Focalprice.com Review: Is it the trust worthy product source? Any scam with it?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin

While you are going to shop online, so many wholesaler stores appeared in front of you. Maybe you have been very familiar with many famous online shops such as eBay and Amazon, but as an electronic favorite, I like to search different websites which specialize computer, technical gadgets and so on. Focalprice.com catches my eyes!

The website design

To be honest, when I opened this site, it seems that I saw a familiar online shop, dgate.com. Maybe the website design is the copy cat of dgate.com. That is not a problem. The key is how can such design attract customer and help us to shop easily. From overall look, everything ganna be arranged great. You can quickly find which kind of product you want whatever the promotional part or the new arrival. So, good start!

The product of Focalprice.com

FocalPrice is a Chinese company who has more than 70,000 products in a variety of categories including consumer electronics, computer accessories, cell phone, communication products, technical gadgets and so on. Indeed, when I click the product catalog, so many kinds of products appeared!

You can find a variety of cell phones and accessories, Cases & Skins, Computers, Keyboards, Cameras and Camcorders, Cases and Bags, Toys, watches, video games and much, they are even much more at prices 10-70% lower than their competitors. They even promise that if you do find a product for less on a competing website then tell them in the FocalPrice forum, they will resolve to match it. Is that true? I hope so.

The shipment and fee

It surprised me that all orders at FocalPrice are shipped by airmail for free with a three month guarantee on most items. What’s more, FocalPrice is always optimizing the shipping process to decrease the time needed for customers to receive their orders. That sounds great!

How about the payment

To be frank, the payment of this site really dissatisfies me. They have only one payment methond. Focalprice.com accepts payment only via PayPal for retail payment. And the order will be shipped to verified address, so, you have to make sure it’s correct before paid. Focalprice.com Service center will also double confirm the abnormal address with customer. Generally, E-check and pending payment will take 3-4 business days to complete totally.

My conclusion

The products seem good, and the prices are competitive, but the payment method is too limited. You should have PayPal count, if not, you will be out of the door.

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Sourcingmap.com Review: A great online wholesale? No complaints?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin

It’s very strange that when I typed Sourcingmap.com in Google search, the results didn’t show any negative information about this site even the complaints. Is the site really perfect? Let’s do some research now!

What Sourcingmap.com specializes?

Sourcingmap.com was built in 2004, which is located in Shenzhen (the manufacturing industries serving for Guangdong Province and also Hong Kong). It has three operations, China, HK and USA

U.S. operations are located at 1001 BayHill Drive, Suite 200 San Bruno, CA 94066.

Hong Kong operations are located at Unit B, 2/F, High Fashion Centre, 1 – 11 Kwai Hei Street, Kwai Chung.

China operations are located 225 Xin Cun, Da Wang Shan, Sha Jing,Bao An,Shenzhen

The numbers are: +1 800 741-1388 (US)   +44 2033 551257(UK)   +86 755 29620083 (Worldwide).

SourcingMap specializes large variety products for wholesale including consumer electronics, cheap electronics, and discount electronics gadgets. But Sourcingmap is located 223 out of 237 in the category Electronics. It seems that the rank of this category is low which means its products are not so popular as I expected!

The products: limited image!

SourcingMap offers online purchase of the latest products, at ex-factory prices and in small quantities, directly from hundreds of factories in China and the rest of Asia. Member factories specialize in MP3 and MP4 players, Digital Cameras, Cell Phone Accessories, Computer Accessories, Costume Jewelry, Radio Control Toys, and various electronics and gadgets. Sounds good! But when I choose a product to see more details, I got nothing except only one picture of this product. Also, no more details were showed below the product. So, it is really hard for me to recognize the item is good or not for me.

Delivery service: Poor description

I happened to see a complaint about the delivery service like this “Their website shows a shipping charges chart and advises, a delivery to USA could take between 5 & 10 days. But the fact that it could take up to 30 days…I find the explanation a bit misleading and non committal! When trying to contact the phone numbers in the top right hand corner of the web site, I had the Chinese language to decipher! So I was disappointed by the lengthy delivery time. Naturally by selecting a Courier service at considerable extra cost, the delivery time could be reduced. This being the case the goods tend to be just as expensive, if not more than sourcing them locally!…..Still waiting for my goods, which will more than likely arrive after I actually need them!” So, there are still complaints about this site. I just hope that the guy could get his product without other problems!

