Why wish

We explore how Wish can offer such low prices and what you can do to avoid scams. Wish wish. From hair extensions to selfie lighting, and laptops, its inventory seems endless. It's famous for low price tags on so-called expensive items. However, the products don't come directly from Wish itself; instead, they're sold by different sellers.

Wish only takes a portion of their profits. Head to Wish now. See how some items often feature a price that's crossed out? Wish sellers cut that "original" price down to almost nothing. Keep in mind that sellers have the power to make up whatever original price they want. For example, take a look at this smartwatch. You're probably wondering why Wish sellers can have such low prices.

While many products are made from the cheapest materials available, the low prices also have a lot to do with where most of the products ship from: China.

China's lenient labor policies allow retailers to produce massive volume of goods for very little cost. Wish products are often shipped by the seller, saving them from maintaining a physical store. The products can also be stored in warehouses owned by Wish and get shipped as soon as a customer places an order. Wish's platform sells discount products to buyers in more than countries.

Most of its merchants are located in China, so it takes a long time to receive deliveries and process returns. Wish has also struggled with complaints about low-quality and counterfeit products. During Wish's latest conference call, CEO Peter Szulczewski said shipping issues were no longer the top source of customer complaints.

But Szulczewski also admitted the costly expansion of its own logistics network failed to boost its overall customer retention rates, and that quality control issues with products had replaced shipping problems as the top source of customer complaints. Szulczewski said Wish needed to look beyond logistics and "improve other areas of our business, starting with product quality.

In other words, investors should expect steeper losses as Wish supports its sellers with subsidies, expands its logistics network, and grapples with rising mobile ad costs. Most of Wish's shoppers use Android devices, but Apple 's recent crackdown on targeted ads on iOS is causing advertisers to bid higher prices for Android-based ads. That shift is squeezing Wish's marketing budget, reducing the efficiency of its ads, and forcing it to rethink its digital ad campaigns.

Wish plans to reduce its marketing expenses to free up more cash to expand its logistics network and quality control initiatives.

However, it expects that lower ad spending to throttle its MAU and revenue growth in the third quarter. Source: ContextLogic. Do not order from this company for they are a complete ripoff. When I talked to them they said item was delayed will you wait. I did. Another month and it's still not here. I again talk to customer service to get my money back.

They tell me I'm past return policy time and if unhappy I should have returned. I said how can I be pass return policy when I haven't received item. They refused to go any further and said they have resolved my case. I am talking to my credit card company and filing fraud charges on them.

A company that doesn't have a phone number that they answer to, is for a reason. It's to steal your money. Will never order from you people again! You don't tell people how long it will take to receive product, product is no as describe and it all comes from China. Just another scam in life in hard times. I registered and got my gift then I thought wish is real I put money in to order stuff since they are gone with my money it's now 3 years.

No traces I wrote emails till I get tired. Someone there hacked my account and their website does not allow me to remove my cc info or deactivate my account! I bought a smart watch feom wish but it came with no battery so was useless. I wanted a battery but was not given an option so settled for refund. Then a frightening thing happened.

I started getting orders i hasnt placed and money deducted from my account. Ithe first time i contacted customer support they gave a recund. I wanted my account details deleted but did t heR back. Thw day it was withdrawn from my account i again asked for rexu d but they sais it waa too lat es. They had dated the ordee the day before. I am waiting to heR from them. If i close off my card they won tf be avle to refund the mo ey but when and if they do ill have yo cancel the card.

I joined wish and they gave me a free gift. I thought no way is this going to come, however within 2 weeks I received my free gift a shaving gown. So I thought I betters write a reviewswish. I will use them again in the future. I ordered a drone from them over 2 months ago It looks like I got ripped of as they won't respond to any of my attempts to contact them and the phone the BBB supplies is no longer in service.

You are a rip off I ordered just rite before Thanksgiving and never got it you stilled my money. The item was rechargeable foot calus and buinon remove that cost me 30 or 35 buck I am senior citizen and I wld like for you to ship it to me please Some wipes are said to take two months to arrive, but when I tried to cancel immediately, there was no real customer service. The company said it was in US, but really in China. If they are legit, why do they want picture id to "verify my account.

