In the field of traditional goods, most people can easily connect to the source factory. But in the field of replicas, whether it is replica bags or replica watches, why can’t we find the source factory?
1. Legal factors
Most countries in the world prohibit replica factories because replicas damage the interests of official brands. Therefore, for replica manufacturers, they are unlikely to have direct contact with some ordinary sellers, in order to protect themselves as much as possible. Maybe your dealer sends you a good replica bag, but the dealer itself is unlikely to be a member of the replica factory, but they can connect with the replica factory. This is not a strange thing, they just want to protect themselves. They have strict requirements for sellers, and due to the particularity of the industry, no one guarantees your trust, and they will not even consider selling to you.
2. Process Factors
Many people think that the replica factory takes care of almost all the production processes. In fact, this is not the case. The production of a replica bag is much more complicated than you think. They may adopt the method of “factory-semi-finished product-overseas factory-finished product” or “factory-semi-finished product-distributor-finished product”. It can be seen that due to the process factors, most people cannot deal directly with the factory/distributor.
3. Sales factors
Both factories and dealers have purchase quantity requirements for distributors. For example, if you want to buy an LV bag, you must buy 30/100 models, otherwise it will not be sold. This is a great financial pressure for sellers with limited funds. Moreover, due to legal factors, replica factories are constantly disappearing or appearing. If your dealer does not have a huge resource docking ability, then the products you can find will be very single, which will make you lose your sales advantage.
So, for sellers who want to engage in the replica industry, is there no chance? In fact, there is still, but the premise is that you have to find a reliable seller, which is very important. Replica goods are different from normal goods. Due to the particularity of legal supervision, most replica goods must be transported to the destination through special logistics channels.
If your sales channel is only local, this will generally not cause any problems. If your sales channel is from one country to another, then there will definitely be big problems, such as: the goods are intercepted by customs, which may happen in the country where you are staying or the destination country. Faced with this problem, general dealers will not help, after all, he only guarantees that the goods you purchased will be delivered to you, not to your seller.
In fact, there is no need to make things so complicated. You can just negotiate with the distributor and do drop shipping. In this way, you don’t need to stock up on goods, you don’t need to worry about logistics issues, and you don’t need to bear legal risks. After all, the goods have never been delivered to you, and you are just a salesperson. To determine that you are selling replicas, you need complex electronic evidence collection procedures, find the true identity of the distributor, and the legal support of the distributor’s country – in fact, this is impossible to accomplish and there is basically no risk.