Americans are scoring Chinese e-commerce apps for cheap handbags, yoga pants and wallets because shopkeepers are afraid that homegron platforms will increase prices due to platform tariffs.
The viral videos that avoids high quality of goods available on Chinese services, and cheap prices have inspired Americans to download apps like DHGATE, which Apple Inc. The US app stores climbed second place in the free app rankings, according to the data of the Sensor.
Shares of CTS International Logistics Corp, which collaborate with DHGT, increased to 10% daily limits in Shanghai on Wednesday.
With DHGATE, Chinese is known as “Dunhuang” and dubbed “Little Yellow App” by some shopkeepers, Taobao of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, and Sheen app was one of the most downloaded shopping apps in the US app store.
Chinese suppliers and manufacturers are taking foreigners to Ticketkok to share videos aimed at showing “source of good goods”. Many videos, which claim that handbags and high-end European brands have actually been made from all Chinese manufacturers, providing links to websites and contact details, to give the leading audience directly to order with these sellers.
“You don’t have to play hermise games for the same precise thing. Save your money and get your birkins and mini kelly on time for 2025 in summer,” a trending ticket video promoting Hermis Bag on DHGT captioned.
A fake version of a $ 1,490 Louis Witon Pochet Wallet was introduced only for $ 3.24 on the Chinese app. More than 100 has been sold, data from the app is shown. Retail sales for $ 98, a pair of lululemone yoga pants, was on sale for just $ 13. More than 10,000 have been sold, APP data has been shown.
Last week, DHGAT issued an open letter to traders about its “Tariff Escort Plan”, which promises to provide traffic, subsidy, logistics and other support for traders to help them reduce cost pressure and stabilize sales.
The forum says that now it hosts more than 2.6 million registered suppliers who produce more than 30 million online products per year. It covers some 200 countries and regions, owns more than 10 foreign godowns and provides more than 100 logistic routes.
DHGATE was founded in 2004 by Wang Shutong, co-founder of China, one of China’s early e-commerce platforms, which was later acquired by Amazon.com Inc.. “Mahila Jack Ma”, Wang first worked for Microsoft Corp and Cisco Systems Inc. before the establishment of his own company.