What Are AliExpress Hidden Links?
To understand what AliExpress Hidden Links are, you first need to understand how AliExpress works:
AliExpress’s policies do not allow sellers to sell counterfeit or reproductions of well-known brands. For example, if AliExpress notices that a seller was selling rebranded Adidas merchandise without written and legal consent from the primary brand, the platform would ban that seller.
To get past this, AliExpress sellers usually have two options:
- First, because AliExpress’s policies are very strict about selling replica brands on the platform, many sellers opt to use name variations and alternative spellings of the replicated brand.
- The second option, which is where AliExpress’s hidden links come in, involves Alibaba sellers creating “hidden links” sales or items.” Here’s what that means:
AliExpress hidden links are links created by AliExpress sellers who sell rebranded or replica products. AliExpress hidden links usually redirect to the stores of AliExpress sellers selling brand replicas.
How AliExpress Hidden Links Work?
Because AliExpress doesn’t allow sellers to sell replicas or rebranded products, sellers create “hidden links” pages on their platforms–it could be a store, social media page, website, etc. These pages or stores have images of a rebranded product and an AliExpress link to purchase the item.
However, to ensure that the link to the rebranded or replica product avoids AliExpress’s detection, instead of describing the rebranded product for what it is, AliExpress sellers change the product’s details, including images and description, to align with AliExpress’s policies.
For example, take the AliExpress Hidden links store. The store had listed a hidden link sale for Nike Airforce Sneakers.
Upon clicking on the product link, it would navigate you to a hidden links store page of the product, featuring a link to AliExpress.
When you click on the AliExpress link, a different image may appear - ignore it! And do as follows:
1. When you click on the AliExpress link, choose the model you want to order according to the code listed in the pictures below! (For example - "Blue" or by the picture shown in the top left corner).
2. if applicable Select the size you want to order (for example - M) acording to the size table listed in the images below.
3. Select your desired shipping method and continue to checkout normally as you would do with any product
4. Contact the seller to try to resolve issues before opening disputes
