How can I purchase wholesale clothing and relabel it with my brand?
Hi there!Purchasing wholesale clothing and relabeling it with your brand is straight forward since there are a lot of wholesaler clothing manufacturers you can find online, as Silkundershop mentioned below.Also, Dillon is right when he says that you can add your own brand label on garments sold wholesale, since clothing is a commodity it can be re-branded as you wish.However, the issue with adding your own brand label on wholesale products is that you run the risk of having the same exact product as the boutique next door to you or the hundreds of other people who have bought that same product and put their brand label on it. The only thing that differentiates your products from their identical product is the price you are selling it for to your customers.For example, imagine that you buy a shirt wholesale and add your brand label on it and sell it online for $50, and another person buys the same exact shirt wholesale and adds their brand label on it and sells it online for $40. Customers will buy it from the person selling it for $40. If they don’t buy it from him, they’ll come back to you trying to negotiate a lower price since the other guy sells it for $40. Also, wholesalers themselves sometimes sell their products to customers directly online for a lower price then you’re selling it for.Another better alternative is to see how you can start your own private label clothing line. With private label, you’ll be able to work with a manufacturer to create the product that you designed, with your brand label on it, that no one else in the market has that product besides you. My company, MakersValley (MakersValley | Connecting Designers and Italian Manufacturers for Private Label), helps designers start their own private label clothing line and all you need to get started is a reference sample (a physical garment from your wardrobe or your boutique) or a pattern. We can match you directly with 150+ Italian manufacturers who specialize in that product, with no minimum order quantities, and no markups (you pay factory price). Plus, the pattern will be yours, so you can rest-assured knowing that no one else in the market will be selling the same product as you.I hope that helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions and best of luck!
Is it legal to sell branded products on your own website?
Generally, it’s not illegal to resell an item that you have legitimately purchased. Once you have purchased something at retail it is yours to do with as you choose. Manufacturers tend to have little or no control over a product past the first customer they sell to.However, if you are planning to do this as a business, a couple of issues arise. First, you will have warranty issues. If you run this business not as an official reseller but as an "under the table" reseller without an arrangement with the manufacturer, you risk invalidating the warranties that they provide to the first consumer, but not to the customers to whom you’ve resold the goods.Second, there are trademark issues. If you’re using manufacturers' logos to advertise the products you’re reselling, you need their permission. Without it, you run the risk of getting embroiled in a trademark infringement lawsuit -- especially if your business does well and no longer flies under the radar.Third, there are sales tax issues. With your current business model (buying retail and then reselling), you’ll have two levels of sales tax. You’ll need to pay to obtain the goods, and your purchaser will need to pay when you sell the goods. You could look into getting a reseller’s permit, but to get a reseller’s license you first have to enroll with your state tax department, which involves getting a sales tax ID number. And messing up on sales tax can involve penalties and interest being inflicted on you personally. You can’t hide behind your corporate entity if they arise.In short, you have some thorny legal and accounting issues here. If you’re determined to move forward, be sure to get sound professional advice so that you’re protected.If your interested in purchasing brand name products, such as apparel, watches, cufflinks, fragrances, etc. Visit our online store at: EliteVince Fashion Co. (Free WorldWide Shipping on all purchases)
Is it legal to upcycle brand name clothing and resell it?
I've seen many people selling upcycled shorts online, ebay, etsy, other online stores. And they are selling brand name clothing (denim jeans): levi's, gap, tommy hilfiger, etc. All vintage items, which they are then cutting into shorts and ripping and studding and such. They're not putting their name on the shorts and saying that they are there's, but they are listing the brand name of the shorts (as it seems you should so people know what they're buying, it would seem wrong not to). I was going to start doing this until someone mentioned to me that it is illegal to resell brand name clothing. Is it illegal to sell upcycled brand name denim pants and turn them into shorts, listing the brand name, but not claiming that they are completely yours, just that you upcycled them?
Is it legal to sell first copy apparels of international brands?
Any kind of copy being sold is not legal. If when you say copy here, you mean defective seconds then by asking the company for rights you could sell that in a Factory outlet or a seconds store as they call it.You can change the label, create a logo that looks similar like Nokla, Soni/Sonyy, Reebook, Addidas and the off springs that have come up on the streets in the years past (seen lots of them in India and China), and can get away without being sued for selling copies.Most often, design of the products, the logo, the brand name are trademarked(TM). As long as your copies can avoid their use, you can slip through the cracks in the legal system.(if there are any in your country)Bottom line- there is no legal way to sell a rip off.
Is it illegal to use a college name on a shirt or sweatshirt and sell it?
