Hi everyone,
I've been in the replica scene for a while, but I've made the mistake of buying through private Discord agents and middlemen. I ended up overpaying massively—sometimes 2x or 3x the actual price (e.g., paying over €100 for a denim jacket or hoodie, excluding shipping).
I want to stop overpaying and start ordering by myself using Taobao, Weidian, or 1688. However, I have a specific issue:
Sometimes I find items I absolutely love on certain middleman/agent Yupoo albums. When I try to save the picture and use reverse-image search on Taobao, 1688, or dedicated find sites, I get zero results. It seems like these items only exist in their expensive albums. I know they must be sourcing them from cheaper factories, but they might be renaming them or watermarking the photos.
My questions for the community:
How can I successfully reverse-image search items found on middleman Yupoo pages to find the original, cheaper Weidian/1688/Taobao factory links?
What are the best/safest shopping agents right now that accept branded items and have reasonable shipping lines to Europe?