How to check a hair vendor before buying bundles
Check the person before you check the hair. Read the comments on their last few posts, not the pinned ones. Call the number and hear a voice. Ask where the hair comes from. Ask for one bundle first. Then test that bundle at home before you order more. None of this costs you anything.
Most guides on this are written by hair vendors. We do not sell hair. We read what buyers said in public about the people who do. That is the whole difference, and it is why our answer is less flattering than theirs.
A vendor can look busy and still be brand new. Followers are cheap. Comments from real buyers are not. So start there.
What the numbers say about hair vendors
Hair sellers are a little easier to check than most. Of the 56 hair and wig sellers we list, 16.1% scored 4 or 5 out of 5 on public buyer feedback on 22 August 2026. Across all 708 sellers it was 10.9%. Better, but it still means most hair vendors are quiet.
A quiet page is not a bad seller. It only means we could not find much to read. Plenty of good traders sell to people who walk into the shop, and never collect a comment online. Treat a low score as missing proof, not as a warning about that person.
One thing did surprise us. Vietnam is where most raw hair claims come from. Yet only 4.8% of the 42 Vietnam sellers we list reached 4 or 5. That is the lowest share of any country in our list. It does not mean Vietnam is worse. It means there is less for you to read before you pay.
| Where the seller is | Sellers | Average score | Scoring 4 or 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 | 2.67 | 40.0% |
| Nigeria | 99 | 2.67 | 21.2% |
| Vietnam | 42 | 2.62 | 4.8% |
| China | 399 | 2.39 | 7.0% |
| Every seller we list | 708 | 2.48 | 10.9% |
Check the seller before you check the hair
Do this in about ten minutes, on your phone, for free. Open their last five posts and read the comments underneath. Look for buyers naming what they got, not just praise. Call the number in the bio. Search their name with the word refund. Then decide whether to send anything at all.
Comments are the cheapest proof you will ever get. A page with hundreds of orders and nobody talking about them is odd. So is a page where every comment says the same three words. Real buyers ask about length, about shipping, and about what went wrong.
A phone call sorts out a lot. If nobody picks up before they have your money, think about what happens after they do. Ask them something they cannot script. Where do you ship from? Who carries it? What happens if a bundle sheds?
| Product line | Sellers | Average score | Scoring 4 or 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hair and wigs | 56 | 2.70 | 16.1% |
| Bags and luggage | 27 | 2.56 | 14.8% |
| Shoes and footwear | 30 | 2.20 | 6.7% |
| Clothing and fashion | 66 | 2.58 | 3.0% |
Ask for one bundle, then test it at home
A sample is the only honest way to judge hair. Order one bundle and pay for it. Wash it in warm water with mild shampoo. Clear water and white foam suggest the hair is not dyed. Brown, pink or yellow water means it was. Comb it from the ends up and watch for shedding.
The wash test and the burn test are the two most sellers agree on. Burn a few strands over a sink. Human hair smells like burning feathers and leaves soft grey ash. A plastic smell and a hard bead mean man made fibre. Do this by an open window.
A good sample and a poor bulk order is one of the oldest tricks in this trade. So keep the sample. Take a photo of it next to a tape measure. When the big order lands, you have something to hold it against.
Your ten minute check before you pay for bundles
Work through this list before any money moves. It costs nothing and takes about ten minutes. If a vendor fails two or three of these, slow down and ask more questions. Nothing here proves a seller is good. It only shows you how much you can find out about them.
- Read the comments on their last five posts. Skip the pinned ones.
- Call the number in the bio before you pay. A message is not the same as a voice.
- Ask where the hair is collected and who ships it. A vague answer is itself an answer.
- Search their business name with the word refund and see what comes up.
- Ask for one bundle first, and pay for it like any other customer.
- Wash and comb that sample yourself before you order in bulk.
- Pay in a way that leaves a receipt with a name on it.
- Keep every chat, invoice and payment note in one folder.
- Be careful when a vendor pushes you to pay everything today.
- Never send to a personal account when a business quoted you.
If you already paid and the vendor went quiet
Move fast and keep it simple. Tell your bank the same day and ask them to recall the transfer. Report the account to the platform you found it on. In Nigeria you can file a complaint with the FCCPC and attach your receipts. Save every message first.
Then watch out for the second scam. Someone will message you offering to recover your money for a fee. They call it a court fee, a transaction tax, or a cost to unfreeze the account. Recovery scams work because they sell hope to people who have just been robbed. No real agency asks you to pay before a refund.
The bank matters most in the first day or two. After that the money is usually gone. That is hard to read, and it is still true. It is also why the ten minutes above are worth spending.
How we worked this out
We read what buyers said in public. The figures come from all 1,743 sellers in our directory on 22 August 2026. We score each one on how much real buyer feedback we can find on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. The scale you see is 1 to 5. We check the whole list again every week.
We do not inspect suppliers and we do not hold your money. What we offer is a record of what buyers said in public, and a payment that leaves you a receipt. A score is what we could see, and nothing more.
Seven sellers in our list have changed their name at least once since we started watching. That is a small share of 708. It is still worth knowing that a page can be rebuilt under a new name.