The Top Alternatives to Worldwide Brands

This time I'm not writing another long Worldwide Brands review – in fact this article will focus on the top alternatives to Worldwide Brands, the popular but expensive directory of certified suppliers.

Worldwide Brands is a good directory – truth be told, probably the best one – but the cost of joining is so high ($249) that it's definitely worth looking at the alternatives too.  One of the most popular is Salehoo – a very similar directory that has about the same number of certified suppliers (both drop shippers and wholesalers) but fewer products from them.  The good news is that it's also cheaper than Worldwide Brands at $67 instead of nearly $300.

Doba is another alternative, but it's also a bit different too – Doba does not offer any wholesalers, only drop shippers, but it is a fully integrated system for getting goods sourced and delivered.  Instead of having to contact each supplier you find in a directory, and manage your relationships with them, with Doba you can just place orders through their interface and have the goods drop shipped direct with no hassle.

The downsides are the price and the restrictions.  Doba costs between $29 an $249 a month, making it much more expensive than Salehoo and Worldwide Brands, and it only allows you to have goods drop shipped to US addresses – that means no bulk buys and no international shipping.

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