Will Your Factory List Your Designs on Alibaba Without Asking?

You found your custom design listed publicly on Alibaba. The factory put it there without asking, exposing your hard work and unique ideas to countless copycat competitors.

This is a nightmare scenario for any designer. My client Dean once told me his biggest fear wasn’t a design flaw, but losing control of his intellectual property. He saw another brand’s unique pocket stitch detail appear on a dozen copycat listings on a major B2B site. He wasn’t against using technology—in fact, he wanted an easy way for his own wholesale buyers to place orders. But he needed absolute control. That’s why we started offering ‘private integrations.’ It’s about using the power of these platforms for your business, not for ours. It’s a tool for efficiency, not a public showroom for your creativity.

You need an easy way for wholesale clients to reorder, but emails and spreadsheets are chaotic. Building your own B2B portal is too expensive, and you’re wasting time on manual order entry.

Let’s be very clear: we would never take your custom design and list it on our public Alibaba page for the world to see. That would be a huge violation of trust. But what we can do is leverage that same powerful technology to build a private sales channel just for you.

Think of it as your own mini B2B portal, hosted on a robust platform. We create an unlisted, password-protected storefront that’s co-branded with your logo. You give access only to your approved list of wholesale buyers.

Your wholesale buyers need detailed product info, but you spend hours creating spec sheets. Your product photos are inconsistent and don’t look professional, cheapening your brand’s image.

A high-end designer like Dean knows that presentation is everything, even for wholesale. Your B2B storefront needs to reflect the quality of your brand. As your production partner, part of our job is to make you look good.

Once you sign off on a Pre-Production (PP) sample, we can create a complete and professional digital asset pack. This isn’t just a few quick phone pictures. We shoot the garment on a mannequin, laid flat, and with detailed close-ups against a clean, consistent background.

We then combine this with all the technical data. This complete package ensures your wholesale buyers have all the information they need to order with confidence, and it presents your brand with the professionalism it deserves, saving you hours of tedious work.

Your design is on a private storefront, but what if another buyer somehow sees it and asks your factory to make it? This could destroy your brand’s exclusivity and your relationship with your own clients.

This is a critical point of trust. Our agreement is with you, and our loyalty is to your brand. We act as a firewall. If an inquiry about one of your designs reaches us—whether it’s through the B2B platform, by email, or even a phone call—we have one simple, unbreakable rule: we do not engage.

We will not confirm it’s your design, we will not discuss its materials, and we will certainly never quote a price. The person making the inquiry will receive a polite, standard reply stating that we cannot discuss client-specific products.

 Then, we will immediately forward the original inquiry to you. It is then your decision, and yours alone, whether to respond. We are your manufacturing partner, not a public trading company. Protecting your exclusivity is fundamental to our partnership. This policy is non-negotiable and is part of our formal agreement with every brand we work with.

You need control over your B2B storefront’s pricing and presentation. But you don’t want the technical hassle of syncing inventory and order status. Relinquishing all control feels far too risky.

The private storefront is your sales tool, so you must be in the driver’s seat. A co-management model gives you the perfect balance of control and convenience. You handle the “front-of-house” activities that define your brand and your business relationships.

We handle the “back-of-house” technical work to ensure the system runs smoothly and integrates directly with our production floor. This partnership allows you to present a sophisticated, easy-to-use ordering system to your clients without needing to become an expert in supply chain software.

B2B marketplace integration isn’t about exposing your brand. It’s about creating a secure, private sales channel to streamline your wholesale business and strengthen your supply chain partnership.