[arihelgason]

Alibaba is a very mixed bag.

I recommend using Panjiva.com to do some diligence on suppliers before committing. You can see who else they're supplying in the US, historical data (ie. are they doing more or less US business?) and even pull credit records and other data.

It's not failsafe but you'll get a much more complete picture of a supplier than with Alibaba.