Online Shopping Reviews

Cheap Prom Dresses for 2013 from Milanoo.com

In my personal list, Lightinthebox.com and Milanoo.com are the best Chinese sites to shop for retail or wholesale prom dresses offered at reasonable prices. Now Milanoo.com have launched their new promotion of prom dresses for 2013. If you are looking for gorgeous dresses that can make you stand out in the proms but won’t embarrass your wallet, the deals are definitely worth taking a look.

One great attraction of Milanoo to me is: every time when I browse their new arrivals in fashion stuff, I am so fascinated by the beautiful styles that I find it hard to leave their sites for other online destinations. Look at the homepage of their sale for 2013 prom dresses! Are you instantly attracted by the stylish dresses? Then, click on the sub-categories listed in the image. I am sure you will be ever more astonished by the amazing dresses and their prices!

I always say Milanoo.com is a one-stop shop for prom dresses (read my old post about Milanoo prom dresses here) and I still insist that they are worth the name now. This promotion in particular includes high-low prom dresses, open-back prom dresses, short prom dresses, plus size prom dresses, sequins prom dresses and sexy and sleek prom dresses. No matter what your preferred style is, you will have plenty of choices to choose from there. Most of the prom dresses on sale are priced at between $100 and $150. Also, you can see a category containing prom dresses under $100 in the promotion too.

The fashion store often release coupon codes for savings in various forms. The free shipping coupon code “PASSIONFS“, in particular, is often available for orders of $99 or more. Anytime you decide to purchase something there, don’t forget to search out if any useful coupon codes can be used to reduce your cost first. My site updates the Milanoo Coupon Code page regularly and as new coupon codes from the site are announced. Just take a look now!

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Deals on Faux Hair Wigs and Human Hair Wigs for Women from China Shopping Site Lightinthebox.com

Now if you ask my opinion about where you can buy cheap and better quality hair wigs for women, I would recommend Lightinthebox.com, Milanoo.com, Dinodirect.com and Aliexpress.com. The first three are premium online suppliers which have established a big name on the global market while the last one is a well-known wholesale trading site for small and medium-sized businesses. Also, the first two are better places to shop for fashionable hair wigs while the last two are better for purchasing hair pieces or hair extensions from women in all colors or from various continents.

In one of my old posts published in the year 2010 Hair Wig Review: Update Your Look with Stylish but Cheap Hair Wigs, I illustrated in detail about the comparisons between human hair wigs and synthetic hair wigs, and between costume wigs and fashion wigs. Also, topics including prices, usage, quality and caring of women’s hair wigs were covered in that post too. In particular, the hair wigs offered by Milanoo.com and Lightinthebox.com are introduced in detail. Over the past years, I notice that Lightinthebox.com offer deals on faux hair wigs or human hair wigs most frequently among the four sites. Currently, they are promoting a collection of quality made wigs for females with up to 75% off.

Discounts start from 5% off for this promotion and are as high as 75% off on select items. Besides, free shipping is available on some of the products included in the sale. A variety of styles in hair wigs for girls or women are covered, including curly, straight, bob, long, short, medium, shoulder-length, extra long, side-bang, full-bang and more. The on-sale hair wigs are either made of high quality synthetic material imported from Japan or of 100% real human hair, coming in various colors such as brown, black, blonde, golden, red, yellow, chocolate, auburn and more. Most of them are capless and all are easy to wear. Whether you want to purchase a wig for an elegant look or an over-the-top look, the selection may have the one of your interest. They claim the hair wigs are of high quality standards and I personally believe they are telling the truth as Lightinthebox.com is a responsible shopping site based on my knowledge.

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About Dinodirect.com: Key Information that Can Help You Explore the Nature of Dinodirect

Headquartered in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, the Chinese shopping site has two domestic branch offices in Shenzhen and Xi’an. Meanwhile, they also own three branches that are not located in the mainland China: Hong Kong office, UK office and Singapore office. Their major warehouse is located in Shenzhen, the manufacturing hub of consumer electronics and other products. They also have a warehouse specialized in stocking made-in-China tablet PCs from various Chinese brands in the United States, which targets US customers only.

Just similar to the famous Chinese domestic online supermarket 360buy.com, Dinodirect.com carries a very vast array of products covering all fields, including apparel & accessories, shoes, handbags, computers & networking, cell phones & accessories, jewelry & watches, video games, books and much more. They are a little bit like Aliexpress.com in terms of product range. The biggest different lies in the business models they adopt. While Aliexpress.com is a transaction platform offering service for both buyers and sellers, Dinodirect.com is itself a super big store with a huge warehouse and handles all pre-sales and after-sales issues by their own staff. Each product is stocked into their warehouse after quality verification and sent to buyers also the second quality check. By doing that, they have everything under control and quality is thus better guaranteed. That is their very attraction, I guess.