Conclusion

Maybe sourcingmap really do a great effort on hiding away the bad reviews about it! I just suggest you that have a careful look at everything before your purchasing!

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Perfect Goods at Meritline.com, But Disgusting Customer Service

Posted on December 30, 2011 by admin

Meritline.com is found by me occasionally. I am amazed about its so high click rate: 437579. Therefore, I boldly shop at Meritline.com for bags and clothing. To my joy, I was pleased with their goods, high-quality and affordable. However, I am not satisfied with their customer service at all. In my opinion, the attitude depends on everything. A poor service can destroy its business.

How about goods at Meritline.com?

First of all, I feel fresh when opening Meritline.com and I am deeply attracted by their far-ranging goods. I find the target goods very easily, for the site is well laid out. For instance, each selection for each category is in line, including daily deals, clearance, dollar store, best sellers, new arrivals and wholesales.

On the basis of my purchase, I think goods are alright at Meritline.com. But I think the goods are fakes, the quality and the price of which are fine and reasonable. Each product is described in details, reasonable price, clear pictures, comments, rating stars, description and shipping and return policy. However, to my disappointment, branded goods are scare. So on the whole, no special goods is seen in this site, and I am not very satisfied with goods in this site.

Is the live chat scamming me?

It is the worst service I have met. The live chat is always offline, but it tells us it is online from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm on workdays. I cannot find any staff who can service for me. Is it cheating me? I cannot express my angry mood. When I want to phone its staff, it is always busy line. How terrible and awful! What’s worse, it just takes me a lot of time to find its contact information. In one word, its customer service is cheating me.

Shipping: Reasonable?

Although Meritline.com acclaims it will not charge any customer with hidden fee on their order, yet the shipping fee is not free which is charged according to shipping method. More ridiculously, the company says days for order processing need 1 to 2 business days, but my order for the bag took 2 weeks. Besides, the shipping methods are vast and diverse, but the company doesn’t receive Federal Express, DHL, USPS or any carriers.

Return policy: Fine

Generally I have no complaint of its return policy. The general return for refund is within 30 days. The return for replacement is within 180 days.

Conclusion

Although the goods are fine at inferior prices, yet I am doubted about poor customer service and shipping. I think customer service is the basic attitude towards the customers. Anyone cannot bear a poor service. I could never shop here again.

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Dealextreme.com Review：Is it a big wholesaler? What about the product and service?

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

For the coming Christmas day, it’s the time for me to choose a cool gift for my nephew. He is a fanatic of gadgets, so I decide to start my shopping journey from China shopping website. Dealextreme.com is the first site that caught my eyes, no doubt, before purchasing, I need to do some work on it.

The products on Dealextreme.com

It really surprises me the visitors are far more than dhgate.com which I have heard from my friends. When I opened the product page, I found that most of the items are reviewed 5 golden stars. I compared the price with dhgate.com, most of the items here are cheaper a little than former. Maybe that is one of the reasons why this website has more visitors. Also, the picture of the product is clear enough to identify whatever the size or the details. The most important thing is that they not only provide you the detailed pictures of the product but also show you the customer videos and images completely. If you don’t know how to control the gadgets you bought from here, which is absolutely a useful instruction. That sounds really cool!

Why are the Prices so Competitive?
Price is the key for shopping plan and also the first factor that most customers concerned. I notice that there are three reasons why Dealextreme.com has lower price: they keep small inventory, making purchase orders on a daily basis and contacting all suppliers for the latest supply status multiple times each day. Plus, their warehouse is literally next to the shipping carrier. So now, I don’t need to doubt if the product is not so good for its lower price.

Shipping and payment
In this website, a lots of methods are available for shipping methods – EMS, DHL, Hong Kong Post to name a few. They accept PayPal and bank transfer. The most popular method for shipping maybe Hongkong Post, which is a regular post without any tracking. Hong Kong post is not a cool method for mailing across countries. I had experienced some the same thing once. (It does not make senses that you pay more in shipping than item prices).

Just as stated above, the non-tracking shipping methods make some clients unsatisfied. In complaintboard.com, I found that there are some complaints on the shipping issues, some complaint that the arrival items are defective; some other issued a scam…. Nearly all of the posts are related with the shipping.

