President Donald Trump's roller coaster There have been many unexpected effects, including threats Sexual industry and can do Dumber smartphone. But the most recent strange shocks from his Yo-yoing decisions about whether to incite tax increase Against China Is a good news for a little known application that has previously been named Dhgate.
The application has shot up near the top of the App Store rankings this week, according to Sensor Tower, an analysis company. Its success is (reality) overnight: Last week, it could not even break the 100 most popular applications in Apple's rankings.
But what it is, why is it common and, perhaps most important, you should use it? DHGate's communication group did not immediately answer Wired's request to participate in this story, but e -commerce experts shared with us their thoughts.
What is DHGate, and where does it come from?
Since 2004, DHGate has helped connecting foreign buyers with Chinese manufacturers. The abbreviation in its name is a reference about Dunhuang, a city once famous for its role in China's ancient silk trade route.
I remember I used to buy imported DVDs from Chinese films that you couldn't buy elsewhere, he said Arnold MaA Chinese e -commerce expert and the founder and CEO of Lumin, a marketing company based in the United Kingdom specializing in the acts of Chinese audiences. “They are always a B2B business, but before Alibaba Becoming popular, for global traders to receive stocks from China at a cheap price and in large quantities.
The company behind it, DHGate Group, was founded by businessmen and former Microsoft staff and Cisco Wang Shutong and since then has developed into a giant: At the end of 202377 million buyers registered in almost every country and region in the world, about 10 million of Buy from 2.6 million sellers in China and other places. However, some of these statements must be made with a pinch of salt. Reasonably, the buyer's declaration of DHGATE is located in many countries and other regions, rather than there are countries around the world.
Why is DHGate popular?
The increasing trend of Chinese e -commerce manufacturers market their products on applications such as Tiktok and China, Douma, to deal with Donald Trump's tariffs on China, raising the awareness of DHGate in the community. Ma recently became popular thanks to Tiktok, Ma said. People are starting to wonder with tariffs even though they can buy items from China directly.
Virus videos, produced by representatives of factories, announced that they will produce products for remote retailers, saying that people can resist prices coming from tariffs by buying non -applicable versions of the same product on DHGate at a much lower cost. Search for interest Soaring in the past week As a result, with Chinese luxury brands, it is currently a trend topic on Tiktok. They always want to plunge into B2C, Ma said.
How does Dhgate work?
As with almost every other shopping application, download, log in and search for items, but you can also access the market through the company's website. DHGate classifies the products that it sells on behalf of manufacturers into groups, while you can also search for specific items using the search bar at the top of the page. A search for laptop “returned More than 73,000 results.
Many of these are branded items; Countless others are the scammers of those who are easily recognized. Be consistent with its history as a retailer from businesses to businesses, you can get a discount for mass purchases.
As with any online retail transactions, it is worth checking for evaluation of items and personal rankings for the seller in the question: DHGate is a market, not a supplier. Ma is not as good as it said on Tiktok videos, ghosts. There are still many scammers, and there are many cases where people do not receive the product they have paid. But when you do your research, and you go to the suitable traders on DHGate, you really get really good quality products, the same, produced in the same factory.
Is it safe to buy from DHGate?
There is no suggestion that buying items from DHGate is a risk of data collection: this platform is a long time and a recognized name, so your credit card details can be equally safe compared to any other Chinese e -commerce platform. This application also has a program to protect buyers and keep payments from the seller until the buyer admits to receiving their orders, the work for it is less likely you will be fraud.
Even if the goods you receive will be the top quality is another question. Before this month, DHGate is known as a destination for the designer, because the news organizations have Previously described it. In the past, Wired has Also known as DHGATE One of the most established fake suppliers from China. Indeed, if you buy fake goods on DHGate, that may mean that the items that have been purchased are finally seized by customs before coming to your home.