Online Shopping Reviews

Mother’s Day 2013 Deals from China-based Online Stores

The Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 12 in 2013. I myself have prepared an elegant seawater pearl necklace for my mother. If you are still upset about having no idea on what to gift your mother for that special day, the Mother’s Day 2013 deals hosted by various China-based online stores may inspire you. And the good thing is, you can purchase it directly from a reliable Chinese supplier as soon as you have made your decision.

Milanoo Mother’s Day Deals

Ends May 6, 2013

Up to 20% off on select items under categories including women’s clothing, women’s shoes, jewels & watches, bags, occasion dresses, beauty & make-ups and home supplies. You don’t have to use any coupon code to get the discount as the price has already been reduced and displayed as you can see from the product page at Milanoo.com (read review). See all Mother’s Day 2013 specials there >>

Focalprice Mother’s Day 2013 Deals

Ends May 12, 2013

Up to 30% off a variety of great Mother’s Day gifts including tablet PCs, cell phones, iPhone cases, hairstyling irons, sunglasses, watches, jewelry, portable audio speakers, slimming massage belts, makeup brush tools and more. If your mother is an electronic gadget lover, Focalprice.com (read review) is particularly worth checking out as they are best known for selling cool gadgets at reasonable price. See all Mother’s Day 2013 specials there >>

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Wholesale Costume Jewelry: Affordable Fashion Accessories for Ladies

What’s Costume Jewelry?

If fine jewelry made of precious metals and gems are too expensive for you to fit a new outfit or fashion style, then you should really consider costume jewelry. Also, as costume jewelry is normally offered at extremely low prices, if you want to save on shipping fee, we would suggest you buy wholesale costume jewelry for a single order from a China wholesale marketplace like Lightinthebox.

Then, what’s costume jewelry? If you do not know about the definition about costume jewelry, you are not alone. And it’s completely fine as you will become well aware of what a piece of costume jewelry refers to and its values after you read this article.

It was in the 1930s that costume jewelry was born in the world. As a replacement for “real” jewelry, costume jewelry is also commonly called as fake jewelry, junk jewelry, cheap jewelry or fashion jewelry. Unlike precious jewelry, costume jewelry works mainly as ornamentation for ladies to complement a particular fashionable garment or “costume”. From the very beginning, costume jewelry was intended to be fashionable for a short time only. That is to say, a piece of costume jewelry usually lasts its fashion life for a very limited time and becomes outdated soon. But it does not mean that the outdated costume jewelry leaves the fashion stage for ever. Soon it will become unprecedentedly trendy pairing with a new trendy style or outfit. In essence, though costume jewelry is a cheap and disposable accessory used for adorning a specific fashionable garment, it is gaining more and more popularity among the masses for its unique, beautiful and extremely fashionable styles as well as its high affordability. For example, on Lightinthebox.com, you can get a gorgeous CZ costume jewelry set for just $9.99!

Originally, costume or fashion jewelry was all made of cheap simulated gemstones. But on the modern days, a wider range of better materials are used to make costume jewelry including high-end crystals, cubic zirconia simulated diamonds (referred to as CZ for short), sterling silver and semi-precious stones. That explains why some of the great costume jewelry looks no difference from fine jewelry by a simple glance. And today, online stores offering wholesale costume jewelry to global buyers are everywhere. Among all types of costume jewelry, silver jewelry and bridal jewelry including rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and tiara are the most widely sought-after. Continue reading Wholesale Costume Jewelry: Affordable Fashion Accessories for Ladies

Wholesale Prom Dresses from China

Whether you want to purchase wholesale prom dresses for your business or select a gorgeous prom dress for yourself, China is definitely the best place to buy from. Wanna know my reasons? Read on to get the details.

