Aliexpress.com - Feedback Thread

If you can get it off eBay, then it is better to do so as you get buyer protection and every order is tracked with quick refunds in case delivery is not done on time. Trying to get the seller to ship on AE using other means (like through chat) is very risky as you are likely to get ripped off. Forwarding services will charge extra, so probably only worth using for items that you cannot get elsewhere and you will have to pay extra for insurance if you want peace of mind.
 
There are some services called citygobuy and buyandship do this.
I have not used these and do it at your own risk.
I went through this entire thread and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned parcel forwarder/ agents till now but It's mostly used by people to buy replica clothing so I can understand why.
The way it works is basically, you use the agent (cssbuy, citygobuy etc) and you place the order for whatever good you want through their website from whichever chinese website it may be.
The employees then purchase it, it gets shipped to their warehouse and you can choose to some extra services like taking pics of the product (mainly used for clothing tho, some agents don't charge some do)
After this they place your item in storage, you can either buy more items and ship it all together as one big package or ship just that one item out.
https://reparchive.com/shipping-calculator-comparison/ Here is a shipping calculator that will compare all of the agents shipping costs according to size and weight, packages that weigh more than 1kg in my opinion, is best shipped with either aramex,ems or e-ems through citygobuy or CSSBuy since these have the best rates to India

For smaller stuff that some of you guys buy here that would weigh like 100gms, the shipping calculator again suggests NLpost from superbuy (I have never used superbuy before) or china post registered air mail.

I myself have purchased a few replica shoes and it's currently being shipped but I believe these agents can be perfectly used for aliexpress, banggood (whatever chinese website that can't ship to india), heck I bought my shoes off weidian and taobao which you couldn't buy directly in India in the first place

Subreddits like r/fashionreps and r/repfamindia should give some credibility and more informational threads regarding this

And yes, they do obviously charge a fee (citygobuy exchange rate compared to CSSbuy is bad) but again what can we do, this is the only way to procure some of the goods from china.
 
Taobao is suggested by many but it doesnt have english language and google translate only works partially.
Taobao while it does have far more of a selection for clothing (anything really), it isn't the easiest website to browse on from India as well (vpn, signups etc), I will mostly just make the agent buy it for me from the link that I saw on a reddit post of a particular shirt etc but weidian and other websites are far easier
 
I went through this entire thread and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned parcel forwarder/ agents till now but It's mostly used by people to buy replica clothing so I can understand why.
The way it works is basically, you use the agent (cssbuy, citygobuy etc) and you place the order for whatever good you want through their website from whichever chinese website it may be.
The employees then purchase it, it gets shipped to their warehouse and you can choose to some extra services like taking pics of the product (mainly used for clothing tho, some agents don't charge some do)
After this they place your item in storage, you can either buy more items and ship it all together as one big package or ship just that one item out.
https://reparchive.com/shipping-calculator-comparison/ Here is a shipping calculator that will compare all of the agents shipping costs according to size and weight, packages that weigh more than 1kg in my opinion, is best shipped with either aramex,ems or e-ems through citygobuy or CSSBuy since these have the best rates to India

For smaller stuff that some of you guys buy here that would weigh like 100gms, the shipping calculator again suggests NLpost from superbuy (I have never used superbuy before) or china post registered air mail.

I myself have purchased a few replica shoes and it's currently being shipped but I believe these agents can be perfectly used for aliexpress, banggood (whatever chinese website that can't ship to india), heck I bought my shoes off weidian and taobao which you couldn't buy directly in India in the first place

Subreddits like r/fashionreps and r/repfamindia should give some credibility and more informational threads regarding this

And yes, they do obviously charge a fee (citygobuy exchange rate compared to CSSbuy is bad) but again what can we do, this is the only way to procure some of the goods from china.
Do these agents declare the actual price from the website or a lower one? Haven't yet had to pay custom duty for anything purchased off the Chinese sellers from eBay even for ones approaching $100.
 
