

So I went on Alibaba and I did a custom order from a chinese company. At work, some months ago, I got a simple idea to sell to my customers. Nothing really complex, just a simple tool to make gift wrapping more pretty. I could have done it by myself, but not at the right price point.So I went on Alibaba and I did a custom order from a chinese company.

I got the stuff, exactly as I expected, I was happy.

I planned to launch my idea in a few weeks, on time for Christmas, when this morning I receive an email from the chinese supplier.

The email is addressed to all of their customers (obviously all in clear text, there’s no privacy for them) and it says “new hot sell 2014”: they are selling my fucking tool as it was their idea!!!!!

Not to mention that I made a small batch just to test the waters, so the unit price that I paid was much higher than the one that new customers will get, because I was the one who paid the molds!!!!!

So, now I have dozens of competitors that can launch my idea on the market before that I could launch it as I wanted!!!

You can imagine how much I’m pissed off right now…