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What the China–Africa sourcing data shows
Short, specific pieces built on the directory itself — the trust signals, the platform mix, and what thousands of public buyer comments say about the accounts African importers actually find. Where a post states a figure, it says the date it was computed, because the corpus behind it is re-checked every week.
What the directory data shows
Findings computed from our own corpus of listed China–Africa sellers — the trust signals, the platform mix, and what the public buyer comments behind them actually say. Every figure here is a dated snapshot of a corpus that is re-checked weekly.
How many hair vendors are really in Vietnam? What our numbers show
How many hair vendors are really in Vietnam? On 8 September 2026 our directory held 1,743 sellers, and only 80 gave Vietnam as their base. That count covers every product, not just hair. Hair and wigs alone has 203 sellers. So not every account selling Vietnamese hair sits in Vietnam. Check the base country before you pay.
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Is mini importation still profitable? What 1,743 sellers show
Is mini importation still profitable? We cannot see your margins, so we checked something else. On 4 September 2026 our directory held 1,743 sellers. Only 325 of them had enough public buyer comments to reach a 4 or 5 trust signal. The crowded product lines are the quiet ones. That is the risk you are pricing, not the market.
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Best products to import from China to Nigeria: what we can check
Everyone lists the best products to import from China to Nigeria. Almost nobody tells you which ones have sellers you can actually check. So we looked. Across all 708 sellers in our directory on 22 August 2026, phones and gadgets had the highest share of well reviewed sellers, at 25.0%. Clothing had the lowest, at 3.0%. That gap should change how you start.
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Are Dubai suppliers safer than China suppliers? We checked
You have two quotes for the same goods. One vendor sits in Guangzhou, one sits in Dubai. Are Dubai suppliers safer than China suppliers? We looked at all 31 Dubai sellers and 399 China sellers in our directory on 21 August 2026. The scores came out almost level. The real gap is somewhere else, and it is the part that protects you.
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China supplier reviews: most sellers you find have none
You found a supplier on TikTok. The prices look good. The page looks busy. But where are the reviews? We checked all 708 China–Africa sellers in the MoneyWave directory on 20 August 2026. Only 77 had enough real buyer reviews to tell you much. That is about one in nine. Here is what to do about the other eight.
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Not losing your money
The part everybody worries about. How to check a seller before you pay, the patterns that show up again and again in the comments we read, and what to do if it has already gone wrong. Written about patterns, never about a named trader.
Trading company pretending to be a factory: the signs to check
A trading company pretending to be a factory will often quote 15 to 25 percent below a real manufacturer. You see factory photos and think you cut out the middleman. You did not. We listed 1,220 sellers as of 15 September 2026. 514 are trading companies. 485 are factories. A 1 or a 2 is not proof of a lie. It is a lack of public reviews. Here is how you check before you pay.
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The vendor collected my money and blocked me: what to do first
"The vendor collected my money and blocked me." If that is you, call your bank before you do anything else. A transfer flagged inside 24 to 48 hours can sometimes be frozen. Of the 1,743 sellers we listed on 1 September 2026, 615 had almost no public buyer feedback to read. And anyone who messages you offering to recover your money is very likely the second scam.
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How to check a hair vendor before buying bundles
You have found a hair vendor on TikTok and you are about to send money. Here is how to check a hair vendor before buying bundles, before any of it leaves your hand. We looked at all 56 hair and wig sellers in our directory on 22 August 2026. Only about one in six had enough public buyer feedback to score well. Most vendors are simply quiet, and quiet is not proof of anything.
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Paying suppliers
Getting money to a Chinese supplier from an African market: what each route costs you in time and risk, and what evidence you keep if the goods never arrive.
Supplier wants payment to a personal account: what to do
If your supplier wants payment to a personal account, slow down. It is not proof of fraud. But it removes the paper trail you will need if the goods never arrive. Of the 1,329 sellers in our directory on 11 September 2026, 451 sit at 2 or below on our 1-5 signal. That only means we found little buyer feedback. Check these things first.
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Your supplier says their bank details have changed: stop before you pay
If your supplier says their bank details have changed, treat that message as a scam until you prove it is not. Criminals read supplier email and send a new account at the exact moment your deposit is due. On 26 August 2026 our directory held 708 sellers, and this trick works on the good ones too. Call the supplier on the old number before you pay.
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Product & country playbooks
Sourcing a specific product line, or importing into a specific market. Narrower than a guide and grounded in what the listings for that category actually look like.
How to buy perfume oils from Dubai to resell: a first order checklist
Wondering how to buy perfume oils from Dubai to resell? Start with the money, not the scent. We list 23 perfume and fragrance sellers in the whole directory, and only one of them reaches a 4 or 5 trust signal, as of 28 August 2026. That is thin reading for you. So here is what to check yourself before you send a deposit.
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How to import a car from Japan to Kenya without losing your money
You want to import a car from Japan to Kenya, and you are about to pay a stranger. Here is the short version, checked on 25 August 2026. The car must be right hand drive. It must be less than eight years old. It needs a roadworthiness check before it ships. Then you pay duty, excise, VAT and two levies on top. Check the exporter first.
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What is CBM, and how do you calculate it for your order?
Your supplier just asked how many CBM your order is. It sounds technical. It is not. CBM is simply how much space your goods take up in the container, and it is what your shipping cost is built on. Here is how to calculate it in about a minute, with the calculator already on your phone.
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Each of these is written from the same corpus: China–Africa sellers scored from public buyer comments and re-checked weekly.
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