Who runs Fair Warning and how its facts are checked

An independent catalogue with one narrow idea, a small team behind it and every referral link in plain view.

Run separately from any agent or shop

This site is independent. It is not operated or editorially approved by a purchasing agent, shop, marketplace or social-media personality, and it is not anybody's personal finds list.

A small independent team writes and checks it. The idea is narrow on purpose: read the advance lines Chinese sellers print, read what purchasing agents publish about their warehouse checks, and put the two side by side so a buyer abroad knows which problems are still theirs to raise.

Income comes from referral sign-ups only: open an account through one of the agent links on these pages and that agent may pay the site a commission. Referral relationships are disclosed below. The comparison uses dated facts and identifies gaps; it does not rank agents or claim a successful order history.

How facts are checked and dated

Agent facts were taken from each agent's own help pages and notices, opened again on 18 October 2026, and each one links to its public page. The shop listings were opened on 19 October 2026 and are reported as our own check. The exchange-rate markups were measured independently in October 2026, and the text labels them that way. Things agents do in practice but never put in writing are flagged with the words usually or in practice.

There are no star ratings or league tables here, and no figure appears without a source or a date. Shop names, item numbers and links to single listings are kept off the site deliberately. Anything we could not confirm is marked as unconfirmed.

Referral links and corrections

The full set of agent links used anywhere on the site. Four carry a sign-up code; Basetao and JoyaGoo point to the plain home page.

Confirmed corrections to facts or links are dated in the change log. An order query belongs with the purchasing agent, which has the account and seller communication.