Recently, there have been frequent cases when a well-proven online store turns out to be a skillfully configured electronic copy. Are there any clones of affiliate content of the wish.com online store? Only experienced online merchants can answer this question.
Should I shop with my smartphone?
Android owners are known to be able to purchase Wish products through the Westwing app. This service, it would seem, is no different from the usual online store. Here is the same rich range of products and the ability to contact the manufacturer, as well as pay for the purchase through the PayPal application or using a bank card.
Is there a danger that instead of Wish products, a mobile Internet user will buy a fake from a fake virtual store? Customer reviews leave no doubt - no one is safe from tricks of scammers.
Judging by the reviews of the owners of smartphones, tablets and personal computers, the ability to make purchases without leaving home is gradually turning into a risky enterprise.
Satisfied customer reviews
Connoisseurs of a mobile application that allows you to make purchases on Wish (reviews of these people are published on the Internet and made available for general viewing), believe that the application is in no way inferior to an online store. Here the same responsive technical support service, and the goods delivered by courier, fully consistent with the lot for which the order was placed.
It should be noted that there are very few enthusiastic reviews, and positive emotions visit Wish customers less and less.
What is most buyers dissatisfied with?
The main reason for the dissatisfaction is the strangeness of the delivery service. Although some purchases are ultimately available to new owners, the lion's share of prepaid orders is lost along the way. Money is not returned to everyone, and delivery service employees do not bother with explanations.
Numerous deceived consumers, whose reviews about Wish are in the public domain, do not recommend simultaneously completing the purchase of several lots, since most of the goods will not be delivered. Delivery time for purchases that sooner or later fell into the hands of recipients significantly exceeds the deadlines indicated on the seller’s website.
Among the dissatisfied, there are many people who claim that they did not wait for the delivery of their order, and the money prepaid for the purchase was not returned to their virtual wallets.
Owners of smartphones that have installed an updated version of the Westwing application report that after the update all information about prepaid but not delivered purchases was “reset”, and the technical support service stopped communicating.
According to experts, a refund would be possible if the buyer had a sale contract or at least a sales receipt.
How to order on Wish? Payment and delivery
To make a purchase in the Wish online store, it is enough for the Russian-speaking consumer to choose one of the Russian-speaking partner sites. Having registered, having found the necessary product category and having decided on the choice of the lot, the potential buyer can begin to study the information regarding the thing he liked.
For example, if the buyer’s goal is to purchase mobile phones, he will need information about the configuration, volume of the built-in drive, version of the operating system and color scheme.
After making sure that he has found the thing that interests him, 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 goods, but also thanks to the “Free Delivery” service and the system of rather 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 receive more detailed information about the product they like by subscribing to the newsletter 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 goods he liked to his favorites and periodically visit it, studying the reviews of people who have already purchased this lot.
Payment is usually made during the 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-speaking wish.com partner stores) prefer to receive payment at the time of checkout. Delivery of the purchased item to the address specified by the buyer may take from 20 to 45 days.
How scammers work. Board of Independent Experts
Connoisseurs call delivery of prepaid or cash on delivery orders the most favorite ways of selling online scams. Once the funds have been sent to the seller’s account, it is almost impossible to prove the fact of making a purchase.
For the sake of attracting simple-minded and gullible Web users, fake virtual shop-windows are created, non-existent discounts and promotions are invented. However, the idea of ​​possible fraud is visited by gullible buyers after the fraudsters have obtained the desired result.
Even the most reliable delivery method, which includes payment upon receipt, today's attackers have also learned to use for their own benefit. 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 “cannot wait.” The buyer's signature is a confirmation that the goods transferred to his hands are of high quality and have met all his expectations.
Merry Marketing
Among the reviews about Wish (and quite possibly, about other online stores) there is evidence confirming that the “marketing technique”, often used offline, has migrated to the Internet today.
The essence of the reception is as follows: the seller “forgets” to include value added tax in the price of the goods. But as soon as the consumer adds a profitable lot to the "Basket", VAT is added to the purchase price.