Vetrade Blog
Supplier and buyer verification, in practice.
Field notes from verifying Indian suppliers and EU, GCC, and global buyers. GST, IEC, VIES, EORI, TRN, sanctions screening, fraud-news scans — with the workflow we use day-to-day.
How to Verify an Indian Supplier: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical, step-by-step workflow for checking whether an Indian supplier is real, registered, and safe to pay — using the same public records the government keeps.
How to Check If a Supplier Is Genuine in India
A practical, buyer-side guide to telling a real Indian supplier from a front: matching registrations, a consistent digital footprint, physical presence, and references that hold up.
How to Verify the GST Number of a Supplier
A practical, step-by-step guide to checking a supplier's GSTIN on the GST portal, reading the result, and spotting the red flags that signal trouble.
How to Check an IEC Code on the DGFT Portal
A practical, step-by-step guide to looking up a supplier's IEC code on the DGFT portal, reading the record correctly, and knowing what mismatches actually mean.
IndiaMART Supplier Verification: Avoiding Scams
A listing on IndiaMART tells you a seller wants your business — not that they're real. Here's how to actually verify an IndiaMART supplier before you pay.
Alibaba Supplier Verification for Indian Importers
A practical, founder-written guide to checking an Alibaba supplier before you pay — what the badges really mean, how to read a business licence, and the red flags that should stop a wire transfer.
Advance Payment Fraud: Supplier Red Flags in India
Most supplier scams turn on the advance. Here are the red flags to catch before you wire the money, and the safer ways to pay a new supplier.
Supplier Due Diligence Checklist for Indian Buyers
A practical, stage-by-stage supplier due diligence checklist Indian buyers can run before paying — covering identity, operational reality, risk and commercial terms.
Manufacturer or Trader? How to Tell in India
A practical guide for Indian buyers on telling whether a supplier is a real factory or a middleman trader, and why the difference changes your price, MOQ, and lead time.
Fake Supplier Warning Signs Every Importer Should Know
A scannable field guide to the warning signs of a fake supplier — grouped by identity, behaviour, payment, and digital footprint — plus exactly what to do when you spot one.
How to Verify a Supplier in India Before Wiring Money
Before you wire money to a new Indian supplier, there are six checks that take under an hour and can save you lakhs. Here's exactly how to run them.
IEC vs GST: What's the Difference for Import/Export Traders?
IEC and GST are both mandatory for Indian traders, but they do very different things. Here's what you need to know before your next deal.
What Is IEC and Why Every Indian Importer Needs It
IEC is the ten-digit code that sits at the gate of every Indian import transaction. Here's what it is, what it doesn't protect you from, and how to verify one properly.
Supplier Verification in India: The Complete 2026 Guide
The complete 2026 guide to verifying Indian suppliers. 9 verification checks explained, manual vs automated compared, powered by Vetrade.
Why We Built Vetrade
The origin story: a fraudulent supplier, a painful loss, and a weekend decision to stop doing verification by hand. This is how Vetrade started, what it does today, and where we're taking it.
How Vetrade Verifies a Supplier in Under 60 Seconds
Vetrade runs 8 supplier verification checks in parallel — IEC, GSTIN, B2B platforms, news fraud scans — and returns a complete report in under 60 seconds.