you guys might have seen the post by @gladii0lus where we found that our art had been stolen and reuploaded onto AliExpress... I guess i never really thought i'd have to worry about this kind of thing T_T
Firstly, I advise if you are a smaller artist in a nicher fandom, CHECK THESE SITES like AliExpress for your work. Look up your fandom names and browse, it's important to get ontop of this stuff. Looking up DMC, inFAMOUS and a few other smaller fandoms I'm in, I was surprised to see other small artists I know were also being ripped off.
Secondly... These listings seem to use ai to upscale pictures found on thumbnails for keychains. My designs seem to have been upscaled, you can tell by their ugly mushy details. Sure you save money buying off this rip off listing, but you'll get a worse product in the end.
Lastly, what can we do? So far I have tried reporting the listings and contacting the store. I have not gotten much yet, but it's to be expected they don't immediately remove listings, and there is a language barrier. I think the best course of action is reporting WITH evidence. Evidence as in, pictures of the original store the stolen art is from (our etsys/ACGoods), and explaining plainly in the report description that the art is stolen from our stores and must be removed.
HERE is the AliExpress listing of my stolen art, Please report it. Also check gladii0lus's blog and report those listings too.