Online Shopping Reviews

Focalprice 2013 Back to School Deals

The back-to-school season is coming around and stores have launched various kinds of back-to-school sales to boost revenues. For the customers, it is a great money saving opportunity to buy things we need, especially apparel and electronic gadgets. I have shared a list of 2013 back-to-school deals offered by the most popular China-based online stores and this post will focus on talking about the back-to-school promotion of Focalprice.com, a rising Chinese shopping site based in Shenzhen, a city nearing Hong Kong.

Though different kids may have different shopping lists of back-to-school essentials, most of them would not miss two categories: clothing and electronics. In particular, Focalprice.com offers a range of cool electronic gadgets with up to 38% off. You know, made-in-China electronics tend to stand out by lower pricing and the original prices for the gadgets at Focalprice.com are already very competitive. Now plus the discount, the offers are even more attractive.

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LightInTheBox Today’s Deal Promotion

Lightinthebox has just launched a new promotion campaign called “ONE DAY ONE DEAL”. Everday, Lightinthebox offeres “today only” low prices on a selection of items such as elegant wedding dress jackets, electronic cigarettes, tattoo kits, USB spy cameras, etc. The prices are valid for 1-7 days only and will then be gone forever. Smart shoppers, pay close attention to this money saving program!

To be updated with the latest ONE DAY ONE DEAL offer, check back regularly Chinawholesalereviews.com and we will continuously release the new updates on this special offer by Lightinthebox.com.

Today’s Deal Promotion. One Deal One Day, UP to 75% OFF!

DHgate.com: Another Good Place to Source Cheap Wholesale Made-in-China Watches

In my site I’ve introduced some good choices when it comes to buying cheap wholesale made-in-China watches, including Miniinthebox.com, Priceangels.com, Eforchina.com, Aliexpress.com, Banggood.com and more. Now I’m adding DHgate.com into my personal list of the best Chinese sites to source watches.

When you open the homepage of DHgate.com, you may notice that in the top navigation area above the banners, there are three exclusive accesses to the hottest categories or the best deals. Discounted watches or new style watches often appear in that area, which indicates that watches should be one of the best-selling products lines at the site. Based on my working experience at the e-commerce website, that area is very important and is one of the most commonly clicked sections of the whole home page.

It is not a secret that the shopping sites like to take advantage of the most eye-catching sections to place the hottest promotions. For instance, the big banner zone is always the focus of the homepage of any online store. The top navigation bar is another attention catcher and tends to receive a significant proportion of visitors. To achieve the best promotional results, the stores would choose the best deals or the top rated products (offered by premium sellers if the store is a transaction platform like DHgate.com) to fill the pages for the exclusive zones. Generally, the products showcased on such pages are more dependable in terms of quality and the sellers who offer the products have a higher customer rating.

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Most Common Concerns about DHgate.com: Legitimacy, Safety, Scams and More

Thanks to the fast development of Internet technology, now shopping directly with an online store far away from our locals becomes unprecedentedly easy and convenient. In particular, many store owners and individuals love to buy stuff from China-based online shopping sites such as DHgate.com, mainly attracted by the super low prices and the huge varieties of products to choose from. However, China is traditionally regarded as a lack-of-credibility shopping destination – when people decide to shop there, concerns for safety arise only naturally.

As a Chinese, I would like to re-emphasize that the majority of Chinese shopping sites are trustworthy, trying to earn decent revenues through and honest business. Nevertheless, I always encourage you to use extreme caution when looking for a reliable Chinese store to shop with, especially when you never bought anything there before. While general rules apply to all Chinese stores when it comes to safe online shopping, you may still figure out what are the major concerns about a specific store. That way you will be best protected from being scammed. This post will focus on talking about the most common concerns about DHgate.com and the tips on how to stay safe when using the site for shopping.

Is DHgate.com a legit site?

Founded in 2004 by Diane, Wang, DHgate.com is similar to Aliexpress.com in terms of business model. Different from the store-type shopping websites such as Lightinthebox.com or Focalprice.com, DHgate.com and Aliexpress.com are transaction platforms for small and medium-sized merchants, providing services for both buyers and sellers. There you can trade with the registered sellers and the whole transaction process is under full inspection of the website. The payment you make for your order won’t go to the seller directly. Instead, it will be sent to the account of DHgate.com first and after you receive the goods and confirm everything is okay, they will release the payment to the seller on your behalf. In the case that a dispute happens between you and the seller, you can use their dispute system to protect yourself.

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Maykool Review: Safety & Scam, Product Range, Pricing, Service and More

Honestly, I had never heard of Maykool.com until I discovered the site in a third-party customer review forum last week. It was the amazing range of fashion products that aroused my interest into digging out some useful information about them just in case some individual fashion shoppers might want to buy things there.

Safety & Scam

After a quick tour to scanning the key sections of the shopping website, I got an impression that it should be run by some individual businessman or businesswoman who had worked for an export company for years before he/she decided to start his/her own business. I guess the team should be quite small – probably only 20 around employees.

Based on the Whois domain name registration record, the name Maykool.com was created in September, 2012, which implies that this site itself is still very young. Anyway, I am not sure whether the site owner was using another domain name to do the online business before adopting Maykool.com.

The Alexa website analysis shows that the site is ranked around 170, 000 globally. Based on my estimate, it should host 2,000 to 3000 visits each day. The traffic is not impressive at all compared to big shopping sites like Lightinthebox.com (read review). However, it at least proves that every day the site is visited by quite a number of visitors and chances are rare that it is a phishing site or any other types of illegal sites.

When I tried to use terms like “Maykool scams”, “Maykool negative reviews” or “Maykool complaints” to search Google to confirm the credibility of the website, I got few results. Nevertheless, this does not necessarily mean that it is too perfect to be reviewed negatively against. I am more inclined to believe that the major reason for such phenomenon is because the users of the website are still very limited in terms of quantity.

Then I tried other keywords such as “Maykool” and “Maykool reviews” and this time I got closely related results, which are all positive or neutral. It seems the site is trying to make use of all kinds of social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest to enlarge their customer base. Such marketing efforts convince me that Maykool.com is led by someone quite familiar with the cross-border online trading industry and sensitive to the latest e-commerce marketing approaches.

Product Range

The site is all about women’s fashion, including dresses, swimsuits, shoes, clubwear, skirts, T-shirts, shirts & blouses, vests & basics, outerwear, sweaters, shorts & rompers, pants, lingerie and hosiery. Most of the fashionable pieces are for meant to create daily looks instead of special occasion looks. If you are looking for evening dresses, prom dresses, wedding dresses or other formal dresses, it is not the place; but if you are seeking affordable stylish outfits for common occasions, it may deserve a look.

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DHgate Scam?

“Is DHgate.com a scam website?”, “Is DHgate legit?”, “Is DHgate a trusted site?” — I noticed that some people were asking the same questions on the Internet. As always, safety is the biggest concern for online shopping, especially for cross-border online transactions. I hope my illustration below can help clear your doubts—if you are one of those who asked the question.

1. As an officially registered wholesale company based in Beijing, DHgate has been serving global buyers and sellers worldwide since 2004. A scam company can’t have been existing for such a long time.

2. By far, the page rank of DHgate’s website has grown to 6. As we know, Google will never credit an illegal website with such a high page rank. Also, when you search for “wholesale” or “China wholesale” in Google, you will see DHgate ranks top on the first search result page. This means Google has recognized the huge traffic and authenticity of DHgate—Google tends to place the most-matching websites with the search terms at the top of all related search results. Continue reading DHgate Scam?