Is DHGate Legit and Safe? DHGate can be a hit or miss. I have been using DHGate for about year now (even though I have known about this website for much longer), and during that year I have learned a lot (and got burned/scammed a bit too). And while I don’t shop on DHGate as much as I used to, I have learned some ways to protect me and how not to get scammed on DHGate.