China’s apparel manufacturing capacity is the biggest in the world, which ensures you that you can always get the prom dresses of any style at any time. There are a number of apparel manufacturing bases locating in some famous Chinese cities like Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, Jinjiang in Fujian Province, Shenzhen, Humen and Dongguan in Guangdong. The quality of the myriad of prom dresses can vary significantly from each other. Normally, the price is the hint indicating the quality level of the prom dresses, but not always. You should beware of scammers. So it is important to buy from a trustworthy marketplace or factory. In China, the best known prom dresses export websites are: Alibaba.com & AliExpress.com, Lightinthebox.com and Milanoo.com.

Alibaba.com: Most of its items do not include prices on their descriptions—Alibaba’s core business is neither to sell items itself, nor to serve the entire transaction process between suppliers and buyers, but to provide product and supplier information to global buyers. So you need to negotiate the price and details with the specific suppliers who offer the prom dresses you are interested. Also, you should note that Alibaba focuses on big quantity orders instead of small orders. For some items, the minimum order quantity (MOQ) can be as high as 1000 pieces. Of course, as the general rule goes, the bigger the order, the lower the price you can get. However, Alibaba has a special channel offering small orders: Aliexpress, read on to learn more details. View Wholesale Prom Dresses on Alibaba.com >>

AliExpress.com: AliExpress is neither a trading platform offering information service like its own sister trade marketplace Alibaba.com, nor an online store selling items itself like Lightinthebox.com. Instead, it integrates the advantages of the two e-commerce models by offering transaction service for Chinese sellers and global buyers. In essence, AliExpress acts as a third party to protect the interests of both the sellers and the buyers. On the one hand, AliExpress verifies the qualifications of sellers on registration based on a strict set of standards and inspects both the items and sellers listed on the website regularly; on the other hand, AliExpress uses its escrow service to ensure transaction safety between sellers and buyers. That is, when making the payment for an order, the payment does not go directly to the seller’s account, but goes to AliExpress’s company account. And AliExpress will not release the payment to the seller until the buyer confirms that the item has arrived and he/she is satisfied with the purchase. In the case that a dispute occurs, AliExpress will help both sides solve the problem. When buying on AliExpress, you don’t need to worry about the issue of payment and transaction safety as AliExpress is there to inspect the whole process.

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Latest Dinodirect.com Coupon Codes and Deals Ending Early May

When I received the latest newsletter from Dinodirect.com, I was really shocked to find that they had released a long list of coupon codes and deals that end May 3, 2013. That means buyers have less than two weeks left to grab the great offers! This is their biggest warehouse sale on electronic gadgets with up to 20% off. I just updated three other discount codes on summer essentials, women’s clothing and men’s clothing that also end the same day yesterday. Seriously, they offer coupon codes or sales so frequently that I just can’t update my site in time to share their promotional information.

Anyway, I am trying my best to post the latest Dinodirect.com coupon codes or deals here. If you are interested in shopping with them in the long run, you are encouraged to check out the Dinodirect Coupon Codes page at my site regularly so that you can save most.

Below are the coupon codes on a variety of products under the hottest categories at Dinodirect.com, including tablet PCs, cameras & camcorders, sporting goods, security & surveillance, handheld game console, car & motorcycle accessories, electronics and cell phones & PDAs.

Coupon Code:

SAVE2

Discount Description: 15% Off for Tablet PCs

Discount Code:

SAVE3

Discount Description: 20% OFF for Cameras & Camcorders

Promo Code:

SAVE1

Discount Description: 7% OFF for Sporting Goods

Coupon:

SAVE6

Discount Description: 15% OFF for Security & Surveillance

Promotion Code:

SAVE7

Discount Description: 15% OFF for Office Supplies

Discount Coupon:

SAVE9

Discount Description: 15% OFF for Handheld Game Console

Voucher Code:

SAVE13

Discount Description: 10% OFF for Car & Motorcycle Accessories

Promotional Code:

SAVE14

Discount Description: 10% OFF for Electronics

Voucher:

SAVE16

Discount Description: 10% OFF for Cell Phones & PDAs

The discount is as high as 20% off – I thought the 15%-off discount scope for the previous sales was already deep enough! I just can’t help asking myself: “is Dinodirect.com crazy? ” Just be kidding: it looks like that Dinodirect.com is clearing its warehouse so that it can shut up without losing too much, lol.

