Fashionable Bedding Sets: The Combination of Comfort and Taste

Our bedroom is where we can take a complete rest, and a fashionable bedding set is what can help refresh our mood and enables us to enjoy the relaxing moments. Days have gone when fashionable bedding sets equal to luxury and expensiveness. Given the convenience brought by e-commerce, cross-border transactions have become unprecedentedly easy and safe. As a result, more and more consumers choose to shop bedding sets direct from suppliers based in foreign countries. You know, by bypassing the one-after-another re-sellers, people can save a bundle!

 

China is no doubt the biggest manufacturing hub of all kinds of commodities in the world, including the various fashionable bedding sets, of course. Every year, countless re-sellers and individual shoppers trade with Chinese suppliers either online or offline. In recent years, the number of people who shop from China through the Internet has been increasingly sharply. The growing number of China-based online stores is definitely one of the biggest contributors to this circumstance.

Basically, online shopping websites located in China can be classified into four types: big business wholesale marketplaces, small business wholesale marketplaces, retail stores and stores integrating small quantity wholesale business and retail business. For big business wholesale, Alibaba.com is the absolute king while for the rest types of Chinese online stores, a number of reliable stores are available to choose from, featuring their particular pros and cons.

Personally, both for small re-sellers and consumers, I would recommend stores that accept small order quantities of orders and retail orders. Based on our findings, such stores have become a prominent trend among the wide range of China foreign trade companies. And I believe that this type of stores is more flexible in terms of transaction process, payment, shipping as well as pricing. When it comes to shopping fashionable bedding sets from China, I do have a few websites that combine wholesale and retail businesses for your reference.

Milanoo.com is the first option that comes though my mind when I start this topic. I have been quite familiar with this online shopping website since I knew it last year. It’s not so big as some famous international stores like Lightinthebox.com, but growing really fast and has been tested by numerous global buyers for its credibility and quality items. Being humble among so many competitors, Milanoo has been adopting a low pricing policy for over a year and it is still following the direction. The company set the prices for all the items it sells and ships them out by its internal staff. Both pricing and quality is well controlled. The bedding sets it provides look refreshing and fashionable, all offered at unbeatable prices. Here are some of the samples:

 

 

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AliExpress.com is the second best online stores to shop fashionable bedding sets, from my own point of view. To be more precise, AliExpress is more of a transaction platform than of a shopping store. Belonging to the world’s wholesale business giant Alibaba.com, AliExpress focuses on small wholesale business, though one-piece retail orders are extensively accepted there too. Unlike Milanoo, AliExpress does not set the price and ship the orders by its own staff. Instead, it serves as a responsible platform that supervises the whole transaction process between each supplier and each buyer. It provides Escrow service to protect the payment from buyers and the rights and interest of both parties. There you can find the biggest collection of cheap bedding sets in the world, all of which are offered by thousands of verified Chinese manufacturers or suppliers. From bedding sets for women to bedding sets for men to bedding sets for boys to bedding sets for girls, everything can be easily found there. Below are some of the bedding sets offered by different sellers on AliExpress.com:

 

 

For more fashionable bedding sets available on AliExpress.com, click here >>

Images courtesy of Milanoo and AliEpxress

Aliexpress Review

When Alibaba Group decided to launch its new global wholesale platform AliExpress.com, many e-commerce experts in China shed doubts on the big move Alibaba was going to take. However, since AliExpress made its official debut in April 2010, all doubts have gradually gone. Today, as a giant in the arena of small wholesale business, AliExpress speaks another huge success of Alibaba.

AliExpress.com & Alibaba.com

Over the past decade since its inception in 1999, Alibaba.com has established an unbeatably big name on the global market of wholesale trade and almost all merchants know well about Alibaba.com. Comparatively,AliExpress.com may be still a little bit strange to some businesses. If you are looking for orders in small quantities with fast shipment and secure protection, you are encouraged to learn more about AliExpress, right from here.

