How do you find a reliable clothing manufacturer and avoid getting scammed?
Finding a genuine manufacturer requires verifying legitimacy before sending money and knowing which wholesale markets or cities are worth visiting. Without reliable verification, brand owners face the risk of losing significant funds while trying to produce custom designs in bulk.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1searching on Alibaba or 1688
- 2using a sourcing agent
- 3attending trade shows
- 4contacting factories directly
- 5Searching online platforms like IndiaMART
- 6Visiting wholesale markets and cities in person
- 7Asking for personal references
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“How do I find a reliable clothing manufacturer? Looking for experiences from brand owners who produce custom designs in bulk”source ↗
“Most importantly, how did you verify that the manufacturer was legitimate and reliable before sending a significant amount of money?”source ↗
No-History-546 · r/smallbusiness · 1 upvotes
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