MOST of Chinese suppliers are honest and reliable, however, there are still some stupid scammers in China are ruining our good image on the globe.
I think I've posted enough tips on the verification of your partners in China, please read them online:
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/1...companies_.htm
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/3..._in_China_.htm
Here I may tell you some tips again on self-check your suppliers only by reading their company names, telephones and addresses online, it's very easy!! Take
www.pickyourlike.com for example, let's look at their contact information and company profile one by one:
1. Company profile
They do not have a good company profile, and their company name Pickyourlike cannot be registered in China according to the regulations with China Corporation Registration Law at my end. As a normal company, usually we have a basic company profile online.
2. Address
Their address: quanzhou city,fujian provice,china
This address actually does not exist in China. It's similar to: New York, the USA. With such an address online, how can you trust this supplier? How can you find a non-existing company among millions of people in Putian or Quanzhou city?
3. Telephone
8615860073320
This is a mobile phone number instead of a registered office number in China. What's more, this number is registered in Putian instead of Quanzhou, from this number, you can easily judge that this is a stupid scammer in China. They tell you that they are in Quanzhou but actually they in Putian, China according to their telephone information.
By the way, everybody can position a mobilephone number simply by fill the number in the following blank:
http://www.hao123.com/haoserver/showjicc.htm
4. Email address:
This is possible, because most of us Chinese businessman are using free mailboxes in China. So we cannot judge their company by their mailboxes.
5. Business lines
Please look at their product information, you may note that they are selling too many fast-selling products online, actually this is impossible when they register in China, there are many limitations in the registration of a trade company in China, esp when you deal with branded products online.
Please note that Putian is famous for scammers in China, but now, some of Putian scammers are moving to other big cities like Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen etc to continue their scams online. What we have to do is to do enough Due Diligence work before your payment. Similar scammers like:
http://www.nap321.com http://www.cnwholesale.com and
www.china-suppliers.com etc
These tips are only for some stupid scammers in China, as for some professional scammers, of course, the best and most effective verification way is inspect them in China!
Good luck everybody!
Best regards
Justin Yuan
Changsha, China
Ways to self-check your Chinese suppliers online
Linear Mode
November 2009