Frank speaking,

Consider the high volume of shipping in dealextreme.com, the unsatisfied level are much lower than other shopping website. So, I think dealextreme.com should try more aggressive measures to solve the shipping issues

If you want to know more review about other website, you can see B2B Reviews and Ratings.

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Aliexpress.com review: a big or small wholesaler? Any scam/legit issues?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

Aliexpress.com was listed on our watch list one month ago but we still did not see its upgrading until now. We began to wonder if this site is too small or just a scam? Now, let’s look at it to find more details of it.

Is Aliexpress.com a Scam? legit?

From google information, Aliexpress.com was a wholesale platform like DHgate, almost the same: You and seller make a deal on the platform, you pay to AliExpress, and the seller ships the good to you, then you confirm then sellers get the money. To some extent, Aliexpress.com is a platform

When I open the “contact us” page of this site, there was no official contact address and phone No. on its official website, only told me to contract with the supplier directly. It is proven that this site is playing the 3rd part role.

They sell EVERYTHING. While this technically isn’t a scam, it means you’re probably not working with the actual manufacturer, you’re working with a trader which means maybe it is legal but you never get the best price.

Is Aliexpress.com is a small seller?

There are a great number of products offered by Aliexpress.com such as cell phones, bags, shoes, wedding apparel and so on. You can nearly find whatever things you want. It sounded that AliExpress had the highest standard for its suppliers, however, we found that some power sellers in DHgate also stepped in this new wholesale market. The trade record in major wholesale marketplace also indicated that Aliexpress.com was not new to market. Perhaps it is not the biggest seller but not small.

Their products: fake or not?

When you opened Aliexpress.com, you will find their star products shall be: cell phone, watches, electronic and so on. To be honest, the product had no surprise for me. Also, the product picture is not clear that it is hard for me to recognize. From many reviews, I found that the quality of product here is just so so.

Conclusion
Maybe if you are doing wholesale business but have no manufacturer, Aliexpress.com can be your consideration, but if you are a shopping customer, I don’t think it’s a good choice for you.

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Milanoo.com review: Is it women’s focus point? How about the Credibility

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

My best friend Ada is now in the tension state because of her wedding. Right now, choosing a beautiful wedding dress no doubt comes first! And she decided to shop online. As her old friend, I think I should do something for her. For example, help her do some searching about it. Milanoo.com is the first website we will pay attention to!

After typed wedding dress in Google search, Milanoo.com appeared on the first page. That seems this website has achieved certain rank among numerous wholesalers. Good beginning! But how about the product it sells? Let’s do more research.

What does Milanoo Specialize?

Millanoo is a China online retail store which was founded in 2008 by Albert Feng. The company is registered in Hong Kong, which gives them an extra little bit of credibility. Trading operations are run from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province.

It specializes in selling Wedding and Special Events Dresses, Cos-play Costumes and other widely selectable styles of apparel. We can easily find that this site keeps its eyes on women’s clothing and fashion. Their offer on wedding, formal and prom dresses is remarkable, and so it is the range of customers. Cosplay lovers will absolutely find what they are looking for. Although relatively new to online trading, but it seems that the brand is becoming quickly recognized as a reliable wholesale distributor. Also, we can find some advice on how to choose the best and most suitable products from a blog that Milanoo runs. Everything goes smoothly!

Milanoo products: Limited but trustful?

From its homepage, the catalog of product is really not so abundant which only contains wedding apparel, clothing, shoes, bags and so on. All of the products appear to be the women’s favorite. No wonder so many brides-to-be decide to choose Milanoo as her wedding dress source place. So, what on hell the product looks like?

1. For the picture
I like the main color of the product page, full of warm! But I’m not into the picture background of the product. Too drab! Maybe adding up some scenes to match the dress would be better!

2. For the price and quality

Browsing the product reviews is the direct way to know its product price and quality. I have saw lots of good reviews about it but also bad reviews. Milano is a middleman, which means that they get your order, and whoever can do it the cheapest makes it. That is to say you’re basically stuck with a grab bag, so sometimes you’ll get a horrible polyester nightmare, and sometimes everything will turn out okay. Same price but not the same product! If you are willing to have a risk, then you can have a try!

