It can be tricky trying to find reliable and legitimate wholesalers and dropshippers online, that are able to sell at low enough prices to make a profit but can also guarantee reliability. There are a few directories, including Salehoo, Worldwide Brands (read my full Worldwide Brands review here) and Doba, that offer access to verified suppliers – and there are other sites that act as a sort of open list of products offered at (near) wholesale prices like DH Gate and Ali Express.
These are all good options, but in my opinion the safest and most reliable is to join a directory like Worldwide Brands or Salehoo and find wholesalers that way.
The main advantages of this method are:
1. It's easy to find suppliers – both the directories mentioned above have large searchable databases – you can search by product keyword, brand name, supplier name, category, etc.
2. All of the suppliers have been checked and are guaranteed to be reliable and legitimate.
3. Both directories have huge product lists – Worldwide Brands lists over 15 million products and Salehoo about 1.6 million – both from about 8,000 wholesalers and dropshippers.
4. They are not expensive to join – Worldwide Brands is about $299 for lifetime membership and Salehoo is $67 per year.
These are, in my opinion, the best ways to find reliable wholesalers and dropshippers online in 2017.
