Top 5 Ways To Save Money On Aliexpress

Hello everyone! Today I will tell you the top 5 ways to save your money, when buying goods from the Chinese online store aliexpress.com. And at the end of the article I will share another bonus method that almost no one uses! So be sure to read the material to the end to learn how to save as much money as possible.

Search for the cheapest products

I will start with a fairly trivial point, which many people do not use for some reason. It is necessary to choose the cheapest product, among all the items. It is worth considering not only stores with free delivery. Sometimes the cost of goods with paid delivery turns out to be the most profitable.

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To find similar products, use the search by entering the desired key phrase. More often the search will be more extended if you enter the query in simple English, without complex words.

Also, when you go to the product card, you will automatically be offered similar products, at the bottom of the page. Sometimes this is a fairly easy way to choose the best price.

Don’t forget to keep track of price trends, for example, with the Letyshops extension, so as not to get caught at a steep price. This happens most often around major holidays.

And in the official Aliexpress app, you can search for similar products using a photo, which makes the search even easier. 

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Cashback

Next, we’ll look at cashback for a purchase. What is a cashback? It is a refund of part of the money spent, after closing the order. There is no shenanigans in the refund mechanism. Cashback services give back a slice of the store’s advertising budget allocated to attracting customers, with the help of so-called affiliate marketing.

At the moment, almost all products from Aliexpress participate in the affiliate program, so you can get cashback for them. The percentage of return depends on the category. Now the biggest cashback is charged for clothing, cell phone accessories, goods for the home and garden, goods for interior decoration.

In addition to all the discounts, which we’ll talk about a little later, you get a refund of up to 15% of the product price. There are also separate categories in which you can get a refund of up to 90% of the price of an item.

There are many return services, but I chose Letyshops. I have been using it for more than two years. The pluses are convenient functionality, the ability to use the browser extension and mobile application, fast withdrawal of funds, a large set of stores, except for Aliexpress, with which the service works.

Ordering via Aliexpress app

The following will be a point-lifehack. On some merchandise items you can save within seconds if you order from the official Aliexpress app. Items where you can perform this operation contain the inscription “Discounts even more in the app” under the final cost.

If you were on the site, click to go to the app, and place your order. The cart will display the price with a discount. You can also pay for the order from your computer, remembering to activate the cashback before paying.

Store Coupons

It seems that many shoppers of Aliexpress are familiar with the fact that each store may have its own coupons, but for some reason they still don’t use them. We go from the product we want to buy to the seller’s page. Go to the Promotions section and see what coupons the store offers to its buyers and what they are valid for.

More often than not, merchant coupons work for fairly large orders, so be sure to look at them, especially when buying electronics or other high-priced items. But sometimes coupons are very adequate and allow you to pick up an item for almost nothing.

Some sellers you’ve already purchased from may send you a coupon or discount for your own use.

Aliexpress coupons

The fifth point I highlighted the most voluminous front of work – these are Aliexpress coupons. There are many ways to get them. Probably the most popular is the issuing of coupons for major events, such as the 11.11 sale.

You can also buy coupons for coins, which are counted in the official Aliexpress app. Perform daily and one-time activities, play games, perform tasks from Ali and earn coins for which you can buy coupons in the same application. For these same coins, you can buy seller coupons.

After all, Aliexpress itself gives out coupons for holidays or for profile owners, the required level. All coupons can be viewed in your personal profile on the Aliexpress site or in the app.

Negotiating with the seller

And the cherry on top of today’s cake is the method that, in my personal experience, can bring the maximum discount. True, it doesn’t always work. Aliexpress is not just an online store, but a marketplace. To put it simply, it is a huge market where each seller displays his goods. And that means, as in life, we can bargain. In the Aliexpress app this is done very simply.

On the desktop version, hover your mouse over the name of the merchant from the product card or the store itself, and click “Send Message” or “Write Now”. We end up in messenger where we can contact the seller directly and ask for a discount. It is possible to correspond in English, as automatic translation works.

If you have a website, a channel, a group in which you can do a product review, or you are going to buy in bulk, you can try to get the product out for free. Beginning sellers who need publicity can go your way.

At this point the review has come to an end. You now know how to save money on purchases from Aliexpress. Feel free to sign up for cashback and test new methods. Shopping Paradise was with you. We wish you a successful shopping experience!