As the brand name indicates, AliExpress is composed of “Ali + Express”. Yes, from the very beginning, AliExpress is intended to be Alibaba’s express channel for wholesale transactions. We know, Alibaba.com charges membership fees on suppliers and mainly provides information service between sellers and buyers. Different from Alibaba.com, AliExpress.com does not charge any fees on registered members (either suppliers or buyers) and inspects the whole transaction process between the two transaction parties. It’s a wholesale platform targeting small and medium-sized suppliers and buyers. There minimum orders as low as 1 item are accepted and express delivery, in some cases, fast and free shipping is offered. In addition, a vast array of item categories can be found on AliExpress—it truly is a one-stop-shop for small wholesale orders.

AliExpress Escrow

AliExpress uses the Escrow service to provide complete protection on each transaction. Under the protection, buyers don’t need to worry that what they order will never arrive or what they purchase is not as described. Let’s make it simple enough: AliExpress only releases payment to the seller when the buyer is happy with the order received. Learn more about AliExpress Escrow >>

AliExpress Credibility

On the internet, we may occasionally find a few unhappy customers complaining about “AliExpress scam”. Just think about what a successful image Alibaba has built in the world, you would instantly realize that a reputed international company like Alibaba can’t in any possible rip its customers off. Some buyers may have some unpleasant experience with some individual sellers and fail to resort to AliExpress for a solution. That’s how most “AliExpress scam” complaints come out.

Here we would remind you that though AliExpress conducts a very strict policy to verify each supplier before authorizing their membership qualifications, not all suppliers are in practice qualified enough and some of them may be even dishonest. To avoid being scammed by such suppliers, you need to check the credibility of the supplier who offers items that interest you, in terms of feedback scores and ratings, supplier level and other details listed on the product detail page. If by any chance you are unhappy with the transaction, do remember to ask AliExpress for help in time.

AliExpress Shipping

On each product detail page, you can find all the shipping carriers available for the item under the “Shipping & Packing” tab. Each shipping company is listed there with detailed information including shipping cost, discount and delivery time. AliExpress provides a variety of shipping companies for buyers to choose from based on their preferences. For express delivery, the China wholesale platform offers EMS (China Post), UPS, DHL, FedEx, TNT, SF and more; for postal service, Air Mail (China Post) is available. However, not all these shipping methods are available on all items. It may also depend on whether the seller uses them to ship out orders. So just check the “Shipping & Packing” section as mentioned earlier.

AliExpress Payment

Currently, AliExpress accepts PayPal, Moneybookers, Visa, MasterCard and bank transfer. Some select debit cards are also accepted, including Maestro, Solo, Carte Bleue, PostePay, CartaSi, 4B and Euro6000. Meanwhile, AliExpress is adding more payment options. For details, click here >>

AliExpress Coupons

Discounts and special offers are frequently launched on AliExpress.com, but coupons are rarely issued to all buyers, though from time to time AliExpress may send some coupons to its select customers. On the homepage of AliExpress.com, you can see a “Promotional Products” page and an “All Promotions” page, where items on sale are all showcased there. To get the latest AliExpress coupons, you can see our updates on our AliExpress & Coupons page.

As a conclusion, I should say, I myself have full confidence in AliExpress and believe it is the best China wholesale platform for small and medium-size transactions. By using AliExpress, buyers can enjoy secure and pleasant shopping with minimum costs and get quality items. Isn’t it exactly what most buyers are seeking for?

Aliexpress New Year Interface

I haven’t visited AliExpress.com for a couple of days. Today when I opened its homepage I suddenly found that AliExpress had revamped its homepage. I don’t know when the change was made, but I am sure it happened before the New Year Day. Maybe the China wholesale platform AliExpress refreshed its homepage style to welcome the new year 2011. Anyway, the new homepage looks simpler and seems easier to navigate than before.

I remember I once discussed with a friend who works in AliExpress.com and mentioned that the upper part of their homepage seems too heavy at a glance. Too much information was put together inside a limited space and I found it hard to get the point. Now this problem has been successfully addressed, at least I personally believe so. The upper part of the homepage has been replaced by a single large banner clearly showing thatAliExpress is a B2B transaction platform. Also, two key messages about the online shopping website are displayed right beneath the banner: its Escrow service and its relationship with Alibaba.com.