The shipment and return policy

The shipment methods of Milanoo include EMS, UPS, DHL, TNT, and Sagawa Express but they don’t say how many days will be taken through these shipping methods. Furthermore, if there is any problem with the product they sent, you can ship the package to the designated address given from the personnel in charge of RMA. Also you need to cover the return shipping fee for package return. Milanoo will proceed to full refund as long as receiving the returning package as per related tracking information. That sounds better than other websites which require customer to pay for these fees.

My conclusion
From these parts of Milanoo I’ve said above, both good and bad exist in the site. In my opinion, for wholesaler, milanoo might be your good choice, but for sole customer, isn’t worth to take the risk, perhaps sometimes the price could beat you!

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Lightinthebox.com Review: Is It Worth Your Notice?

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

Currently I make a research on a China wholesale site called Lightinthebox.com. According to investigation, Lightinthebox.com is listed among the top China wholesale websites. A large number of people tend to learn about it. So the following issues may give you something that customers want.

Is it a scamming site?
Lightinthbox.cem was founded in Beijing, the capital of China. Later, its branch company spreads in Shenzhen.

Compared with other sites that the buyers always make business with the sellers, Lightinthebox.com makes you directly do business with them. Actually it plays a merchant role. If you have some unsatisfying business, you can deal with it directly to settle down.

On the basis of investigation, Lightinthebox.com is a legit site. For instance, there is a Google payment gateway and Google checkout in this site. Customers can find them on its AdWords.ad.

What about the products?

First of all, I believe Lightinthebox.com is very trustworthy site and by far my best choice. I order a wedding veil from it. It has never failed me, good-quality and fairly priced. It looks so gorgeous and attractive that I became the most beautiful bride on my wedding days.

Furthermore, I find other goods are of high quality with reasonable prices, such as electronic products, cell phones and wedding dresses. But one flaw is that this site offers copied and faked products that can never function well like their OME items.

Other special issues
First, Lightinthebox.com offers the dropship service around the world. Those who are seeking for better sources for ebay business may be interested in this site.

Second, the payment methods are the same as most of online websites, reasonable and satisfying.

Third, the shipping is so fast that I received my wedding veil within about one week. Besides, my goods was packed in a bag inside a box, tightly and nicely. The staff is also considerate helping me solve problems with fast and right reply.

Conclusion
Everything shows that Lightinthebox.com is not a scamming site, it is very legit. So I really show the craze about it.

2. DHgate.com review: How About Its Role?
We often want to learn more about a site from each aspect as fully as possible. DHgate.com should be popular among those who are crazy for China wholesale sites. If you want to learn more about it, you’d better read the following information that you may be interested in.

The role of DHgate.com
It is the largest China export wholesale marketplace, offering Escrow service to each buyer. They do business with the buyers who run online business by providing drop shipping choice. But it is just a service provider yet not a direct seller merchant.

Products issues
The whole site offers a wide of selection with very beautiful pictures with the intention of attracting the customers. Many branded products, such as apple ipods Gucci handbags, etc are fairly priced and competitive compared with other sites. Most of products are timely updated with useful and reliable information. Many evidences can be offered to the creditability of this site. But you should make a better understanding of how it operates before placing an order.

Service
Just like Ebay, Lightinthebox.com is merely as legitimate as the individual sellers are honest. Although they provide the service for you to chase the sellers, yet they never take a real responsibility if you have made a question deal with the seller. For instance, my ipod bought in this site was found to be something wrong, but my complaint was never resolved.

But I suggest making sure to check the feedback of the seller before placing an order if you want to guarantee its value and reputation. It is absolutely no any trust for a seller who has no nay feedback. So no evidence for its creditability can make you believe in its products.

Shipping methods
The shipping methods are vast for you to choose from, including UPS, EMS, FedEx, etc. They offer detailed information to help customers see exact prices and select different shipping methods. My order on this site is a very satisfying experience. They offer me very fast shipping and a tight and nice package.

Conclusion
Although DHgate.com doesn’t deal with the deal between the customers and the sellers, yet I think this site is not a scamming site. It is worthy our trust in the quality, price and shipping.

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DHGate.com Review: Is it the Leading Wholesale Marketplace? Any complainant?

