How do I find a reliable supplier on Alibaba.com?

As you already know, the Alibaba platform itself is not a seller, but only an intermediary between you and the supplier. Therefore, Alibaba cannot 100% guarantee the safety of all transactions. However, we can give you some tips for choosing them, which will significantly protect you from scammers.

First, ideally, you should partner with suppliers marked as Assessed Supplier. These sellers have been validated by Alibaba auditors. The reports of such checks can always be found on the mini-site of the manufacturer.

Assessed Supplier are Gold Supplier who have been audited by independent inspection companies. Such checks give you complete information about the manufacturer: reliability, production capacity, quality of products, availability of permits and quality certificates. You can recognize a trusted provider by a special icon.

Next For increased security of the transaction, we recommend using the built-in mechanisms of the platform Secure Payment or Trade Guarantee . A trade guarantee will protect you in cases of an order not fulfilled on time and a non-conformity of the manufactured goods with the previously agreed characteristics. Secure Payment will not allow the merchant to receive your money until you confirm receipt of your order.

Third, after the supplier has completed the order, prior to packaging and shipment, the quality of the manufactured products can be checked using the inspection from Alibaba . It covers suppliers from mainland China.

It is also worth choosing sellers marked Gold Supplier and have been on the market for more than two years. Such sellers can also be identified by a special icon.

Using our recommendations for choosing a supplier for Alibaba, you will significantly reduce all possible risks! On the other hand, I recommend that you use the services of intermediaries.