Thinking of importing.

[My Last Shot]

I was thinking of importing to keep cost down and to start online business with Amazon.

Anyways I was thinking.. Which us customs is the highest risk for seizures a.k.a STAY WAY FROM? Which costumes is more lenient? If you don't feel comfortable saying it here then can you pm it to me place?

Also one more thing.. What is the seizures % rate.. or your % rate.. I would hate to import if the rate is above 70%.

[My Last Shot]

does anyone know?........

[jeffweico]

Actually, your items should NOT be seized unless they are counterfeits.

Selling counterfeits is a bad idea for a lot of reasons. But let us forget for a moment that it is illegal. There are still other issues, such as:

Bad quality
Misspellings
Wrong UPC codes
Customer returns
Customer complaints
Lost accounts


And there is more.

Your user name scares me somewhat. If you have limited funds and are thinking of taking what you have left and buying counterfeit items, you could easily LOSE that money. Customs seizrues are an issue. And not eveything you get will be sellable. Sometimes the quality is very bad.

Do you have enough money to hire an attorney if you get caught? Defending a criminal case costs at least $5,000 to hire a decent attorney. And a copyright or trademark owner may also sue you in civil court for damages. That is not AS expensive, but can still cost a couple of thousand dollars.

A lot of new people find DHgate and think it is easy to do this. Just buy a couple cases of items, sell them and make a ton of money. The reality is very different. Just search the forums for the words attorney, or counterfeit, or infringement. You will see several posts where people are begging for help because they got caught and don't know what to do.

There is no such thing as easy money.

[ebaydropship]

it's bad idea to buy vero and stock at home in US or Europe because cost is too big .once your products are seized in Customs ,they will follow this parcel and arrest you . anyway ,if you don't want to run risk ,best way is to find legal products and market on ebay.

[rsot]

There is no set % rate of seizure - basically it's like gambling IF you buy counterfeit products. I would reiterate what jeffweico has said but he speaks the reality of the situation.

Also, you are asking for business models - while I wish you all the best, anyone who is successful with this is kind of unlikely to share what works and what doesn't - it's a matter of competition =(

[MERMAID]

if I buy only 1 or 2 packages of DVDs a month is fine?is not dangerous? we are talking about 100 pcs