Looking for the best overall sourcer / wholesaler in Asia

[scobahcan]

I am hoping.to sell on Amazon soon and I am a bit confused about certain wholesalers in general in Asia. (I cannot find any inexpensive ones in other parts of the world). I am on a disability pension and unluckily cannot afford as much money as many others can.

Before I go on I have heard that in some cases individuals on these websites can scam you - take your money and not send product , send you an inferior Product or some other scam I feel I haven't got a lot of choice as money is tight. At the moment I can afford may be $ 400 worth of product and I would like to get 100 of them or thereabouts. At the moment I am looking at micro sd cards , flash drives , or possibly external hard drives. I may branch out into laptops or tablets if all goes well and I can make enough profit to be able to afford to do this.

There are three companies that I have found in my searches and I am hoping to get some feedback from all of you are there on which of the three may be the best overall as far as honesty , reliability and it in general over all trustworthiness.

The three company that I have found are :

DH GATE , GLOBAL SOURCE S , & ALIBABA

Thank you to anybody who replies to this post.

[Fulcrum]

We can't minimize, nor eliminate, your risk. You've asked this question many times and the only answer that we can give you is to take a chance. I took a chance on a piece of equipment last October, that cost $10K and I still don't have it running (getting close now). I bought a surface grinder that has turned into a small money pit and a large time sink.

When you go into business you are taking on risk. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. If losing $400 is going to break you, than maybe you need to hold off until you have a larger pool of funds to draw from.

If, on the other hand, $400 won't break you, than take the chance.

[Paul]

Those three companies are not the manufacturers, just basically promoters for the manufacturers. I don't know much about computers but it seems like flash drives and sd cards are now so inexpensive and readily available anywhere you won't be able to compete.

With a small budget like yours you may want to consider a different path. IF you are computer savvy you may want to consider refurbishing and selling used computers. You can purchase from big box wholesalers customer returned electronics, laptops etc.

Others on here with more experience and knowledge in that area may want to comment.

[Harold Mansfield]

I don't know anything about the companies you've listed but I do know that there are a large number of rotating people who keep trying to get into the resale game. Buy cheap knick-knacks from a supplier and then try to sell them at a profit on eBay or similar sites. Some of those suppliers and drop shippers do nothing but target noobs and their money.

IMO it's a loosing battle on such a small scale and the items that you're talking about are already cheap from known brands. How will you compete with unknown knock offs?
I frequently purchase the kinds of items you're talking about and I can't think of any situation or reason why I would take a chance on cheap, knock off flash drives. I'm pretty particular about what I put into my machines and devices and cheap drives are not worth it to me.

So while I'm sure you can find a supplier to deliver cheap drives, the real question is who is going to buy them?