishhooks (9 listings) at US$0.07–2.4 per piece, MOQ 100–2000, and soft lures (6 listings) at US$0.2–3.85 per piece, MOQ 50–1000 pieces. Across all 62 listings the span runs US$0.07 to US$132.55, which is not a like-for-like comparison: it puts fishhooks at one end and finished rods at the other. MOQ is set by setup and tooling cost rather than by material, so the cheapest listing is rarely the one with the lowest minimum. Prices are comparable only when the unit, the order quantity and the basis (FOB port or EXW factory) are all stated.",
   "key_facts": [
    "62 sampled listings across 12 sub-categories; every price is per unit with the unit named.",
    "Largest family in the sample: fishhooks, 9 listings at US$0.07–2.4 per piece, MOQ 100–2000.",
    "Highest single MOQ in the sample: 2000 pieces (fishhooks, octopus skirts). The highest entry minimum is 200 (crankbaits).",
    "A price without a unit, a quantity and a basis (FOB port or EXW factory) cannot be compared with anything.",
    "Listings are samples for comparison, not a stock list; a quotation against your specification governs a transaction."
   ],
   "updated": "2026-09-17",
   "words": 2225,
   "md": "/products.md"
  }
 ]
}