subject: Copycat and Brand Products Share the Laptop market [print this page] It's a sensitive topic on copycat, especially in the electronic area like the laptop, cell phone and so on. As the recently appeared I-phone new product, the next day they have a duplicated one in Hong Kong. That irritated the apple company, but many consumers are standing in the copycat side. Why they are so popular? And are there anything different between the brand products and the copycat. Like this Dell 1501 AC adapter, I have bought at a online store. They told me it's original. Actually, it's not. But it does work well with my laptop.
I try to get more information about copycat and brand products. Actually, like this Dell 1501 AC adapter, it's a replacement of the original one. It was made in China. This is just a small gadget. But for some laptops, there is one that is not the copycat products. It's much cheaper but with the same brand. Some may doubt that whether it's really or not.
For some veteran, they are full of the experience to buy those products, for they are imported through illegal or grey channel to the domestic market. And the number of the products is limited. As we all know that the import tax of electronic products is really high. at the meanwhile, in the Hong Kong market, it's prosperity of lower price products comparing the domestic market. And like this Dell 1501 AC adapter, it's exported through Hong Kong to the worldwide market.
As those famous brand products, they have factories in the developing country, but those products should export to the original design country in order to get tagged. Then those products imported to other countries. And the laptop is the same. As the IBM, in Hong Kong, it's really at a reasonable price compared to the imported products. In recent years, there are some laptops designed for the students. So they are cheaper and have very good quality. Some merchandisers make use of this chance and buy some products and sell in the domestic market.
For the copycat products, it's cheap and lower quality than the brand products. But it meets the needs of the low income consumers. So they have large and potential market all over the world. For those products from the producing place without tax, it's cheaper and the same quality.
Copycat and Brand Products Share the Laptop market
