Aggressive dropshipping with Chinese products

On all European websites with high reach, new and old more or less innovative China products are advertised. Their names are constantly changing: A Smartwatch that is still advertised as "TechWatch" today may be called "eWatch" two weeks later, but it is still the same product. Clever sales concepts put pressure on the buyer: He should buy now, immediately, if possible several copies of the product that is supposed to be in short supply, because otherwise his 50 percent discount will expire. In fact, the products are drastically overpriced, with online advertising usually accounting for the majority of the costs.

These aggressive sales concepts are operated as so-called dropshipping by people living in Europe. The profiteers are not Chinese. The dropshippers do not know the products, but often write imaginative stories to describe them, which are freely invented. Since they do not know the products, their product descriptions are often factually incorrect. The products are ascribed properties that they do not have. The disappointment of the buyers is preprogrammed.

Dropshipping means: The seller advertises the product and collects the purchase price. Then he triggers the shipment of the product in China. The buyer then waits several weeks for his product. Due to the long waiting period, the buyer's disappointment begins even before he has received the product.

What can we do against aggressive dropshipping?

From now on, whenever a problematic dropshipping product is advertised in Europe, we will publish a notice about the actual characteristics of the product and either recommend that you avoid the product or offer a purchase option that meets four criteria:

First, a reasonable price. It will usually be about 50 percent below the dropshippers' retail price.
Second: Immediate shipping from stock in Berlin, Germany. You do not have to wait weeks for the product. The shipping is done as an insured package and is traceable for you.

Third: Full right of return and compliance with all principles of European consumer protection. In this case the seller will refund the full purchase price in case of cancellation of the purchase and return of the goods. And the seller bears the costs of sending the goods to the buyer, while the buyer bears the costs of returning the goods to Berlin in Germany.

Fourth: Two years warranty. The seller will supply a replacement free of charge for two years if the product fails for reasons beyond the buyer's control. The buyer bears the cost of shipping the defective item to Berlin in Germany, while the seller bears the cost of shipping the replacement to the buyer.

Products from China are often good and cheap. Shop seriously and don't be fooled by aggressive dropshippers! Remember the domain www.china-gadge.com and check there before you buy an online aggressively advertised product!