Online Shopping Reviews

A Panoramic Review of Milanoo.com: Things You Must Know about This Chinese Fashion Store

General Background

Based in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China, Milanoo.com is a fast-growing online retailer of fashionable apparel and lifestyle products. This company was founded in 2008 by Albert Feng, who had been a government clerk before.

Major Catalogs

Milanoo.com started from selling popular Lolita supplies and cosplay costumes and was best known for the product line for a couple of years. Soon they successfully opened up the highly profitable catalog: special occasion dresses and is doing better and better in this field. Now you can shop for gorgeous wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, prom dresses, cocktail dresses, evening dresses, homecoming dresses or any other kind of formal or semi-formal dresses there with plenty of choices.

At the same time, their other lines are growing rapidly too, including women’s clothing, women’s shoes, women’s bags, women’s beauty products and home fashion. The site is basically a fashion store for ladies though they also carry kids’ apparel and men’s clothing & accessories such as men’s watches.

Website Improvements

As a third-party reviewer, I have been observing the performance and the changes they are making since they were born. One particular thing about them that impresses me deeply is their constant effort to improving their website user experience. Look at their site and you will be easily attracted by the lovely banners and product images as well as the neatly sorted categories. To be fair, they now look much, much better than how they were years ago!

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Deals on Sexy Backless Dresses from Chinese Store Sheinside.com

I hate myself keeping talking about fashion products here and I was really trying to move my eyes onto something else. But when I came across the beautiful sexy dresses on sale at Sheinside.com (read review), I just couldn’t stop the urge to share them as soon as possible. That is exactly how this post comes out.

The Sheinside sale offers 25% off on a variety of backless dresses that fit different occasions and taste. There you can find long-sleeve backless dresses, short-sleeve backless dresses and sleeveless backless dress. No matter what sleeve type you prefer, you will get plenty of styles to consider. On top of that, you will be even more astonished by the stylish designs of the dresses. With so many colors, patterns and styles to choose from, you will easily find a backless dress of your dream from that promotional collection.

Note that you should enter the coupon code “20130717” to redeem the coupon at checkout. The offer probably will last till the end of this month only. So if you find a dress you love, order it before the sale ends. The discount scope is quite impressive compared to all other deals on fashionable products available at Chinese stores. The original prices of the dresses range from $15 to $55. Plus, as long as you choose standard shipping, free shipping is available on any order to any destination of the world. Click here to see all deals.

Where to Get Best Deals on 2013 Back to School Supplies

If you haven’t got any specific idea about what to prepare for the new school yet, you can read the 2013 back-to-school checklist for inspiration first. If you already have a come-to-school shopping list, let’s go straight to the deals part. Note that this post will focus on the best back-to-school 2013 deals available at Chinese international stores only.

Deals on Stationery:
1. Aliexpress.com
2. Dinodirect.com

Deals on Apparel:
1. Lightinthebox.com
2. Dinodirect.com
3. Aliexpress.com

Deals on Electronic Gadgets:
1. Focalprice.com
2. Miniinthebox.com
3. Priceangels.com
4. Eforchina.com
5. Tmart.com
6. Ahappydeal.com

Deals on Novelty Items:
1. Dinodirect.com
2. Aliexpress.com
3. Miniinthebox.com

Deals on Shoes:
1. Milanoo.com
2. Aliexpress.com
3. Dinodirect.com

Deals on School Bags:
1. Aliexpress.com
2. Dinodirect.com
3. Milanoo.com

The shopping websites offering the 2013 back-to-school supplies are all base in China. When you shop with them, you should pay attention to the processing time and shipping time required for the product you order just in case it does not arrive in time for the first day of your new school year.

In particular, Aliexpress.com is a wholesale shopping site for small and medium-sized businesses but you still can buy products from the sellers as an individual as long as the product does not require a MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity). The other websites are online retail distributors, just like the local stores near your home.

In addition to the back-to-school deals for 2013, you can also take advantage of their latest coupon codes for better savings. Just use the search box at the right top of my site to search for valid coupon codes for the websites you are interested in trading with.

A General Review of Lightinthebox.com

Based in Beijing, China, Lightinthebox.com is a New York Stock Exchange listed Chinese e-commerce website (NYSE: LITB). Having been in the online foreign trading business since 2007, their major categories include wedding dresses and other special occasion dresses, women’s fashion, home and garden and electronics.

While the site offers a variety of consumer electronics, it also has another website www.miniinthebox.com exclusively for all kinds of cool gadgets, including Apple accessories, Samsung accessories, watches, LED lights and lots more. Unbeatable pricing is the very advantage of the gadgets for sale at this channel of
Lightinthebox.com, followed closely by the huge range of choices of gadgets. Quality is also commonly rated as good by their customers all around the world. Read the detailed review of Miniinthebox.com >>

Personally Lightinthebox.com is my No. 1 choice if you ask me to recommend a globally reputable online trading company in China. Here are my reasons:

1. It was founded by an elite group of leaders who had been famous for their outstanding achievements in the internet circle. Its founder and the current CEO, Quji Guo, was a former advance executive officer of Google China.

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A Complete 2013 Back to School Checklist

A new school year means a fresh start. Everyone wants to feel like being the new and improved self on the first day of school. For this reason, most teenagers or college students start to dread the arrival of September in early August since they are not completely ready yet to usher in the new beginning. There are so many school supplies to prepare and so many things to do to get themselves ‘refreshed’. The following 2013 back-to-school checklist may help.

1. Buy outfits that will make you feel comfy and confident on your first days back. Make sure you will be wearing something of your favorites at least on the very first day to kick off the new school year. Never ignore this part as this will make difference on how you feel about yourself and bring your optimism for the year.

2. Get yourself a new haircut. With a fresh haircut you will feel extra-polished and you will never be afraid to say hi to people you used to ignore or secretly admire.

3. Prepare a few pairs of comfy shoes. The solely stylish footwear may pain your feet because of unreasonable designs. When you pick up shoes for the new school year, the priority is to consider whether they will make your feet feel comfortable or not. Otherwise, you may suffer a lot from the “beautiful shoes”. Of course, it is also important to go for those of your taste. You know, like the outfits, they will greatly affect your feelings.

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Review of Fancyladies.com

Fancyladies.com is another China-based online fashion store serving customers from all over the world. Registered in Hong Kong, the company operates their business mainly in the neighbor city Shenzhen, where the cost can be reduced to much lower.

General Info

In terms of company size, with over 200 full time employees, Fancyladies.com should be put into the group of “medium-size e-commerce companies”. Like many other Chinese international shopping websites, they are not the only site belonging to the company. Instead, they have some sister websites selling the same or different products stocked in the same warehouse and managed by the same teams.

In particular, I know Didobridal.com (read review) is an important sister shopping site of Fancyladies.com. While both sites carry some identical products such as special occasion dresses, they do have different focuses. Prom dresses, evening dresses, cocktail dresses and other special occasion dresses are the major fields of Didobridal.com while lingerie especially corsets, sexy costumes, swimwear and clubwear seem to be major revenue earners of Fancyladies.com.

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