Individuals (not a company) buying from Alibaba.com? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / projects

author: iXod
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 08:49:31 pm
content: After hearing about the availability of many components not available elsewhere I looked and found what I need:https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/UG330H-SS4-touch-screen-Glass_60440657597.html(it's a repair part, none other will do.)Not belonging to Alibaba I started the registration process only to see that they *require* a legitimate, *registered* business name. Not having any DBA ("doing business as" here in the USA--checks are made out to me when I invoice) I'm at a standstill.Can I just plug in any business name ("Google" (c; ) or do they check the public records for the listed officers of the company?I want this part and don't see it available other than on Ali. So... how does a non-entity such as myself buy through Ali?Thanks,Dave

author: hendorog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 09:02:39 pm
content: Looks like you can get it via AliExpress - which is the low volume version of AliBabahttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-FUJI-POD-UG330H-SS4-UG330H-VH4-UG330H-SC4-HMI-Touch-Screen-Glass/32320027229.html

author: Audioguru
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2017, 12:04:08 am
content: Was it said here or on another forum? The Ali companies are like ebay and maybe Amazon, they sell CCC. You know what low quality no name-brand CCC is.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2017, 12:57:02 am
content: Quote from: Audioguru on February 26, 2017, 12:04:08 amThank you! An acronym! That explains it all - Committee on Climate Change. Also, everyone apparently knows what low quality no name-brand Committee on Climate Change is. So fuck them, right?So much help to anyone that wants to deal direct with Alibaba.The annoying thing is Audioguru actually wasted some of his time posting this instead of a simple post answering the question.

author: Audioguru
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2017, 02:45:02 am
content: I doubt that Ali, ebay or Amazon are authorized distributors for Fuji repair parts. They are probably selling fakes, sweepings off the factory floor or factory rejects.CCC is Cheap Chinese Crap.

author: Cupcakus
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2017, 04:58:33 am
content: I don't know if it's different elsewhere, but in California, you can be a sole proprietor/contractor and do business under yours own name without registering anything. You only need to register a DBA if you are doing business under a company name for yourself.In any case AliBaba doesn't care, just use your own name for registered business. I order "CCC" parts from them all the time and it's fine.

author: Luminax
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 06:54:05 am
content: Hmm.... interesting...The Global site doesn't list the UG30 series, but the Japanese site does...Please do tell me it didn't come out of big monstrosity Japanese made factory automation system which only usually includes 99.99% Japan only parts ? (Think Fanuc, Janome, Japan Unix...)I could bridge and send an inquiry to the Japan side if you want but don't these FA parts usually have local Japanese FA Parts distributor? the likes of Misumi FA etc?-- EDIT --Found this link :http://www.fujielectric.com/products/pod/products/ug30/How funny that I've inspected all their site links and no link leads to that one above... hmmmm

author: hendorog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 08:08:40 am
content: Quote from: Cupcakus on February 26, 2017, 04:58:33 amI said earlier, but perhaps need to be more obvious. Most or all of the vendors on Alibaba don't give a rats arse about whether you are a company or not. They are after high volume customers. If you don't want to buy in volume (i.e. 1 unit) then look on Aliexpress.If you are an individual who wants 10k units of something expensive then the guys on Alibaba will bend over backwards to sell to you.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 08:43:44 am
content: I've made a handful of purchases over the years, which were a mixed bag.The usual advice: caveat emptor, don't do anything you can't take a complete loss on, and use the escrow and complaint services as best you can.Tim

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 08:59:08 am
content: When using a new seller from Aliexpress I always ask a question about their wares, anything....and based on their reply and command of English then decide to deal with them or not.