The “Bestselling Wholesale Products” and “SuperDeals” sections are preserved while a transaction process chart is added below. From the chart, new visitors can effortlessly become aware of how to shop items there and how AliExpress handles the whole transaction process.

About AliExpress.com
Officially launched in April, 2010, AliExperss.com is an express and small quantity wholesale channel of Alibaba.com. As a transaction platform, it adopts escrow service to protect the payment of buyers and to supervise the transaction process between buyers and suppliers. Being a legitimate company located in Hangzhou, China, AliExpress boasts of great customer service in addition to the biggest range of qualified Chinese suppliers as well as the largest collection of item categories. Its apparel and consumer electronics are two of the hottest categories among global buyers.

For more detailed info, please read AliExpress Review or visit AliExpress.com.

Facts of Aliexpress Scam

When I came across the so called “AliExpress scam” complaint in one forum, I couldn’t help laughing. The angry buyer claimed that AliExpress sent him a wrong item he never ordered. Based on my knowledge about AliExpress, it is no way possible as AliExpress is only a wholesale transaction platform – it does not sell any item, not to mention ship out any item to any customer. Obviously, this buyer was either ripped off by a seller doing business on AliExpress.com or encountered an unprofessional operation carried out by the seller.

In this case, the buyer should report the problem to AliExpress for mediation or contact the seller first to solve the problem. Given such misunderstandings about AliExpress, I think I should share all of my familiar facts about AliExpress, which may help you more clearly identify whether AliExpress scam is a reality or not.

Facts about AliExpress.com
1. An express wholesale channel of Alibaba.com, which was founded in 1999;
2. Officially went live in April, 2010;
3. Mainly serving small businesses, including Chinese small suppliers and global small re-sellers.
4. Accepting PayPal, credit card, MasterCard and bank transfer (TT payment);
5. Offering Escrow service to protect payment from buyers. AliExpress will only release funds to the supplier after the buyer confirms satisfactory delivery of your order. If the buyer is unhappy about the item or purchase, he or she can submit a refund request to AliExpress to ask for a refund or a solution;

6. All orders placed on AliExpress will be processed quickly, mostly within 1 week.
7. Small quantity orders are extensively accepted while for some items, minimum order quantity starts from 1 piece only;

8. AliExpress adopts a set of strict policies to verify each supplier before they are accepted as registered members and start to list their items there. In Chinese foreign trade communities, many suppliers complain that they can’t pass the censor by AliExpress and thus are not able to successfully register with the website.

But as the number of suppliers there is huge, some may willfully escape the verification by difficult-to-spot means. Before you trade with any seller, do remember to check every detail of the supplier, including feedback score, membership tier, item specifications, etc. Besides, in case any problem occurs, make sure to save a record of all communication with the supplier, which will be used as powerful evidence in the event that a dispute between you arises.

9. Once you open a dispute against a supplier, AliExpress staff will take care of the mediation work. However, the whole process may need some time as the platform needs to collect enough evidence to make an impartial ruling. So if you happen to encounter such unpleasant experience, you’d better be patient enough before AliExpress helps you solve the problem.

I personally believe that it’s unfair to spread the “AliExpress scam” voice everywhere while the company is trying its best to help you get through the issue. Nothing is born perfect — AliExpress is still young in cross-border express wholesale business and needs time to improve itself. After all, the wholesale website belongs to the world’s biggest wholesale group and its credibility is unquestionable.

My advice: shopping at AliExpress.com should be cautious to avoid scams committed by certain suppliers – following the guidelines about how to find good sellers there may help you out; before doing enough research on the suppliers, items and services on AliExpress, never assume that the AliExpress scam complaints are 100% true, otherwise you may miss out really fantastic business opportunities; the best way to make sure you are trading with a reliable supplier and will get satisfactory item from the supplier, is to place a very small order to test all the details before you place a bigger order.