Recently, there has been an increase in cases where a well-established online store turns out to be a cleverly configured electronic copy. Are there clones of wish.com affiliate content? Only experienced online merchants can answer this question.
Should I shop with my smartphone?
Android owners are known to be able to purchase Wish items through the Westwing app. This service, it would seem, is no different from the usual online store. Here - the same rich range of goods and the ability to contact the manufacturer, as well as pay for the purchase through the PayPal application or with a bank card.
Is there a danger that instead of Wish goods, a mobile Internet user will buy a fake from a fake virtual store? Consumer reviews leave no doubt - no one is immune from the tricks of scammers.
Judging by the feedback from the owners of smartphones, tablets and personal computers, the ability to make purchases without leaving home is gradually turning intoventure.
Satisfied customer reviews
Connoisseurs of the mobile application that allows you to shop on Wish (the reviews of these people are published on the Internet and made available for public review) believe that the application is in no way inferior to the online store. Here is the same responsive technical support service, and the goods delivered by the courier fully correspond to the lot for which the order was placed.
It should be noted that there are very few rave reviews, and positive emotions visit Wish customers less and less.
What is most buyers unhappy with?
The main reason for dissatisfaction is the oddity of the delivery service. While some purchases end up at the disposal of new owners, the lion's share of prepaid orders get lost along the way. Money is not returned to everyone, and delivery service employees do not bother to explain.
Many deceived consumers, whose reviews of Wish are freely available, do not recommend making a purchase of several lots at the same time, as more than half of the goods will not be delivered. The delivery time for purchases that sooner or later ended up in the hands of recipients significantly exceeds the time indicated on the seller's website.
Among the dissatisfied, there are many people who claim that they never waited for the delivery of their order, and the money prepaid for the purchase was not returned to their virtual wallets.
Smartphone owners who have installed an updated version of the Westwing app report that afterupdates, all information about prepaid but never delivered purchases was "reset", and the technical support service stopped communicating.
According to experts, a refund would be possible if the buyer had a sales contract or at least a sales receipt.
How to order on Wish? Payment & Shipping
To make a purchase in the Wish online store, a Russian-speaking consumer just needs to choose one of the Russian-language partner sites. After registering, finding the desired product category and deciding on the choice of lot, a potential buyer can begin to study information related to the item they like.
For example, if the purchaser's goal is to purchase mobile phones, he will need information about the bundle, the volume of the built-in storage, the operating system version and the color scheme.
Convinced that he has found the thing he is interested in, the consumer declares to the seller his intention to make a purchase by clicking on the "Add to cart" button. By the way, the Wish online store is popular not only because of the wide range of products, but also because of the "Free Shipping" service and the system of quite impressive discounts.
If the characteristics of the lot did not meet the expectations of a potential buyer, the latter can either return to the list of categories and continue searching, or get more detailed information about the product they like by subscribing to the mailing list of reviews left by other Wish customers.
If the consumer does not want to provide the service with his email address, he can add the page with the product he likes to favorites and periodically visit it, studying the reviews of people who have already purchased this item.
Payment is usually made at the time of transfer of the order from the hands of the courier to the hands of the new owner. Although today an increasing number of virtual stores (including some Russian-language wish.com partner stores) prefer to receive payment at the time of purchase. Delivery of the purchased item to the address provided by the buyer may take from 20 to 45 days.
How scammers work. Council of Independent Experts
The most favorite ways of selling online swindlers experts call the delivery of orders with prepayment or cash on delivery. After the funds are sent to the seller's account, it is almost impossible to prove the fact of the purchase.
For the sake of attracting innocent and gullible Internet users, fake virtual storefronts are created, non-existent discounts and promotions are invented. However, the thought of a possible fraud visits gullible buyers after the scammers have received the desired result.
Even the most reliable delivery method, which provides for payment upon receipt, today's attackers have also learned to use it to their advantage. Specialists (their reviews of Wish are also published on the Internet and are freely available) do not recommend signing any documents before the goods are checked, even if the courier "cannotwait". The signature of the buyer is a confirmation that the goods transferred into his hands are of high quality and met all his expectations.
Fun Marketing
Among reviews of Wish (and quite possibly other online retailers) there is evidence that a "marketing gimmick" often used offline has now migrated to the web.
The essence of the reception is as follows: the seller "forgets" to include the value-added tax in the price of the goods. But as soon as the consumer adds a profitable item to the "Basket", VAT is added to the purchase price.