Do these agents declare the actual price from the website or a lower one? Haven't yet had to pay custom duty for anything purchased off the Chinese sellers from eBay even for ones approaching $100.
Depends on the agent, CSSBuy has the option to either let them declare the value of the goods (they won't declare the actual price you paid) or for you to do it which is the best imo. The advice from the mods on r/repfamindia and others is to ask your agent to paste the invoice onto the parcel itself, it seems that's where majority of the trouble with customs in india comes from when that invoice is missing on the parcel itself.
I asked my citygobuy agent to paste the invoice and declared 2 pairs of shoes at around 30 usd, currently it's still in transit. Afaik customs in delhi, mumbai and kerala are a pita but other states seem to be a bit more lenient
Here's the invoice they pasted for mine (not in hand, pics sent by agent)
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I went through this entire thread and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned parcel forwarder/ agents till now but It's mostly used by people to buy replica clothing so I can understand why.
The way it works is basically, you use the agent (cssbuy, citygobuy etc) and you place the order for whatever good you want through their website from whichever chinese website it may be.
The employees then purchase it, it gets shipped to their warehouse and you can choose to some extra services like taking pics of the product (mainly used for clothing tho, some agents don't charge some do)
After this they place your item in storage, you can either buy more items and ship it all together as one big package or ship just that one item out.
https://reparchive.com/shipping-calculator-comparison/ Here is a shipping calculator that will compare all of the agents shipping costs according to size and weight, packages that weigh more than 1kg in my opinion, is best shipped with either aramex,ems or e-ems through citygobuy or CSSBuy since these have the best rates to India

For smaller stuff that some of you guys buy here that would weigh like 100gms, the shipping calculator again suggests NLpost from superbuy (I have never used superbuy before) or china post registered air mail.

I myself have purchased a few replica shoes and it's currently being shipped but I believe these agents can be perfectly used for aliexpress, banggood (whatever chinese website that can't ship to india), heck I bought my shoes off weidian and taobao which you couldn't buy directly in India in the first place

Subreddits like r/fashionreps and r/repfamindia should give some credibility and more informational threads regarding this

And yes, they do obviously charge a fee (citygobuy exchange rate compared to CSSbuy is bad) but again what can we do, this is the only way to procure some of the goods from china.
Fancy seeing fellow Indian repfam here in Techenclave haha. What are the odds!?
 
Depends on the agent, CSSBuy has the option to either let them declare the value of the goods (they won't declare the actual price you paid) or for you to do it which is the best imo. The advice from the mods on r/repfamindia and others is to ask your agent to paste the invoice onto the parcel itself, it seems that's where majority of the trouble with customs in india comes from when that invoice is missing on the parcel itself.
I asked my citygobuy agent to paste the invoice and declared 2 pairs of shoes at around 30 usd, currently it's still in transit. Afaik customs in delhi, mumbai and kerala are a pita but other states seem to be a bit more lenient
Here's the invoice they pasted for mine (not in hand, pics sent by agent)
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which was the smoothest agent experience ? i see multiple agents have almost similar pricing, superbuy and citigobuy being the cheapest for large 1kg parcel's. want to order watercooling gear and mech key parts from taobao.
 
which was the smoothest agent experience ? i see multiple agents have almost similar pricing, superbuy and citigobuy being the cheapest for large 1kg parcel's. want to order watercooling gear and mech key parts from taobao.
In my experience, superbuy & their sister service Wegobuy have the fastest order fulfillment time, but they are expensive in all regards. Citygobuy is slow and expensive with respect to the Exchange rate, but they accept UPI payments, being the only agent right now who does so. Cssbuy has the cheapest exchange rates, and the cheapest lines to India if I am not wrong. But they too take a while to place your order and ship it, though they seem to be improving on that aspect as well. They don't accept UPI though. There's also Sugargoo, who are mostly decent all around. Every agent has the shipping calculator, so do check that out.
 
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