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Re:40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, acco... by TeMPOraL on Friday May 10, 2019 @11:49AM (#19878898)
Yup. Something I learned too: e-commerce platforms do not work as product discovery tools, not anymore. They're all full of bottom-feeders selling various combinations of generic garbage-quality brands, fakes, and used items presented as new. If you want to buy something of quality, you need to explore the space elsewhere - e.g. via /r/$niche recommendations, Wirecutter, Consumer Reviews, etc., and then preferably buy directly from the vendor/official distributor.
Re:40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, acco... by int_19h on Friday May 10, 2019 @05:56PM (#19882632)
This also affects crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo - a lot of "new products" there is just rebranded junk from Alibaba, that's often already sold on Amazon for half of what they ask for it.
Re:40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, acco... by TeMPOraL on Saturday May 11, 2019 @02:34AM (#19884927)
Ironically, there's also a reverse phenomenon happening on Kickstarter. Between start and end of a crowdfunding campaign you may discover the crowdfunded product has already been cloned by the Chinese and is sold cheaper on Aliexpress.
Re:40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, acco... by duxup on Friday May 10, 2019 @11:50AM (#19878913)
Yeah I've found a few brands that I now just would rather deal with directly. Shipping and cost whatever ... Amazon is more of a hassle filtering sometimes.
Re:40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, acco... by beenBoutIT on Saturday May 11, 2019 @09:52PM (#19889603)
Direct is the future of e-commerce. At the end of the day ordering directly is the only way to be 100% certain you're getting an authentic product.