It's recommended to use an agent to verify your goods before leaving China for this reason. Alibaba has vested interest in removing fake vendors from their pla

It's recommended to use an agent to verify your goods before leaving China for this reason. Alibaba has vested interest in removing fake vendors from their platforms. They have a few automated ways to find fake vendors but a large part of the process depends on community help (i.e. users, brand-name companies, etc.) Taobao is much more lenient than the international facing Aliexpress. However, reporting bad vendors does work & I do believe they incur hefty fees if they wish to return. One thing I've noticed is that banned & counterfeit sellers often move on to WeChat for sales.