{"id":2506,"date":"2020-04-14T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:09:04","slug":"to-avoid-fake-suppliers-keep-this-checklist-handy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/to-avoid-fake-suppliers-keep-this-checklist-handy\/","title":{"rendered":"To Avoid Fake Suppliers, Keep This Checklist Handy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By The Pro QC Quality Assurance Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last week we discussed avoiding fake suppliers and scammers when sourcing medical personal protective equipment (check out that article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/how-do-you-avoid-fake-suppliers-scams-when-sourcing-medical-personal-protective-equipment\/\">Avoid Fake Suppliers of PPE &amp; Scams<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This week we\u2019re taking you through the checklist you should have on hand when investigating a supplier for sourcing any product. Any of these points should raise red flags as to the authenticity of a supplier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fake or Real\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-1-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-1-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The website design looks unfinished, there are many spelling errors<\/li>\n<li>The \u2018About Us\u2019 and \u2018Contact Us\u2019 sections of the website do not contain the full company details: registered company name, address, phone number, and email)<\/li>\n<li>The website indicates that the manufacturer is selling several categories of branded products, all listed on a single page<\/li>\n<li>The website domain name contains the words \u2018genuine\u2019, \u2018replica\u2019, \u2018original\u2019<\/li>\n<li>The website domain name is linked to anything stating an offer or discount<\/li>\n<li>There are no return policy, terms &amp; conditions, or privacy policy stated on the website<\/li>\n<li>The price of the products offered by the supplier are too low compared to average market prices<\/li>\n<li>The manufacturer does not appear on a Google Map search, or it does appear but has been added very recently<\/li>\n<li>There is no official registration for the company name in the country it is in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are in any sort of doubt, and need help to spot a scam, Pro QC can help. Get in touch with us today to find out more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Pro QC Quality Assurance Team Last week we discussed avoiding fake suppliers and scammers when sourcing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[289,316,26,291],"class_list":["post-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-factory-audit","tag-checklist","tag-fake-suppliers","tag-sourcing","tag-supplier-audit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Checklist - Avoid Fake Suppliers | Pro QC International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is your supplier real? How do you identify real vs. fake suppliers? 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