Hey Andrew,

I was just wondering if this site was reliable to buy off of, I’m not good at figuring stuff like this out so I wanted some help.

http://www.superstarwholesaler.com

What do you think?

Thanks,
Zach

Hi Zach,

Thanks for your question.

Zach, YES – you can order from that website and most likely you’ll also receive items with Dolce Gabbana logos on them BUT they will be FAKES! Chinese copies, counterfeit, low quality replicas of genuine articles. Is that what you’re after? Most likely no…

I understand that you’re newbie in this game – luckily for you, I just saved you some costly mistakes here. Yes, you’ll find hundreds if not thousands of similar Chinese websites online, just like SuperStarWholesaler.com selling branded, designer clothing, shoes, watches and related accessories. Some of them will be total scammers (once you send money to them, you never hear back) while majority simply sell fake goods for “very attractive” prices.

Thing is Zach – you can’t purchase genuine, branded goods in wholesale from Mainland China, from websites like these. Period. You simply can’t, there is no such a thing. So don’t even think about such a tactic.

How to spot if a website is selling branded, fake goods? Well, there are couple of easy points to remember:

* Location – China! If you see on contact/about us page that they sell from China, stay away!

* Prices – if it looks too good to be true, it is too good to be true. Use common sense! Also, in most cases, these websites will have same prices for wide range of goods while with genuine suppliers, each product usually is priced differently. For example, Chinese “so called wholesaler” will sell Nike Air shoes – 50 models and they all will be priced identically. Same would apply to clothing, hand bags etc.

* Shipping – if it’s hard to tell location of the company/website, check their shipping details page. If they ship using EMS, it’s a 99% sure way sign that supplier is based in China.

* Products – websites like SuperStarWholesaler.com (selling FAKES) usually will offer for sale all of the most popular items people like you (newbies) are looking for. There will be Ralph Lauren polos, Dolce Gabbana watches and Prada shoes. A dream come true wholesaler, right?

These four filters are actually enough to spot a Chinese company selling fakes online.

Yes, there are more complex cases too - US /UK or Italy based companies (legit, registered companies) selling fake clothing – these are way more difficult to analyze so we’ll cover this process in a separate Q&A session soon!

Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Andrew

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