Copyright of Logos and related financial interests of concerned Institutes and organizations is taken as a high priority issue by law enforcing agency in USA & most developed nations like European countries and Australia.So, what you can easily do for personal use is Totally Illegal for business purpose like selling.You can use the college name or team name for your personal Tshirt or a banner for cheering your team up.But when it comes to selling a Trademarked Logo printed on a shirt, t shirt or sweatshirt becomes a copyright issue.So, You need to take some special permission from the concerned college, institute, organization or league. Just visit their office or website and check whether they allow commercial printing of their logo.Many of the sports leagues, teams and colleges allow such third party printing at a one time or annual fees. So, you take the license before you even think of printing and selling such shirts or t shirts.For anyone else looking for buying such Trademarked Logo t-shirts belonging to college teams, state teams of national teams like NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA and NASCAR etc. , I have found an online store[1] offering logo t shirts at very reasonable prices. They seem to have a huge collection of such t-shirts ~50K with free shipping to most states of USA.Footnotes[1] Buylogotshirts.com
Is it illegal to do this for my clothing designs?
I own an online store and have for a few months now, and i have a lot of designs ive come up with myself that sell, but i came across of really cool harem style sweat pants that a lot of people are liking all over the world. Am I allowed to create the harem sweat pants but put a different design on them? The sweats are made from someone in Houston, its not a huge brand or anything. The design I want to do on them is completely different from theirs... I feel like i'm stealing but at the same time i feel like im not because Harem pants have been around for AGES, it's not like they created the style of pants, they just used different material and sewed their detailing (zippers) on the legs. So.. am I considerably allowed to do that? Or is it wrong? Both their company, and my company are currently being trade marked.
Can you resell and put your own logo on a product from Alibaba without getting sued if there are already other companies branding/selling that same product? I see many companies sell the exact same product but by a different logo/brand name.
I agree with all the other answers. I just want to add that you most definitely want to check with the manufacturer. The product may be patented and the manufacturer could have produced it originally for the patent holder (they would know who the company was and they can provide direction).I was in a similar situation this past month. I almost added a component to a product I’m launching that had a big price reduction over other options. I talked to the manufacturer and they told me someone had a patent on it. They shared their contact information and, right now, I’m in conversations to rent the patent.If I had used that component without approaching the patent holding company, my revenue for the whole product could have been at risk! (glad I dodged that bullet). In short, most definitely check the legal status. You don’t want to have to give all your hard work away because of overlooking this. Otherwise, this is a common procedure. Best of luck!
How do I start my own product line using Alibaba/AliExpress? How do I go about branding products as my own? Do people just sell them as-is?
You have 2 main options when doing this. Option 1: Get your own product manufacturedOption 2: Get a pre-made product custom labeled with your company's name Option 1 When taking this route you should be familiar with the different types of manufacturing processes you will encounter. You can’t just contact a manufacture and say this is what I need now make it. You have to have some idea of what machines will be needed and what they are capable of. Otherwise, what you could be asking for may be impossible or too expensive to be rational. Manufactures can spot these types of people from a mile away and will sometime avoid them entirely, because dealing with inexperience importers is not worth the hassle for them. The 3 main types are:CNC - Slow and costly but very precise and durable.DIECAST - High initial investment with low per unit cost after. Lest durable not as precise.Laser Cutting - Fast precise and cheap. Almost anything up to an inch thick can be cut.Note: This method is the more costly of the two.Option 2 This route is the easiest and the most cost effective for a new/small business. To do this you will only need a company name and logo for the manufacture to put on the product and packaging. In most cases the products you will be putting your logo on will be things that aren’t exclusive to your own business. Anyone will be able to do the same and most likely already are. Competition is not bad unless the market is completely saturated. If a market is competitive but not saturated it means there is room for someone else to make a profit. However, in order to make that profit you are going to have to stand out from the rest.The best way to do this is by selling an emotion rather than the product. People are emotional beings and want to buy things that are aligned with their values and beliefs. Don’t just sell the features of your product; sell the values that created it.For example, rather than saying “We use the best materials around” say “Quality is important to us; You may even say we are perfectionists. That’s why we only use the best materials available”Now this is just the tip of the iceberg, finding a reputable supplier, Insuring your shipment, negotiating price are all just as if not more important.If you would like to learn more about creating and importing products, check out my full course at: Alibaba ✈ Import Guide To Making Huge Margins! - Udemy
Would it be illegal to buy a unbranded item and put your own brand on it?
No A lot of companies already do this. Most such producers can even be contracted to do the decorating for you. You'd be surprised at how often your "choices" are produced at the same plant and are just sold under multiple labels. Nearly every brand of Aspirin for instance is made at one chemical company. Tube socks, thread, etc... are already bought from subcontractors. There is nothing illegal about buying product, branding it with your own brand and reselling it. What is illegal is selling it as someone else's brand.