It's 11.11 in a few days time, so here's a quick guide to help you with your Taobao (淘宝) and Tmall (天猫) 11.11 Single's Day shopping! For those who didn't know, 11.11 - also known as Single's Day - was popularized by Alibaba, the parent company of Taobao and Tmall. Many shops around the world have then jumped onto the bandwagon and it's like the Asian version of Black Friday Sale. Warning: Expect a slightly longer waiting time to receive your items though.
ONE: KNOW WHAT'S THE PROMO
The main 11.11 promo on Taobao/Tmall this year is 20RMB off every 200RMB, 50RMB off every 400RMB and 100RMB off every 1,999RMB spent across various shops. So you will have to consolidate orders across various shops to enjoy the discount and the discount label should automatically appear when you add the item to cart. However, you need to have Tmall points in order to exchange for these discount credits.
TWO: START SHOPPING EARLY
THREE: REMEMBER TO READ REVIEWS
It's a must to check the reviews and I always only purchase from those with reviews that have real customer photos so I can see the actual quality and colour of the product! Don't risk it if there are no reviews and especially so if a deal is too good to be true, else you might end up wasting your money on super low-quality products.
FOUR: LET SGSHOP BUY FOR YOU
Unable to make a deposit/direct purchase on Taobao? No worries, cause SGshop is here to help with their Buy-For-Me Service! And the best part? From now till 10 Nov, you can purchase a $19.90 shipping voucher to enjoy free shipping from now till 25 Nov! The free shipping is capped at 3 shipments per day from now till 25 November, up to 4kg of air shipping or unlimited sea shipping per shipment, only for buy-for-me orders. Here's a table to explain how it works.
For instance, you have the above 6 shipments and you ship them out between 5 to 25 Nov (max 3 shipments per day). With the voucher, you don't have to pay the shipping cost at all and will actually save $225.46! In the event you have a 6kg economy air shipment, you will only need to top up for the extra 2kg since the cap for air shipping is 4kg. Good deal right?
Can't read Chinese characters? Did you know you can use Google Chrome to auto translate a webpage and use the SGshop Google Chrome add-on to add things into your cart? It makes shopping on Taobao so much easier! If only Google could translate the text on the images too hehe.
FIVE: LET GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATE FOR YOU
Can't read Chinese characters? Did you know you can use Google Chrome to auto translate a webpage and use the SGshop Google Chrome add-on to add things into your cart? It makes shopping on Taobao so much easier! If only Google could translate the text on the images too hehe.
Now it's time to go and shop, happy shopping! I'm gonna go and fill my cart too and make sure I only get things that I don't need urgently cause based on past experience, the sellers tend to ship things out later due to the influx of orders. But well... a good deal is worth the wait! ;)
Lots of discounts and promos to avail..Good to shop at this time.
ReplyDeleteYes, lots of sale today too cause it is 12.12! :)
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