The Chinese DHGATE Electronic Commerce Market application, which is now the free iPhone application n ° 2 in the United States, is not the only one that strangely benefits from President Trump’s prices on American imports in China. Another Chinese shopping application, Taobao, has now also entered the top 5 on Thursday.
American consumers have started to flock these applications in recent days following many Tiktok videos of Chinese manufacturers explaining how much of the luxury products market operates outside China. Videos say that many products from the best luxury brands – such as clothing, handbags, shoes and accessories – are actually made in China. The items are then shipped to the brand’s country of origin, such as Italy or France, where they are reconditioned after applying the brand’s label, according to these videos.
Other creators of American and Chinese Tiktok then underlined electronic commerce applications such as DHGATE and TAOBAO as a way to buy directly from Chinese manufacturers, renouncing the huge increase that luxury brands invoice.
Already starting the growing prices of popular applications like Shein and Temu, American consumers quickly started to download these alternatives.
In April, the estimated Taobao downloads totaled around 185,000 – an increase of 514% compared to the 30,000 people she saw during the same period last month, according to new Apps Provider Appfigures Apps. As with DHGATE, Taobao downloads overcome last weekend, with installations increasing 5.7x between Friday and Saturday, said the firm.
On Saturday, Taobao entered the best rankings in the general classification of the iOS App Store (excluding matches) at No. 461. Sunday, it was n ° 188. And Thursday, he reached No. 5.
The change of rank represents the growth of application installations as well as their speed and other factors.
Taobao also went from the purchase application n ° 49 on Saturday to become application No. 2, at the top of Walmart, Amazon, Shein and Temu. (The Chinese application Alibaba.com also sets up the graphics here, now the purchase application n ° 6 on the American app store.)
In particular, Appfigures indicates that Taobao has never been in the best global rankings of the American App Store according to its data, which dates back to January 1, 2017.
Although the change in shopping applications will not really save American consumers from the prices on Chinese imports, buyers probably think that the direct purchase of manufacturers could potentially reduce the overall cost of their purchases. For other consumers, it is simply a way to search for luxury products or dupes at a better price.
Of course, this is always a “buyer” case on one of these markets, where quality can be struck or missed. Users are encouraged to read the opinions of individual sellers and consult the photos of other buyers of the items before shopping.