This is my first and last orders. And i fo expect all soon. Doon soon. You got you money. On March 13, I received an e-mail from Wish that the items have shipped. When I tracked the order, I realized that the items are due to be delivered on April 22 and that they were currently in China. Wish did not state that items were out of stock at the time when I placed the order and paid. On March 17, I read an article on MarketWatch about on-line scammers selling masks that are paid upfront, but never show up.

Upon learning that, I tried to cancel the order on Wish website, but was not able to do so because the items have shipped. Most items OK apart from long waiting time One item no good, could not get Wish to answer my questions. Don't use wish my former friend ordered a phone and I got a email too days later I told wish I wanted a refund but they said no because they shipped it out already I had to tell my bank to cancel my card and try to get my money back because it was a fraud order.

I made an order and realised that the dress was much more then it was listed on site once it was paid for. When I looked at the order after realising it was way more expensive then it should have been. Upon realising this was a robbery I tried to cancel my order. This was not even an hour after making the order.

I was told it had already been shipped not even a hour after purchasing yet there terms inform people they have 8 hours to request a refund , and I would have to send it back to them for a refund. Then when I received an email today , telling my my item had been shipped today.

Which I was told it was shipped 2 days ago. When I made the order , I had updated my address. In this day and age how does any business think it will get away with treating people with no respect or an or care factor of how their business is criminal. I can rest assure you Every government department and every offical will be informed of this fraudulent behaviour. Have ordered and paid for 3 items, a belt for golf a top and a wallet have not received anything for weeks!!!

Every electronic item I hav purchased has been a FAKE, Bose QC35 noise canceling headphones Supposably refurbished so i ordered them and when they came they did not have the switch for turning on and off the noise canceling feature and the button layout was incorrect. I took a picture of the product I received along with pictures of the real item and sent it to them, the next day they refunded me my money.

They were extremely cheap feeling and light and the sound quality was completely garbage. After trying to get a picture of the real product i found that Beats never made Tour3 ear buds so i contacted Wish and got a refund for those as well.

Also while just browsing items to purchase I noticed that the sell complete knock off fake items they are trying to pass as the real item but the logos are slightly different like for Nike the swish has another slush at the end making it look very similar but different enough to not be the real thing. I have never had a problem with wish. I have only not recieved one of my orders and when I contacted wish they resent item to me again, also told me if the original item should come in not to worry about it.

I knew from the get go that shipping would take more time. Im sorry so many have had issues with it. You can get anything on eBay cheaper than Wish, so your blog is irrelevant due to your lack of knowledge on how to use eBay.

It's impossible to get a hold of Wish, not by phone, not by email. Never again! Stay away if possible. I wish i can give you negative stars but this site is not allowing me to. Wish is a Fraud and it compromises your personal details including your bank details that you never even saved in your wish account. This is the security they provide with the account. I tried reaching out to customer care but it sucks, it's their mistake and they are not giving my hard earned money.

I would suggest people to not even set up your account or buy anything from wish. Ohh and they do not have any phone where you can talk to them directly. They have fixed answers an they won't even listen to you. Wish Is expensive.

Compared to aliexpres it is expensive and full of cheaters The goods are cheap and you are lucky when it arrives at all Some one has changed my address instead of Australia to some where in Russia I can name that person. I can not change it so hence cannot buy from wish anymore. There is no one to talk too. Bought a citizen blue angels watch.

On the back casing it says everything its supposed to and is spelled correctly. On the inside facing, Angels is spelled Angles. My concern is how legit is this watch? Is it s real Citizen,? Did they get a deal becausd of the misprint? Answers i may never know. With that said, it does appear nice. If something is not right that you ordered and delivered to you, both are very nice and apologetic about it and offer you a refund in Wish or Geek cash, just like a store credit to buy something else, but they usually do not deal with the hassle of having you send the item back, so you are stuck with it.

When that happens, you do get a full refund, but you keep the item you bought which you can just resell or give away. Even reputable stores like eBay and Amazon normally have more negative reviews. I will now order, but on amounts, I can easily forgo, also on items I care the least about quality and never using my credit card.

If you leave your debit card on you profile they will charge your card without your authorization. They are big time fraudsters! Why bother reading reviews? Most of them are fake - easy to tell when customers from France and the UK are giving positive reviews in horrible English for electronic devices that only work on US power sources.

