The impact of counterfeit iPhone chargers on the wholesale market
When you buy wholesale iPhone chargers, it’s crucial to ensure you only get the ones made by Apple. It might be tempting to save money by getting the cheaper ones, but this can only end badly for you. This article will look at how counterfeit iPhone chargers damage you and your customer.
How to stop a counterfeit iPhone charger.
When ordering wholesale iPhone chargers, ensure they’re the real thing before selling them to your customers. To be fair to the fraudsters, some of them are so sophisticated, it can be difficult to tell the difference between a fake and a genuine iPhone charger. But here are some signs to suggest (not prove) that your iPhone chargers are the real deal.
- The packaging says “Made for iPhone”.
- The packaging says “Designed by Apple in California” and “Assembled in China”.
- There is a 12-digit serial number.
- The metal contacts at the end are rounded and have a smooth finish.
- The wire is 7.7mm by 12mm.
Safety risks of fake chargers.
One risk of getting wholesale iPhone chargers from a disreputable source is that they can be dangerous. Apple is beholden to strict US and UK laws around how safe their chargers must be.
Counterfeiters tend to be laxer about these laws. For example, to produce as many chargers as quickly as possible, they may wire them incorrectly. Or, to save time, they could use substandard parts.
This increases the risk of explosions, electrocutions, and other dangerous mishaps.
Counterfeit chargers do not transfer data well.
Sometimes, your customers might use their iPhone charger not just to charge their phones but to transfer data from their phones to their computers, or vice versa.
However, this only works when the iPhone charger is genuine. Connecting a fake iPhone charger to a computer will not work, and you cannot transfer data this way. Your customers may become angry with you since you sold them a product that does not do what it is supposed to do.
Fake chargers are terrible value for money.
When you buy wholesale iPhone chargers, you want something that will give your customers great value for their money. This will encourage them to come back to you the next time they need to buy something for their phone.
But fake iPhone chargers, even if they are cheaper, are awful value for money because they don’t last as long and will not charge as efficiently. Let’s look at it over five years.
Bob decides to buy a good iPhone charger for £10. Because the chargers last over five years, he has spent £10 on his iPhone charger.
James decides to buy a counterfeit charger to save money. They cost £5 but last six months. So, over five years, he spent £50.
Selling counterfeit iPhone chargers will damage your reputation.
Getting counterfeit wholesale iPhone chargers costs more than just money. It can ruin your reputation. If you sell people products that are dangerous or don’t work, people will become far less likely to buy from you in the future.
If you sold them a counterfeit charger, how do they know you won’t sell them a bogus case, headphones, etc.? And, with the rise of online review sites, people who haven’t even heard of you will think badly of you.