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

I happened to see this site in my friend’s computer. He is an online shopping favorite. He told me that he had bought many items from this site. Is this site really so attractive? I have to do some research. After typed DHGate.com in Google search, I found so much information about DHGate. Also, DHGate.com is in the top wholesale searching results. So, take it easy, it’s not a scam.

The basic information of DHGate

DHGate is an e-commerce website that connects purchasers from around the globe with Chinese providers. The corporation began in 2004 and it has clients in additional than 200 nations. Sounds really a big company! In fact, it is the leading B2B e-Commerce marketplace that has revolutionized global online trade with China.

As the China-based online wholesale trading platform, DHgate.com has been serving the world’s small and medium sized businesses since 2004. Providing world class standards of China wholesale product sourcing, payment, tracking and delivery services to over 3 million buyers from over 230 countries, DHgate.com offers over 20 million product listings at any one time from over 650,000 dedicated China-based suppliers. Really a huge number!

Is it safe to shop in DHGate.com?
Security is the first thing we have to consider while we are shopping online. No one wants to be cheated. So, what about the payment service of this site? Any protection?

There are many payment methods available on DHgate.com such as Credit Card, PayPal, Real-Time Bank Transfer, DHgate e-Wallet, Bank Transfer and Western Union. You can choose the most convenient to you as per your requirement.

Also the Buyer Protection is specially designed for online transactions. Your payment is ONLY released to seller after you receive and is satisfied with the item. This value-added system is FREE and available for all transactions on DHgate. Meanwhile, with such strict protection ways, you do not worry about your online payment information will never be exposed.

Furthermore, escrow service on DHgate makes sure the purchasers’ interests are safe. When somebody buys items from DHGate, the money is deposited within an escrow account and never launched towards the seller before the buyer verifies he has gotten the merchandise and it is pleased with it. Sounds great, but my friend such escrow service solved his worries. It is really useful!

Delivery time

There are different processing times for different items depending on product category and volume; usually it is around 3 to 15 working days—specified by seller according to the item’s stock status. For example, preparing 200 wedding dresses for shipment may take longer than 10 working days. You may view each product’s processing time displayed below the ‘Add Remarks’ button in your cart page during the check out process.

Conclusion
Allow me to caution you this company sources its items from producers in China and for that reason you are able to make sure about the standard of their items. This issue may well be more acute if you wish to buy top quality items. When you’re searching for affordable and non-top quality items, DHGate.com is ok, however for costly and top quality items, you best search for a supplier in America.

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China-wholesale.com Review: online trading marketplace, is it professional?

Posted on December 1, 2011 by admin

So many china online stores appeared recent years. Have you ever thought that where these products they sell are from. In fact, some of them have their own producing factory, but some have not. Most of them get goods from some special wholesaler company in low price, and then sell them to customers. China-wholesale.com is such a wholesaler company.

What is the business method of China-wholesale.com

Just as its name called, China-Wholesale specializes in wholesaling business. They supply more than 100 thousand merchandise and famous brand name products, all at wholesale prices. They don’t do business with individual but directly with supplier. One thing I doubt is that this site also supplies the famous brand name products, so, what kind of the brand name product? Such as LV, Gucci and others? As far as I know, importing fake famous brand name products is illegal. So, don’t take such a risk.

How to be the member of China-wholesale.com

If you want to do business with this site, the first thing is to register. It is very easy to handle just taking several seconds. After that, you will be reworded with a member-only coupon, usable immediately. Everything goes smoothly here. Good news is, only if you offer a valid email address, you can receive free help from their sales representatives, from answering all questions to recommending the latest products.

How about the service

There is a special service that China-wholesale offers. That is dropship. In my opinion, such service really plays an important part in transferring products. They not only help to pack the goods, but also help you to send them to your customers which ordered from your supplier, and, the most important thing is that dropshippers do everything for you in your name! Sounds great! But one thing you have to notice is China-Wholesale.com offers dropship service only to registered customers with no extra charge. So, you have to remember register before doing business with them.

In fact, such service encourages you to open the specialized online store and stock it with a vast range of products up to your mind. Choosing dropship from China-Wholesale.com means that no matter whether you have the inventories and warehouse or not.

My conclusion
It seems that all things are done for you at China-Wholesale.com accompanying the high profit. Wow…i am a little intriguing now. How do you think of it? Maybe you can have a try!

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