Are you one of the many people asking if Salehoo is a scam? The Salehoo scam question is one of the most often asked in connection with product sourcing for your home business and the bugaboo of finding products to sell online. And this again is wrapped up in the enigma droppshipper wholesalers and identifying reliable whole sale products and distributors.
In part, whether or not Salehoo is a scam has a lot to do with the fact that more and more people are turning to home business as a means of greater financial independence, and this in turn means more and more people are trying to figure out the product sourcing angle. In fact, because of this there is a veritable stampede of interest in wholesale merchandise, drop ship companies, finding products at below wholesale, and wholesale lists. In the midst of this fervor, there is room for confusion and misunderstanding.
There are a number of ways to find product distributors, but it is this last mentioned–wholesale lists–that concerns Salehoo. Salehoo is an online product supplier directory. Salehoo is one of the directories with better name recognition and is a membership that includes a forum where members network, help each other find the answers to product sourcing questions, and essentially share information. As an online directory, it only provides the contact information for product distributors along with a description of their services and some other basic information. Salehoo claims that it verifies the legitimacy of each company represented on its list, and Salehoo reports that it has more than 5000 product distributors listed across many different product categories. Because Salehoo is a directory–think gigantic rolodex–it does not supply products. Nor is Salehoo a way or method to make money. The purpose of the membership is to lead you to the product suppliers, and it is up to you to use whatever method you choose to sell the wholesale or closeout items you purchase from the distributors.
But is Salehoo a scam? According to the members, Salehoo works pretty much as spelled out in the sales page. The sales page might be a little over the top in the promotion of itself as resource for eBay sellers, but the members are happy overall and the forum is active. We have been inside the membership because we are members ourselves and can report no fraud or scam. At least, we are not aware of any. Sometimes there is misunderstanding when people join and think that Salehoo is a product supplier or is somehow responsible for the products sold by the businesses listed in the directory. There are rare instances where a person may think that Salehoo is responsible for reimbursing them should they be cheated by a provider represented on Salehoo. Alas, no. But Salehoo claims to listen and act on member complaints and claims to “fire” businesses from Salehoo if the misbehave. As far as we can tell, Salehoo is honest in this regard. We have seen Salehoo ban suppliers from the list.
In fact, from our experience, the Salehoo management takes pains to help members understand how to use different selling environments–such eBay and other auction sites–and freely offer advice regarding what is likely to work in an auction setting verus a fleamarket or classified ads setting.
In our opinion, we feel that Salehoo lives up to its sales page and is worth the one-time $67 membership fee. We know that there is a lot of controversy over whethor or not Salehoo is a scam, and we know where most of it comes from. In the end, I don’t any single review you read on the Internet will satisfy your curiosity, and you’ll be left either have to take the plunge or not to find out. You’ll never know if you are losing out without signing up, but the expense is risk free. Salehoo is sold through Clickbank which enforces a no questions asked 60 day money back guarantee. If at any time during the first 8 weeks of your membership you decide it’s not worth it or that it is, in fact, a scam, Clickbank (not Salehoo) will refund your money.
Is Salehoo a one-size fits all product sourcing solution? Nope. Not at all. Is it right for you? Honestly, I can’t say. What I can say is that $67 will get you the answer, and if the answer is wrong, you get your money back. Hard to beat that.
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