1. It has come to the attention of forum staff that Dollshe Craft has ceased communications with dealers and customers, has failed to provide promised refunds for the excessive waits, and now has wait times surpassing 5 years in some cases. Forum staff are also concerned as there are claims being put forth that Dollshe plans to close down their doll making company. Due to the instability of the company, the lack of communication, the lack of promised refunds, and the wait times now surpassing 5 years, we strongly urge members to research the current state of this company very carefully and thoroughly before deciding to place an order. For more information please see the Dollshe waiting room. Do not assume this cannot happen to you or that your order will be different.
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  2. Dollshe Craft and all dolls created by Dollshe, including any dolls created under his new or future companies, including Club Coco BJD are now banned from Den of Angels. Dollshe and the sculptor may not advertise his products on this forum. Sales may not be discussed, no news threads may be posted regarding new releases. This ban does not impact any dolls by Dollshe ordered by November 8, 2023. Any dolls ordered after November 8, 2023, regardless of the date the sculpt was released, are banned from this forum as are any dolls released under his new or future companies including but not limited to Club Coco BJD. This ban does not apply to other company dolls cast by Dollshe as part of a casting agreement between him and the actual sculpt or company and those dolls may still be discussed on the forum. Please come to Ask the Moderators if you have any questions.
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Reverse-Searching stolen/resold product photos?

Mar 14, 2020

    1. Sometimes when browsing, I find what is clearly a company photo. Sometimes this is on the endless link circle of pinterest leading nowhere, and other times it's clearly a reseller or someone making copies on aliexpress. While, for example, browsing clothing on aliexpress, I see many photos I recognize from taobao, such as clothing from Tata's Paradise and Bears, my image searching cannot delve into browsing taobao for some reason. Does anyone have tricks for reverse image searching product photos when the typical basic techniques aren't working?
       
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    2. If you can't reverse image search the normal way, try screenshotting the image and uploading it to an image hosting site site a imgur. Then reverse image search the uploaded image. It sometimes comes up with more results. It if there isn't more results all that will come up is the original image your screenshotted.

      You also have the option of asking the community here to identify a sculpt, or posting in the Ask the Admin if a post is legitimate or not.
       
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    3. The only technique I know is to right click on the image and copy the image URL, then paste it into the search box of a Google image search. You can also try a Bing image search just in case Bing has found something Google hasn't, but that's very rare in my experience.