Terms

Terms & conditions

Last updated 1 August 2026

The rules of the road: what we do, what we need from you, how quotes, customs and payment work, and who carries which risk when something goes wrong.

01About these terms

These terms apply to every quote, booking and service between Qlovaro Limited(“Qlovaro”, “we”, “us”), a company registered in Hong Kong SAR with operations in Foshan and Guangzhou, China, and you as our customer (“you”).

By requesting a quote, confirming a booking or handing goods to us or to anyone acting for us, you accept these terms. If you have a signed agreement with us, that agreement wins wherever it says something different.

Our services are for businesses. If you are buying as a consumer, statutory consumer rights in your country still apply and are not affected by these terms.

02What we do

  • Sourcing. Finding and vetting factories, requesting samples, negotiating prices and arranging production on your instructions.
  • Freight forwarding. Arranging transport by air, sea, rail, express or road, including pickup, export documents and customs clearance on both sides.
  • Warehousing and fulfillment. Receiving, checking, storing, picking, packing and dispatching your stock from our warehouses in China, in your own branding where you supply it.
  • Dropshipping. Sourcing and shipping individual orders as they come in, under your brand.

For freight we act as a forwarder and agent, not as the carrier: we arrange carriage with airlines, shipping lines, rail operators and couriers, and the actual carriage is performed by them under their own terms and the international conventions that apply to it.

03Quotes, rates and bookings

Quotes are free and without obligation. Because freight rates from China move with fuel, capacity and season, a quote is valid only for the period stated on it and is always subject to space being available and to the cargo matching the details you gave us.

A booking exists once we confirm it in writing — email or WhatsApp is enough. If the actual weight, volume, contents or destination differ from what was quoted, we re-quote before continuing. Where we can, we tell you the difference before extra costs are incurred.

04What we need from you

  • Accurate information. Descriptions, values, weights, dimensions, HS codes, addresses and contact details must be correct and complete. Customs decisions and freight prices are built on them.
  • The right to ship what you send.You confirm you own the goods or are authorised to deal with them, and that they do not infringe anyone’s trademark, design, copyright or patent.
  • Licences and certificates. Where a product needs a certificate, licence or special documentation for its destination, you are responsible for having it. We will tell you what we know is needed.
  • Packaging. Goods must be packed to survive the journey and any handling and stacking it involves. If we pack for you, we pack to a reasonable standard for the lane chosen.

If a declaration turns out to be wrong and that causes fines, storage costs, delays or seizure, those costs are yours.

05Goods we will not ship

We move a lot that other forwarders refuse, including batteries, liquids and cosmetics, on the right lanes and with the right paperwork. We do not move:

  • weapons, ammunition, explosives and their components
  • drugs and controlled substances
  • counterfeit goods and anything infringing someone else’s brand or design
  • protected wildlife, ivory and products made from them
  • cash, bearer instruments, precious stones and comparable valuables
  • human remains, live animals, and anything else prohibited by law at origin, transit or destination

If prohibited goods reach us, we may refuse, hold, return or hand them to the authorities as required, at your cost. Not sure where your product falls? Ask before you order.

06Customs, duties and taxes

We handle export clearance in China and, where agreed, import clearance at destination, including documentation, HS classification and duty calculation.

  • DDP — duties and import taxes are quoted and settled upfront, so the shipment arrives with nothing left to pay.
  • DDU / DAP — we deliver to the address, and duties and taxes are billed to you or your customer locally by the authorities or the last-mile carrier.

Customs authorities can inspect, hold, re-value or seize any shipment. We pass on their decisions and the costs they impose, and we do not control the time an inspection takes.

07Warehousing, fulfillment and stock

Stock arriving at our warehouse is checked against what you told us to expect — quantity, appearance and obvious defects. Discrepancies are reported to you before anything ships.

Storage is charged as agreed for the space actually used. Packaging materials you supply for your branding are stored with your stock and used for your orders only. We may ask you to remove slow-moving stock, and we can dispose of goods left unclaimed and unpaid for after we have given you reasonable written notice.

Returns come back to our warehouse where we inspect, restock or dispose of them according to your rules.

08Prices, invoicing and payment

You receive one invoice from Qlovaro covering the services we arranged, and we settle with factories, warehouses and carriers locally. Prices exclude duties and taxes unless the quote says DDP.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, invoices are payable in full before the goods are released or dispatched. Payments are made in the currency stated on the invoice; bank charges and currency conversion costs are yours.

Late payment allows us to pause work, hold goods and charge reasonable interest and collection costs on the overdue amount. We may hold goods in our possession as security for amounts you owe us, to the extent local law permits.

09Insurance

Cargo insurance is optional and only in place if you ask for it and we confirm it in writing. Without it, your goods travel under the carrier’s standard liability, which is limited by weight and is usually far below the value of the cargo. We recommend insurance for anything high-value or fragile, and we handle the claim for you if something goes wrong.

10Liability

Where we arrange carriage as an agent, liability for loss of or damage to goods lies with the carrier and is limited by the convention or contract that applies to that leg — for example the Montreal Convention for air, the Hague-Visby Rules for sea, or CMR for road. We pursue those claims on your behalf.

Where we are liable ourselves, our total liability for any shipment is limited to the amount we charged you for the services relating to that shipment, unless the law does not allow such a limit.

We are not liable for:

  • loss of profit, revenue, sales, market or reputation, or any indirect or consequential loss
  • delays caused by customs, inspections, weather, port or airport congestion, or carrier scheduling
  • damage arising from packing, descriptions or documents supplied by you or by your supplier
  • inherent characteristics of the goods, such as perishability or normal wear in transit

Nothing in these terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Claims. Tell us about visible damage or shortage on delivery and in writing within 7 days, and about non-delivery within 30 days of the expected delivery date. Late notice can cost both of us the claim, because carriers apply the same deadlines to us.

11Delays and events outside our control

Neither of us is liable for failing to perform because of events beyond reasonable control: strikes, port or airport closures, blank sailings, extreme weather, war, sanctions, epidemics, cyber attacks, or new government measures. If such an event lasts long enough to make the service pointless, either of us can cancel the affected booking; you pay for what has already been done and for unavoidable costs incurred.

12Confidentiality and intellectual property

Supplier names, prices, product specifications and sales data exchanged between us stay confidential and are used only to deliver the service.

Your brand stays yours. Artwork, packaging designs and product files you give us are used solely to produce, pack and ship your orders. We will not put our name on your parcels unless you ask us to, and we do not use your logo publicly without your permission.

13Data protection

How we handle personal data — yours and your customers’ — is set out in our Privacy Policy. Where you pass us the details of your customers for delivery, you confirm you are allowed to share them for that purpose.

14Suspension and ending the relationship

Either of us can stop working together at any time; shipments already in progress are completed and paid for. We may suspend or refuse service if payment is overdue, if information turns out to be false, if the goods are prohibited, or if continuing would breach sanctions or other law.

15Changes to these terms

We update these terms when our services or the law change. The version on this page at the moment you book is the one that applies to that booking, and the date at the top shows when it last changed.

16Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the courts of Hong Kong have exclusive jurisdiction. Before anyone goes near a court, talk to us — almost everything gets solved with a message and a phone call.

17Contact

Qlovaro Limited — Hong Kong SAR, with warehouses and operations in Foshan and Guangzhou, China.

New shipments and quotes: contact@qlovaro.com
Running shipments and orders: support@qlovaro.com
WhatsApp: +86 130 2687 8364

Questions about this?

Write to our team and a real person answers — usually within a few hours.