Online Shopping Reviews

Play Shooting Games to Win Dinodirect Coupons, Gift Cards, iDinor VIP Membership or More

Occasionally Chinese sites like to host a particular game for their customers to win coupons, gifts or other special offers. Now Dinodirect.com (read the detailed review of the site here) has a game-based promotional activity on the go. Just by shooting a target heart with the arrow, you may get a coupon or voucher, a gift card, a free shipping card, iDinor VIP membership or a gift from the category of Wedding Apparel & Accessories. What is more exciting, three iPhone 5 are honored as a prize for the game every day during the promotional period, which will last for about one month.

The shooting game is easy to play, a little bit like the one hosted by Aliexpress.com in January, 2013. Before you start the game, you have to register a Dinodirect account first. Of course, if you already have one, just use it to play the game right away. Every ID has three chances to win the benefits. Each chance has a winning rate as high as 50%. Some people said they had won 2 or 3 prizes with the three chances!

The detailed values of the coupon offers for the game at Dinodirect.com are as follows:

10% off any order sitewide
7% off any order sitewide $4 off orders of over $30
$6 off orders of over $50
$10 off orders of over $70
$12 off orders of over $100

The face values of the gift cards include: $1, $2 and $5.

If you are interested in trading with the Chinese online shopping mall Dinodirect.com, the game is definitely a great opportunity to cut your cost. Even if you don’t have any shopping plan at present, it costs nothing to win the coupons or other special offers first, not to mention the tempting prize iPhone 5.

Why not give it a try now? Click here to play the game at the site.

Dinodirect Scam 2013 Case Study: Buyers Have to Cover the Return Shipping Fee for A Refund

I noticed that a number of Dinodirect negative reviews posted online claim that when they are unhappy with the item received and want to return it for a refund, they are required to cover the return shipping fee. This problem seems very common among China-based online shops – even the premium Chinese supplier Lightinthebox.com is sometimes complained against due to return shipping fee-related issues.

According to Dinodirect’s Return Policies, if a product is not damaged on purpose, buyers can return the goods with quality problems for a full refund including shipping fees. Also, if you can prove that the product is not as described, they promise they will take full responsibility. However, if a product is defective or not liked due to other reasons than the site’s fault, buyers have to pay the return shipping fees in order to request for a refund.

The most controversial points regarding this return policy item are:

1. The buyers do not read clearly their return polices before placing an order there. After they receive a product they don’t like or don’t want, they hope to return it for a full refund but are informed that they have to pay the high return shipping fee, which makes the buyers feel extremely unhappy as they believe such return policy is asinine or unfriendly. Be fair, every legitimate shopping site has a clear indicated return policy and if you do want to trade with them, you gotta accept the agreements. What’s more importantly, you need to get yourself completely aware of your responsibilities and rights before you purchase anything there. Otherwise you may be disappointed by the service when a problem is occurred.

2. While some buyers try to show that the products they receive have quality issues, they fail to show supportive evidence like photographs or videos to convince the Dinodirect after-sales customer service staff that the problems are site’s fault instead of being out of the buyer’s wrong operation on purpose or due to carelessness. From my personal perspective, both sides have a half-half chance to find favor. Either the buyers or Dinodirect (read the detailed review of the site) are telling the facts. It just depends on how clearly they are able to prove the fairness.

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Our Online Store of Fashion Jewelry and Other Fashion Accessories Launched

I have been sharing with my readers here that my family and I would enter upon the international trading business soon. Now our store has been officially opened as a number of products have been posted there for sale and we are still adding more products to the listing. That means we have started running our business and if you are interested in purchasing fashion jewelry or other fashion accessories by retail or wholesale, you can consider us and we promise your satisfaction will be our top priority.

So far we are still on the start-up stage of our business and we haven’t built an individual shopping site for ourselves. Instead, we established a store (Store No. 816613) at Aliexpress.com, the famous Chinese wholesale transaction platform connecting countless Chinese sellers and buyers around the world. The major categories hosted by our store include fashion necklaces, fashion bracelets and fashion earrings. Here is our store address: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/816613.

Even though using the site to do business adds to the cost as our margin will be shared by a certain percentage with the site who offers the service to us, we still chose to start our business there as we are trying to build trust among our customers first. We believe that under the payment protection service provided by Aliexpress.com, buyers who never trade with us before can be more confident that they will do business with a reliable or quality supplier and don’t have to worry about losing money because of scams. Continue reading Our Online Store of Fashion Jewelry and Other Fashion Accessories Launched

Is Milanoo Scam True or Not?

Over the past two years, as Milanoo developed amazingly fast, we notice that the so called “Milanoo scam” started to show up in some forums or blogs. It’s not at all surprising to us. Being a devoted reviewer of the China wholesale market, we’ve been a witness of the development and progression of all major China-based international online stores.