Note that different categories require a unique coupon code in order to reduce the price by the percentage indicated. For more detailed review of Dinodirect.com, please read here.

Bywholesale Review: Company Info, Real Customer Reviews & Similar Sites

Be honest, I had never heard of Bywholesale.com until one day I was asked to review the Chinese jewelry shopping site at my blog. People leave questions in the comment boxes, requesting me to help review or confirm on the legitimacy of a certain China site quite frequently but I don’t always have time to do the favor. Anyway, the site Bywholesale.com raised my interest instantly simply because its domain name sounds quite special and impressive. Below I will share my findings about this site just as a reference to those who are interested in shopping jewelry from them or from any other Chinese wholesale websites.

Website Legitimacy

Before you trade with a site, you should first of all check if it is legit or fraudulent. Also, see if it is infected with fishing, malware or fraud. You know, safety is the most important thing when it comes to online shopping.

Based on my research, Bywholesale.com seem to have all the certificates that can prove they are legitimate, including organization code certificate and tax registration certificate, but I can’t confirm whether they are true or not. One thing I am pretty sure is: their McAfee and Norton Secured logos are not clickable, which may mean the site is not really supervised or verified by the two authoritative website security certification providers.

A plus point of Bywholesale.com is: they indicate clearly their contact details on their website. Besides email address and phone number, they also provide a detailed office address. They are based in Guangzhou, China. I checked the legitimacy of the address and it does exist. They claim they have their own factory and showcase the pictures of the warehouse and workshop at their site. You can ask to visit them if you have a chance to visit the city. Generally, those welcome you to pay them a visit are more likely to be trustworthy.

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How is the competiveness of TS clothing pricing?

Quality V.S. Pricing

The quality of TS dresses and other TS apparel receives lots of compliments based on Lightinthebox real customer reviews. It seems people tend to particularly satisfied with the great quality when compared to the pricing. I myself believe deeply that fashion brand of Lightinthebox.com (read the detailed review) deserves being trusted. After discovering their Chinese domestic online stores, I decide to buy a few TS dresses and TS blouses for my 2013 summer wardrobe. Currently I am still looking for my favorite styles and comparing prices for the target ones. I prefer elegant, modest or vintage dresses and TS is definitely my cup of tea. What’s more importantly, their pricing won’t embarrass my wallet.

Pricing Ranges for Chinese Domestic Market & International Market

Be fair, the high-end dresses from the TS brand are reasonably priced. They are highly affordable among common Chinese consumers like me. In China, we have to pay around $30-$300 for a quality formal or casual dress from a better known fashion brand. TS dresses are priced at $12-$80 only. The brand is also worn by many Chinese celebrities including popular movie or TV soap opera stars and TV anchormen or anchorwomen. As you can see, the low prices do not make them a cheap brand anyway.

As for the international pricing, TS clothing ranges from $10 to $100 at their official international shopping channel Lightinthebox.com. Most of the styles are offered at between $30 and $50. As high-end dresses coming in high quality and trendy styles, they are very competitive compared to those from better known fashion brands around the world.

For international buyers, you are encouraged to take advantage of their promotions in order to get the best deals on TS clothing. In particular, you can check out their Weekly Deals or Today’s Sales zone regularly so that you may discover a great discount for the TS style you love.

Comparisons between Chinese Prices and Global Prices

I tried to compare the prices between international stores and Chinese domestic stores (including their own site and their official stores at other shopping sites) for TS clothing. I found that it is hard to say which site offers the best prices for TS. The Chinese prices and the international prices differ significantly or slightly for the same styles but not all lower priced ones are offered by the same store.

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