As for company credibility, I tend to put Dinodirect.com into the same rank of Lightinthebox.com and Dealextreme.com. The three use the same business model and are definitely the leaders in the Chinese online foreign trade market. Their difference: Lightinthebox is best known for fashion and accessories, Dealextreme for electronic gadgets but Dinodirect for a variety of products including their hottest categories like women’s clothing, men’s clothing, tablet PCs, cell phones Continue reading About Dinodirect.com: Key Information that Can Help You Explore the Nature of Dinodirect

2013 Women’s Day Deals from Priceangels.com

While several Chinese sites are still keeping their Valentine’s Day 2013 banners on their homepages (which I personally believe are very unprofessional as the day of romance has gone for over two weeks), some early-bird online stores based in China have already posted banners about 2013 Women’s Day sales. Priceangels.com (read the detailed review of the site here) is the earliest one based on my observance. I noticed that they had launched the promotional page for Women’s Day before Feb. 9, the eve of 2013 Chinese New Year. Now the banner is still there and I also found that they had started 2013 April Fools’ Day promotion. Considering international shipping time and the fact that wholesale business is the biggest revenue earner of the site, it is nothing surprising that they always launch a holiday-based promotion so early.

As for their Women’s Day deals, I spent some time viewing one by one, trying to find some useful information that can help my readers shop smart with the Chinese site. The scale of discounts is definite one of the most concerned point for me. Based on my findings, although they claim that they are offering up to 35% off on products select for the promotion, in practice they are being completely honest. They started the sale so early that they might change the products for the page. Advertisers tend to overstate the benefits their customers can get but they seem to be quite trusthworthy in this respect.

To better explore whether their Women’s Day specials are worth getting in terms of pricing, I endeavored to compare the after-discount prices on some products to the same or similar ones for sale at other Chinese sites which also offer worldwide free shipping. Continue reading 2013 Women’s Day Deals from Priceangels.com

Dinodirect Coupon Code for 2013 Women’s Day

One of the reasons why I am often impressed by Dinodirect.com (see the detailed review of the shopping site here) is that they offer specials or coupon codes so regularly and extensively. If you shop there frequently, you should really take advantage of the deals so that you can save much money. Note that they may have different coupon codes for different order value thresholds during the same time frame. You may need to select the one that can help you save most. You know, you are generally not allowed to combined coupon codes for a single order. Currently, the best-valued coupon code available at the site is their 2013 Women’s Day discount code. Please read details below:

Coupon Code:

Discount Description: 2013 Women’s Day Sale – Extra 10% OFF Orders of $38 or More
End Date: Mar. 7, 2013

The Women’s Day promotion covers a wide range of products that are wonderful choices for gifting ladies, including jewelry & watches, apparel & accessories, cosmetics, home appliance and more. If competitive pricing is a typical attraction of Dinodiret.com, deep discounts should be another great benefit you can get from the site. As long as your order reaches $38, you can have the product you want shipped to your doorstep by paying 10% less. Plus, the order will be shipped for free.

Although they launched the exclusive page for Women’s Day sales, the coupon code can be used on any products for women sitewide in practice. That is, you don’t have to redeem it on the products listed on the promotional page. The selection of Women’s Day specials is just for your reference only and based on my experience, you can take it as a good guide to shopping amazing Women’s Day gifts, especially if you are now scratching about Women’s Day gift ideas.

I browsed their Women’s Day promotional selection and find are some hot-selling branded products with a better rating based on real customer reviews:

RULER™ Stylish Solid-Colored PU Leather Women’s Shoulder Bag

Sinvigo® 7-inch Android 4.0 Pink Pretty Mali-400MP 5-Point Capacitive HD-3D Games Wifi Tablet PC

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Review of Lightinthebox Branded Cosmetic Products

As a big name in the Chinese foreign trade arena, Lightinthebox.com is best known for selling fashion products such as wedding dresses and special occasion dresses. Meanwhile, the shopping site also carries a wide range of cool electronic gadgets, including car electronics, security systems, cell phones & accessories, tablet PCs and much more. Some Home and Garden products are among their hot-selling categories too, e.g. faucets or oil paintings. As for their Health and Beauty line, it seems that tattoo supplies are the only one that can catch customers’ eyes – I do see they frequently promote tattoo kits, tattoo machines, tattoo ink or other tattoo products in their homepage big banners.

Anyway, recently I notice that they have opened an exclusive promotional page for deals on cosmetic products from world top brands including Chanel, Jurlique, SK-II, Lancôme, Clarins, Elizabeth Arden, La Prairie, Shu Uemura and more. Most are skin care products: cleansing oil, cellular radiance cream, body lotion, eye treatment film, youth activating nigh cream and line repair, to list just a few. When I discovered that they had started selling such name brand cosmetics, I was really curious how a Chinese company could make profits from this filed. I meant: isn’t it true that many Chinese people buy cosmetic products of famous brands direct from European or American stores because of the much lower prices?

With the curiosity, I did a rough research on the prices for the cosmetic products Lightinthebox offers. Surprisingly, I found that their prices are very competitive. I compared their prices on a number of skincare products from several brands to those offered by Amazon.com and Strawberrynet.com. I guess you must be very familiar with Amazon.com so here I don’t need to introduce it in detail. Strawberrynet.com is a famous Hong Kong-based online distributor of all kinds cosmetic and skin care products. The site specializes in discounted cosmetics and offers free shipping on orders of any sizes to any destinations around the world. Hong Kong is a shopping paradise as the region has lots of tax-free products to choose from, especially in the fields of electronics and cosmetics. Every time I bought skin care and make-up products that can be used for a whole year when I visited Hong Kong. By doing that I have saved really much money and I don’t have to worry about getting fakes or inferior quality products.

Quite surprisingly, my research shows that most prices Lightinthebox offers are lowest among the three. The following you will find the pricing comparisons of some products:

Jurlique Citrus Body Care Lotion, 300ml, 10oz

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