Alibaba.com and Audited Suppliers

On any e-commerce platform like eBay or Alibaba, there is going to be the potential of fraud and scams.  Even if .01 percent of the sellers are scam artists, with millions of them, this is still a big number.

Alibaba has put significant resources into auditing suppliers to make sure they are legit.  China is a big country, so this is no small undertaking.  So knowing how to find this information, where it appears and how to use it is critical.

I have posted screen shots below of how to find audited suppliers and give yourself an extra level of protection.

You can find this information on Alibaba.com here.  A factory audited company is sort of like the U.S. version of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval (archaic reference), but here goes:

Hope this helps.

All Factory Audited Gold Suppliers have Factory Audit displayed on Alibaba.com.
These logos are displayed in 3 areas online:

	Search results listing

	Product details page

	Company Website

Factory Audited Gold Suppliers can also be found by using the filter function on all search results listing pages. Simply choose 'Search Factory Audited Gold Suppliers' from the drop-down menu.