I have been a very good customer for years! I have had other issues with them, but have never made a stink about it. They will steal money right from your checking account or credit card. They will fail you on every level! They will make a mistake and blame you for it. They have down right insulted my intelligence and yours!

If I hadn't chosen the pay half now, pay half later As I said insulting my intelligence and yours. Tell your friends, tell your family not to take the chance of doing business with these underhanded, cheating, lying, stealing, shady very poor excuse for business people! Thank you for sharing this information and spreading the word!! I wish I hadn't. WISH is a complete scam. I ordered some bike shorts and got a pair of long johns about 2 months later. Currently 'trying' to get a refund but their support system is designed to make you want to give up.

I have given up. I am now alarmed to see others saying that unauthorized credit card payments have been made to Wish. They essentially have no customer service, and no monitoring of sellers' fulfillment of customer orders. Most often the products are far substandard from what has been advertised in the sales page; in other words, only a cheap approximation of what the item was advertised to be. Such as, "genuine leather" jacket turns up as pitifully-made rubberized vinyl.

I ordered some items in wish shopping company,they told me my items will be delivered,but since then I have not seen them,I keep on emailing them, but no reply,I do not if this is scam or I placed order since 14th January, , yet to receive my item.

Can somebody help me with their email address please? If you do decide to buy on wish. With Paypal you can feel secure and they will have your back. Wish is a scam, the majority of their items are knockoffs from American companies, they steal money from your bank account, they claim that your account was hacked and then demand your personal info to get your account back My guess is, identity theft will visit ones life soon and Limited Quantity Deals are scams, they arent controlled by the stores, they are controlled by wish themselves..

I bought 4 watches and none of them came, I'm trying to get a refund but still no joy, every time I hit the refund button it just goes to the item that I have bought and nothing else waist of time KEEP AWAY. I bought two Parfums De Marly which are pretty expensive normally. I paid very little for them. I think they are real but I cannot be totally sure. These days they can make good knock offs. The boxes look real but on the back of both boxes they have the same misprint, so I'm no sure what to think.

Any ideas? When the payment was made, I was redirected to WIsh and apparently, all the products were still in the cart and on my profile in ''orders'', no order history was listed. No receipt anywhere, even in email. Contacted customer support, who knows if I'll get a reply. After I stopped buying they repeatedly sent me black playsuits that for toddler sizes so I cancelled it so I won't get conned again.

Nobody: Wish ads on FB: pic. As Wish moves into the name-brand space, it will have to make some changes on the back end to cater to Western merchants, including tweaking some of its policies on returns and fraud detection, and updating its seller portal to allow vendors to add elements like barcodes and extra technical specs for electronics.

It has been able to maintain its rock-bottom prices thanks in part to a agreement between China Post and the US Postal Service that sets special rates on shipments from China weighing 4.

This deal might not be long for the world, however. President Donald Trump announced in October that he would withdraw the US from the year-old Universal Postal Union , the United Nations organization that governs the international mail system. The withdrawal gives the US a year to renegotiate the terms of the deal — including, likely, setting higher rates on inbound mail from China — and if successful, it says it will stay in the organization.

But without the shipping discounts, Wish vendors may have to raise prices. Lehrman declined to speculate on the potential fallout if rates go up, but says it is something the company has been thinking about for years. Currently, only about 30 percent of its US shipments are handled by these warehouses, according to Recode.

It is also seeking out more local vendors near its biggest markets. Szulczewski recently told Forbes that the company is planning for an IPO within the next year or two. It is looking to Latin American markets — Mexico, Argentina, Chile — for growth, and eventually Africa when the logistics infrastructure catches up, Lehrman says. Before it can tackle global domination, though, there are a few things it needs to take care of at home.

Sites like Trustpilot, Better Business Bureau, and Complaints Board are littered with one-star ratings for the company. On the app itself, Wish uses customer reviews to establish trust, but like Amazon — and, frankly, most marketplaces — Wish says it is constantly fighting fake reviews.

Last year, it noticed merchants gaming the system by using algorithms to plug in four- and five-star reviews, so it developed its own algorithm to try to weed out the ones with suspicious phrasing. A newer version also flags products that get a suspiciously high share of one- or two-star ratings.