This is what a lot of people don’t understand about sites like Temu, Alliexpress, and Shiene. These places are basically a direct from factory sort of deal. Which is why you can get things so cheap.
From my limited knowledge on the topic:
Normally a company/person has something they want to make and then they pay for the shipping (the big crate that sits on a boat), the manufacturing, retail space, and then even the storage. Manufacturing is usually done in china. All this gets factored into the cost of the product with also a hefty mark up.
From what I understand its similar to the way Amazon works. And how anyone can become a store and sell shit on their site.
These chinese sellers are owned by big corporations that can buy in massive bulk. They maybe even own the manufacturing plant and may already have extra storage. So these costs were already paid for. So for them getting out excess product. Just helps them offset costs and make a little bit more.
Some other nefarious things is that since copyright is hard to enforce in china. These manufacturers can make products that are for known brands and also then release basically identical knock offs. Since its all coming from the same place anyways.
This is what a lot of people don’t understand about sites like Temu, Alliexpress, and Shiene. These places are basically a direct from factory sort of deal. Which is why you can get things so cheap.
From my limited knowledge on the topic:
Normally a company/person has something they want to make and then they pay for the shipping (the big crate that sits on a boat), the manufacturing, retail space, and then even the storage. Manufacturing is usually done in china. All this gets factored into the cost of the product with also a hefty mark up.
From what I understand its similar to the way Amazon works. And how anyone can become a store and sell shit on their site.
These chinese sellers are owned by big corporations that can buy in massive bulk. They maybe even own the manufacturing plant and may already have extra storage. So these costs were already paid for. So for them getting out excess product. Just helps them offset costs and make a little bit more.
Some other nefarious things is that since copyright is hard to enforce in china. These manufacturers can make products that are for known brands and also then release basically identical knock offs. Since its all coming from the same place anyways.