Almost for every fast-developing store, it seems inevitable to encounter the dilemma that complaints or distrust about them emerges only naturally. We guess this is how noise about Milanoo scam comes out too. After all, no companies are born perfect. If the complaints arising amongst customers are within the appropriate range, it can only explain that the store still has some aspects to improve.

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Deals on 2013 Wedding Dresses from Online Chinese Shopping Sites – updated regularly

Spring has come and many Chinese online shopping sites for global buyers have already launched their collection of spring 2013 wedding dresses. As a tradition, these stores offer a certain discount on the spring new arrivals in order to boost their revenues. At the same time, some have also listed the latest styles in 2013 wedding apparel and accessories other than those fitting the spring season only. For instance, now you can find stylish summer beach wedding dresses from the stores easily, which will definitely make you a trend leader this summer.

This post is meant to compile deals on 2013 wedding dresses and/or accessories offered by various China-based online shops. Here are the latest deals on 2013 wedding dresses offered by popular online shopping websites based in China:

10% Off New Arrivals in Wedding Dresses 2013 at Milanoo.com, ending Mar. 23rd. On-sale styles include: ball gown wedding dresses, Europe style strapless wedding dresses, one-shoulder rhinestone satin wedding dresses, A-line short organza wedding dresses, sweetheart sweep luxury wedding dresses, mermaid trumpet wedding dresses, tea length wedding dresses, mini wedding dresses, wedding dresses for pregnant women, plus size wedding dresses and more. Take a look >>

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Up to 80% Off Wedding Supplies at Lightinthebox.com. On-sale products include: wedding veils, wedding shoes, wedding wraps, wedding headpieces, wedding jewelry, wedding bags, wedding lingerie, wedding gloves, wedding sashes and wedding swatches. Take a look >>

Note: More deals will be added here regularly throughout the year.

I have a long list of posts reviewing the wedding dresses offered by various Chinese stores here at my site. You can use the search box at the right top to search for topics of your interest. Before you go ahead, I would encourage you to read “My Criteria for Reviewing Wedding Dresses Offered by Chinese Suppliers” first.

Wedding gowns made by Chinese manufacturers are first of all famous for the unbeatable pricing. While a common wedding dress in your local store requires hundreds of US dollars, you can get it at around $100 only; for high-end wedding gowns which may cost you over $1,000 USD, they are available at the Chinese stores at $150-$350 only. When a promotional code or discount is offered, the pricing is even more alluring. Even without the extra discounts, they are already very attractive in terms of pricing. That is exactly why more and more people choose to shop their wedding dresses directly from online Chinese suppliers.

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St. Patrick’s Day 2013 Specials from Popular Online Stores based in China

As St. Patrick’s Day 2013 is coming around the corner, people are hunting the internet or local stores for the best St. Patrick’s Day deals. Meanwhile, stores online or in the commercial areas have been releasing specials on all kinds of products that meet the theme of the day. Most St. Patrick’s Day 2013 sales offer select items that come in refreshingly green though some sites may also offer products in other colors at “green prices”.

In the previous post I made an introduction to the St. Patrick’s Day 2013 coupon code offered by Dinodirect.com. As I stated at the end of the post, I would be sharing more St. Patrick’s Day 2013 deals launched by more stores based in China. And this post is a follow-up, aiming to list more Chinese stores which are hosting St. Patrick’s Day 2013 sales in detail.

Focalprice.com St. Patrick’s Day 2013 Sale:

On sale products include: G9300 android smartphones, SANEI N78 android 4.1.1 tablet PCs, stimulate clover potted plant design LED lights, DIY hair man plants, grass PVC wall décor stickers, lovers’ design green plants, green lens stylish sunglasses, green crystal stud earrings, bohemia exotic necklaces with round green rhinestone pendant, Womage women’s turntable dial green PU leather strap digital watches and more. Look at the promotional page here >>

Ends March 20, 2013

Ahappydeal.com St. Patrick’s Day 2013 Sale:

Their St. Patrick’s Day deals have no direct connection with the day actually, except that the prices are tagged with a lucky flavor as deep discounts are offered with up to 50% off. On-sale products include: top China mobile phones, popular Chinese branded tablets, USB outputs power charger battery banks for cell phones, leather cases for cell phones or tablet PCs, adjustable fixed stand for tablet PCs, holder stand cradle in Android robot style for tablet PCs, iPad or Ebooks, watches for men, watch ban removers or adjusters, glass jeweler loupe eye magnifiers, professional watchband tool kits, universal watch repair tools and much more. Look at the promotional page here >>

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