What Payment Methods and Shipping Terms Do Uniform Factories Accept?

The four payment methods we accept

Uniform orders are B2B transactions, so the payment options are the standard instruments of cross-border trade rather than consumer checkout methods. We accept four:

Method	How it works	When it suits
Alibaba Trade Assurance	The order is placed and paid through the Alibaba platform, which holds the payment under its order-protection rules	First orders with a new factory, where you want platform-level protection
T/T bank transfer	A direct wire transfer to the company’s bank account, typically as a deposit and then a balance	Established relationships and larger orders; the standard for most B2B uniform programmes
Western Union	A transfer collected against the recipient’s details, without a bank account on the sender’s side	Smaller or urgent payments where a bank wire would be slow
PayPal	An online payment covered by PayPal’s own buyer-protection process	Sample charges and other small amounts

What Trade Assurance actually protects on a first order

Trade Assurance is Alibaba’s order-protection service: your payment is tied to the order contract on the platform, and the supplier is accountable for shipping on time and for the goods matching the agreed specification. If the order materially breaches that contract, there is a platform dispute and refund process rather than only a private negotiation.

It works best when the online contract is written carefully — the specification, quantity, shipment date and inspection terms all entered properly, because those are the terms protection applies to. Our factory carries an SGS on-site audit as an Alibaba Verified Supplier alongside a BSCI audit, and you can verify our factory before placing anything.

Incoterms in plain language

Incoterms decide where our responsibility ends and yours begins. The three terms we work with most often:

Term	What it means	Who arranges freight
EXW (Ex Works)	The goods are ready at our factory in Humen Town, Dongguan; everything from our door onwards is yours	You, from the factory gate
FOB (Free On Board)	We deliver the goods onto the vessel at the named Chinese port, cleared for export	You, from the port of loading
CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight)	We arrange and pay the freight and insurance through to your destination port	We do, to your port; import clearance and onward delivery are yours

DDP (delivered duty paid, door to door) can be discussed per project where it makes sense. The agreed term is written into the quotation, so both sides know exactly who books and pays for which leg before the order is confirmed.

How payment terms are set

We do not publish a fixed deposit percentage, because terms are part of the commercial negotiation and vary with order size and history. What is fixed is the structure: the deposit and balance split, and the due dates attached to each, are stated plainly in the quotation for your order. If the terms there do not work for your procurement process, that is a conversation to have before confirmation — not after. More of the common questions are covered on our FAQ page.

Shipping by sea, air or courier — and your own forwarder

Bulk uniform orders normally move by sea, where the freight cost per garment is lowest. Air freight suits urgent programmes and smaller top-ups; courier handles samples and documents. Whichever mode you choose, we can work with your own forwarder under EXW or FOB, or arrange the main carriage on our side under CIF. Tell us the destination country and deadline when you request a quotation, and the shipping options come back with the prices.