Buy on AliExpress and sell
The prices of goods on Aliexpress are quite ridiculous and this has brought global attention to the website. Do you wish to make money while buying and selling on Aliexpress? Then this post is for you. Before we dive into details, let’s understand how the Aliexpress Platform works and the benefits of using the platform.
A commercial platform composed of 200,000 sellers around the world, mainly in Asia, AliExpress offers an impressive number of diverse and varied products at very competitive prices. Internationally renowned, the AliExpress website is a subsidiary of the Chinese group Alibaba.
General Information About AliExpress
Created in 2010, this e-commerce site is the Chinese equivalent of Taobao, the main online sales site present in China since 2003. It is interesting to note that Taobao means “in search of a treasure”. The website lists many products classified by categories. Putting producers directly in touch with consumers, the AliExpress site delivers items in a very fast time at very attractive postal costs. Often presented as the Chinese “Amazon”, the AliExpress website stores online items sold by resellers, and Chinese wholesalers. Controlling nearly 80% of e-commerce in China, Alibaba is a thriving company, which has established itself internationally with AliExpress. As a result, Alibaba’s revenue growth climbed 61% in 2017, including AliExpress’ strong results. The products sold on the site are not internationally known brands but only from Chinese manufacturers. Available in 5 languages, the site offers a help centre accessible all year round. The Alibaba Group has many offices all over the world such as in France, Australia, Great Britain and Italy.
How do I get started on AliExpress?
Do you want to browse the different categories of the site to find the object you are missing? Do you want to offer an original gift from the other side of the world? To do this, simply register as a buyer on AliExpress.com. After filling out a form where you will be asked for an e-mail address that will serve as your identifier, you will receive a confirmation email necessary to finalize your registration as a member. Thus, you will be able to start completing your profile and start your purchases. When all these terms are completed, it is possible to search for a product by entering a keyword in the search bar of AliExpress. As such, the corresponding products will appear but all categories combined and the most recent and popular items will be available for purchase. Of course, you can look at the various categories present on the site. Thus, you have the choice between categories such as “Men’s Fashion”, “Women’s Fashion”, “Home and Garden” or “Beauty Health”.
Ease of control
On the site, an evaluation system has been set up as a token of confidence. Thus, each buyer can see the good reputation of his seller by reading the opinions of other consumers. In case of questions about a particular product, you have the option to contact the seller in order to have more details about an item before placing the order. When your transaction is finished, the opportunity is given in turn to evaluate the seller in order to communicate your opinion on this order, this seller, the quality of the product, the delivery time. Each buyer has 30 days to complete this evaluation. In order to find your way around the evaluations, it is interesting to know that two kinds of evaluations are assigned:
· stars for the article
· medals, crowns, and diamonds for the seller
At a glance, you can thus know the reliability of a seller. Before acquiring an item, such as a beauty product or a T-shirt, the important thing is to check all the details of your item such as composition or quantity. Indeed, if you buy a sweater including an American size, it will be important to check the match of the French size so as not to mislead you. The items offered for sale can also be available in various colours, hence the need to check your shopping cart before finalizing the transaction.
Secure payment
Enjoy secure payment with AliExpress. Indeed, when finalizing the basket, and therefore the order, you have the choice between different payment methods: Western Union, MasterCard, Visa. If, however, you renounce a purchase after paying and the item has not yet been sent, cancelling the order is quick and easy. In addition, each seller decides on the postal costs incumbent on the buyer. Thus, you will be able to benefit from free shipping or express delivery. For each order, a delivery time is estimated, between a few days and a few weeks.
Every problem has a solution at AliExpress
If, however, the seller had misled you about the authenticity of an item, or if the delivery time has been exceeded, a declaration of dispute is possible on the site. Indeed, each buyer benefits from protection during a purchase. Thus, you can try to settle the problem directly with the seller. However, if this option does not appear satisfactory, the customer can open a dispute directly on the site and be reimbursed either partially or totally. As a result, AliExpress customer service will be able to intervene as a mediator in case no solution is possible for a transaction.
Coupons offered for your next purchases
Some sellers, in order to retain their customers, may decide to offer coupons valid on certain products. Thus, the buyer benefits from a discount, a guarantee of a commercial gesture, towards the customer on certain products. In addition, the AliExpress site also offers a discount coupon for new members.
A huge choice of products from all over the world
In addition to an advanced search mode, the AliExpress website offers an impressive number of varied items, from the quilted down jacket to the fancy bracelet, from the surveillance camera to a luxury car DVD player. The time spent on this site scrolls very quickly in view of the large number of articles. The detailed search of an article makes it possible to sort the results in a relevant way. As a result, the customer can easily sort by price, evaluations, number of orders placed with the seller or by relevance. If, however, the customer hesitates, for example, between two items, it will be possible for him to register these products in a “wish list”, easily found on his AliExpress profile. The site, available in application on Android or iOS, is experiencing an increasingly important attendance.
Daily promotions
On the AliExpress website, the customer can benefit from flash sales that last only a few hours. In addition, items highlighted by the site are sold with significant discounts. Also note that a percentage of parts sold appears in the description of the item to indicate the success of this product. These wholesale sales are a runaway success. This website therefore provides consumers with good deals throughout the year. Whether you fancy high-tech items, geek gadgets or unusual pencils, this Chinese platform is ideal for coughing those who like to hunt without leaving the house.
The advantages of the Ali-Express website
Through this site, millions of buyers are put in touch with Chinese sellers who are mostly Asian wholesalers. Without any intermediary, the Chinese platform, which also has a French branch AliExpress.fr makes it possible to make significant savings for the buyer. A wide choice of products is offered to international customers. Reliability and competitive prices are therefore at the rendezvous on this website.
Aliexpress: the news of an e-commerce site under the effigy of Alibaba
Millions of people take the plunge by buying products on Aliexpress. Nevertheless, the activity of the company behind Aliexpress like Alibaba is much deeper than that. Few news sites in France trace the news of this Chinese group.
Alibaba closely followed by news sites
News sites that deal with Chinese and Asian business topics are scarce. Most of the sites you will find will therefore be of a completely different language with very professional expressions and connotations without losing the most novices in this field. This kind of site will also allow you to follow their economic activity, new ideas and new technologies they develop. Alibaba is at the head of china’s economic empire with millions of items sold per day from the Aliexpress site. It is also this site that competes brilliantly with sites like Wish for example. The site we cited above also traces the activity of multinational (Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Huawei, etc.) with readable, professional and intuitive content.