# GROUNDWORK Pricing

Machine-readable pricing for GROUNDWORK remote and on-site services relating to China.

## Remote Research & Checks

- **Rate**: $129 per request (one 8-hour remote working day)
- Covers: supplier inquiries, price benchmarking, market & competitor research, desk-based verification, written English report
- Delivery: within 2 business days

## On-Site / Field Visit

- **Rate**: $239 per working day
- Covers: on-location presence and task execution, photo and video evidence, written report the same day
- Applies to: any city in China, any on-site task type
- Billed from departure: travel to and from the site counts as work time, not extra
- Multi-day work: same $239/day rate, multiplied by working days

## Travel & Stay (cross-city or overnight trips only)

- Transport (train, flight, local transit): billed at actual cost, receipts provided
- Accommodation: billed at actual cost, receipt provided
- All items itemized in the quote and confirmed before work begins
- No markup on any travel expense

## Payment Terms

- You approve a fixed quote first, then pay via PayPal
- Work starts only after your approval — no payment before you've said yes
- Refund guarantee: full refund if a task cannot be completed, plus documentation of the attempt
- Cancellation: full refund any time before work starts

## Explicitly Not Offered

- Cash handling or payments on behalf of clients
- Legal, notary or government filing services
- Full-container pre-shipment QC as a standard product (quoted individually as a project)

## Currency

All prices in USD.