Posted by u/dfoolio at Thu, Mar 13, 2025 2:23 AM in r/IPTVGroupBuy Orignal Here's a list of some of those Myths: * Those services are junk and you will experience buffering!!! We are learning that more often than not, anyone selling IPTV is selling one of these services in its raw form and just renaming it. This argument is rhetoric to get you to buy their service and steer you clear of the service that undercuts them. If there is buffering (there shouldn't be) it would affect these sellers' services too. Unfortunately, very few of these sellers are further curating that service by adding EPGs and cleaning up the categories and such. The amount of buffering would be the same. Then there are an additional handful of sellers which are creating something unique (and they probably get their streams from the same deep source too anyway- and where there isn't buffering, these guys will have tons of "maintenance" typically). By unique, it would include adding EPGs and cleaning up the categories, but also tailoring the experience to their customer, adding a VPN component, or even setting up their own servers to restream it to you.. * Alibaba and z2u are shady and they will rip you off Those places are both marketplaces just like ebay or Amazon. Alibaba is a huge publicly traded company. It's not ripping anyone off. Z2U is a little shadey. But, all concerns over the SELLER you use being legitimate or not should be alleviated once you establish a chat, read the reviews, purchase a name brand service, and do a trial. Also, you should be using intermediary services such as Google pay to add an extra layer of protection anyway, but don't overthink this. * Sellers sell shared or stolen credentials on these services This is rare. And it's most likely to happen if you don't do what the above notes say when making a sale. But from my experience, when this does happen, it's not someone trying to cheat you. It's you buying a no-name service that carries no promises. When you buy a $2 a year "worldwide iptv for Canada and USA one year guarantee" it doesn't even sound like it carries any real promises. But again, talk to the vendor with the chat features (of z2u for example) and find out what you're getting. * The seller will disappear and then you're stuck This myth was first introduced to me by a guy we will call "Megaman." He sells $15 a year "Mega" for $120 a year. He gets his Mega from the same place that you get Mega. So if this was a concern, it should be a concern when you buy from him too. However, even if something catastrophic were to occur such as Mega shutting down. You bought it for $15 a year. Big deal. It's better than buying it for $120 a year from Megaman. In fact, EIGHT THINGS could go catastrophically wrong before you reached the price of services like that one- and it's the same product with the same risks. Also, you don't need your seller after the sale. If he disappears, you renew through someone else next time. When a seller disappears the services still works until your expiration date (also collect some URLs from trials, your credentials should work for those URLs just the same). * You'll get poor tech support This might be true, but what do you need exactly that you can't iron out within five minutes of the purchase? If you have a dead stream, it's a dead stream even if you buy it from a downstream reseller. He can't do anything more than your guy on z2u. Sure he can send a message to support through his reseller panel...but those mostly fall on deaf ears. Can you find someone who can actually fix something? Yes. Guys who curate their services through an iptveditor or run something from scratch, but again, they're in the minority. A LOT of resellers pretending they can do this. Also, at this point many of us have a reseller panel for personal use. I'm sure you could make a request through this subreddit and get one of us to put the request into the panel. * You get what you pay for True, but NOTHING in this IPTV world should be approaching $100 a year for one connection. And also, there's some really great options for very little money. Also, you're likely to get less than what you pay for when you subscribe to this idea. Many of us have purchased 100 dollar a year services that were really 15 dollar services in disguise. * What you really want is a guy that doesn't advertise so that things remain secure and limited and they function well. Ok...sure. Believe that if you want to. But when you then start DM'ing the guy that told you that, keep in mind that he was a shill. * The EPG will stink on OTT services on Ali or Z2 Actually, that's kinda true. But you shouldn't need to pay $100 a year for someone to clean that up for you. Get iptveditor or iptvboss and fix it yourself. You're a hobbyist now anyway; may as well find something to do with your time.

A few additional notes: * Nearly every time I read about a z2u or Alibaba criticism, I click on the profile of the person who posted it and see that the person is a seller himself that is simply trying to cast doubt on your purchase so that you buy from him. Do your own research! You're a hobbyist now, explore a bit and have fun with this, I know I have. Just be careful, be careful of what people tell you what you should be doing, or where you should be buying or that the service they have is the best! What works for them may not work for you. There's a lot of push and pull to get IPTV subscribers from all over reddit and the internet. You're totally within your rights to buy from whomever you choose; but you have the freedom to get your own service that works for you. That's what I like most about this. Instead of being bombarded by others to buy their services, I get to choose services on my own and find what works for me * Please note: I will be editing this post with valuable contributions and providing more information as we move along. This is also a repost of an original post and has been remade for continuity.