Lol I learned pretty fast not to check tracking and just wait for things to come, man I was pissed when I used to see pre-advised or tracking not showing anything. Far more relaxed to just cut orders so they are small and only have 1 or 2 items and see when they come here. I go with basic shipping without insurance and when something gets in, I mark it received and check what is expected, right now I have a knife order from January 6th that is not in I saw, maybe ask where it is next week.
I’ve ordered from GearBest 16 times during the past 2 years. Never experienced any real problems. Sure, the shipping times can be long (well over a month to Sweden) sometimes; but lately it’s been a lot quicker.
Also GearBest, like most Chinese merchants, normally give you a tracking number long before they actually ship something. Be prepared for that the tracking can stay flagged as “pre-advised” for about 2 weeks before they hand over the package to the shipping agent and the real transfer begins.
I normally use the App from AfterShip when tracking.
To answer the op, yes, GB gives real tracking number. GB has more than 1,000 employees, they are big business in online-vending, just like BG or FT for that matter, and I am sure those vendors won’t try to just even attempt to give us fake tracking number, for it will not be in their best interest, to put it just very mildly.
Sure, there are times I was given a wrong tracking number (a number was wrong, that was from FT iirc) or they ship it out of the gate not as fast as we want it to be, but in all fairness to everyone, personally I would never expect FEDEX, UPS or DHL shipping speed for something I paid very, very little, and even free shipping in almost all cases previously.
I’ve ordered Imalent DN70 on feb. 1 , shipped out on feb. 7. Tracking still shows “the item is pre-advised” 
i`ve placed A LOT of orders there, no fake tracking at all.
Thanks, i have 2 package at NL post, and 17track seem didnt give any info
Sadly, both 17track and postnl provide same infomation
Does the tracking number end in NL? It is on way.
It will change at any time, when it arrives in Netherlands, to The item is at the PostNL sorting center and later to The item is on transport to the country of destination
It’s like “fake news”, until it changes from “pre-advised” they haven’t actually shipped anything yet.
My track code said” the package at shipper warehouse”, what does it mean?
Yes, they do, but my point is, they are just faster compared to the link provided in the vendor’s My Orders tracking info.
Probably more “fake news”.
GearBest, like many big merchants, don’t actually store and ship most of the goods themselves. They function more like an umbrella organization for all the smaller companies that actually handle the goods.
So my guess is that nothing has physically been sent yet.
Yes, end in NL :). But always “pre-advised” takes 4-5 days for me
Now it said my package not in database
If i select”auto detect carrier. It said” arrived at sorting place”
Thanks for this tatasal. This one works. I have a DHL tracking number that was "not found" when I try to track it directly at DHL's website but I was able to track it using the website you posted.
Keeping a shortcut to this website for future tracking : -)
Hmm… there must be some irregularities here, I ordered last february 5, and as of this writing February 20, “the item is pre-advised” is still the status. :person_facepalming: Banggood has faster delivery and more status update.
+1 for BG, got”the item is pre-advised” since the 14th feb, and no update since then
really angry, why BG doesn’t have Utorch
Oh, I would’t worry much about that ‘pre-advised’ notice, it happens plenty of times, perhaps the typist simply does not update right away, haha.
Sometimes tracking suddenly updates and jumping to ‘dispatched to country of destination’.
I experienced similar notices a lot of times since I started buying online, regardless who the vendor is.