Sometimes, they are actual jerseys that are sold in the US and Canada. In my travels I talked to a guy who works with a textile company (not for them) somewhere in Asia that produces them for Fanatics or did for Adidas too (something like that) and there’s an entire economy within those companies of selling on DHGate. The same happens with the “middle man” distributors. They make more money per item that way than from their contracts with the big rights holders. He mentioned that there are a lot of fakes, but if you know what you’re looking for, you may find the real thing. He also mentioned that workers will make the jerseys on the side because they know how and have a side hustle. This is often where your fakes actually come from if they are close to the real thing.
He was able to show me an Ajax jersey on there for $19 that he said was “definitely the genuine article”.
Either way, fascinating conversation that was started from an off the cuff comment about the prices of sports jerseys in the US compared with Europe, which I mentioned was still too high.