Monday, November 14, 2011

Find black listed exporters, audited suppliers in Alibaba

Information on how to find blacklisted and
Gold Suppliers on Alibaba.com
I'm always looking for new nuggets of information about the Alibaba Fair Play Fund as well as tips for how to avoid scams and fraud on Alibaba.com, so I came across this blog post on Tragazine entitled "Find black listed exporters, audited suppliers in Alibaba."

The article lists:

In parallel to black listing its gold supplier members who are believed to be engaged in fraudulent cases or selling faked or counterfeit products regularly, Alibaba.com (HKSE1688) also updated her list of audited suppliers to international buyers as part of reference in selecting qualified suppliers.
Audited suppliers are required to be tested, inspected and certified by independent organizations i.e. Bureau Veritas and Intertek. They will provide buyers with audited reports and key facts relating to audited suppliers. Those audit reports are additional tool to let buyers compare suppliers.

It's worth a read.