Temu will replace dollar tree and dollar general, but not Walmart or Amazon.

Wish was the exact same app, real report should have been what happened to it and how it got replaced

1.7 billion?! WHAT! No wonder they get famous.

They will no longer need to spend that much on Ad

But why is PDD stock doing bad?

JD quick and quality But more expensive

Because y'all can't afford quality made.

@@infini.tesimo 2 years? you are being very generous. I'd say its trash from the moment i opened the package

Amazon has quality brands just people aren’t willing to pay for it a lot of the time

Amazon fulfillment costs are definitely on the high end range and that's a possible model for Amazon owned brands. Temu strictly is about a marketplace operator with a much more simple integration model.

This is why after seeing anything on amazon I would always look it up on AliExpress to see the difference

was never a secret. People have been doing this for ages with AliExp

its why I never bought much from amazon tbh. before temu I would shop from similar sellers on ebay

TEMU is a huge gamble. They charge you but do not send the products you ordered and items arrive BROKEN but they will not sent you replacements, even when they say they did. God help you if you expect them to refund you for missing items or entire packages even when they SAY they issued a refund. I was duped. I spent $300 and got only about $50 worth of the products I purchased. Cheaper to buy from Amazon and actually RECEIVE what I purchased. This morning I spent about an hour on their website Chatting with their Customer Service Bots hoping to recover something. PS THEY TAKE AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 17 TO 20 DAYS TO DELIEVER IF THEY ACTUALLY DELIVER AT ALL. They are scum. They are rip off artisist.

It was never a secret

Not quite, Temu also take a huge loss on delivery since they do it by air, so they can deliver much faster than Aliexpress for same or lower price.

They are not aiming to make money, but rather go IPO in Wall Street and make tons of money that way and just let it rot later because they know the trash low quality products don’t have a sustainable business in the long run but go public is a quick way to get rich.

If it's just as easy as 'spending more on marketing', Aliexpress wouldn't be able to have Temu as its competitor. lol..

​@@metalfly.They also pay people, including my teenage brother and his high school friends who have never bought anything, to watch ads on the site. I'm guessing that these non-purchasing users who just watch ads also factor into the large userbase.

I see Temu as a cheaper, reliable and more desireable contents that fit today's world. I have never had issues to return the Temu products that I jad issues with and was able to apply the credits to other items that I am interested in. Quite happy with their products so far!

Slow death? They have all of AWS and built logistics hubs taking over UPS and fedex market shares.

China were getting globally subsidised mail.

@@Asianevermore It doesn't make sense for UPS and Fedex to charge so much for very slow delivery. Things should have been done more efficiently.

Amazon doesn't actually make much money from e commerce. Their main income is web services.

@@tomk5238 As of 2022, the company generates the majority of it's net revenues through online retail product sales, followed by third-party retail seller services, cloud computing services, and retail subscription services including Amazon Prime.

True!

it depends some products are really not bad from them.

There should be a world wide ban already on chinese platforms tiktok temu aliexpress garbage and ccp spyware

"Shop like a billionaire" Yea it's called a critic of late stage capitalism

Yeah because before temu we never had this problem

Exactly. Temu is cutting off the unnecessary middleman. A lot of Amazon storefronts simply rebrand the same product from the same Chinese manufacturer.

The “middlemen” also help to ensure suppliers meet minimum standards and sell products that comply w U.S. regulations and consumer safety laws. Amazon does not w all the vendors that sell shoddy and counterfeit stuff from China. Temu is like a marketplace filled of “JEBEJD” companies from the Amazon store selling fake and dangerous stuff.

This. It was touched on but this report buried the lead: People are learning that paying more for Chinese manufactured products to middlemen on Amazon is unnecessary. End.

At least those companies are giving you jobs in America. The Chinese government love temu and the idiots that buy theirs junk.

It's not fair to say that Amazon and Walmart are worth their price for the service and quality they provide!

Ploy is to undersell stock to take over the market then go back to regular pricing. Their inital loss is being accounted for by knowing they will take over Amazon. Unless people stop buying from them.

They are different. Not the same product.

​@@brotherbig4651 not true they are exactly same product labelled and named differently to appeal as it's different

depends what quality, since reverse engineering is known bussiness modelm, literraly just stealing product and making it much cheaper but quality drops ...

It's a monopoly not competition

Not when it drives the quality of everything down in an effort to compete with the cheap prices.

Really???? So everyone else has to pay taxes but Temu, from China found a loophole European / American companies cant use and they're GOOD for consumers? Are you insane?

​@@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Unso dumb 😂

@@AdeleiTeillanaThen another company will come in promising quality products. That's how a competitive market works buddy, stop fearing competition.

Hahaha free market... This US don't impose it on all corners of the world?😂

landfill tax that eventually channels back onto end user cause this is real world... i used to believe taxation will make people comply too

meaning ordinary people pay more tax.

Suddenly the USA doesn't want a free market economy? It's free market only when it suits you or else taxation?

@@user-yj8zw7hk6f I think that's the point! The tax will increase the prices of cheap & trash products, making consumers think twice before making the purchase. If they can categorize the products that are likely cheap quality and will quickly end up in landfills, and impose high taxes on them

There are some import tax sometimes but the free shipping is a huge relief vs Wish for example

I know! I don't understand how Temu and Shein have even taken off. With Aliexpress around

@@JavenarchX Because of the prices and various item selections. People just buy many things out of curiosity and impulses.

My impression as wheal.

@@JavenarchX GEN Z. My generation is the one eating up all these Chinese companies. TikTok, Shien and now temu. Most of us are broke young people so who want the lifestyle of our parents so they turn to these apps. Plus Temu knows that teens and young people are more susceptible to marketing and gambling gimmicks.

​@@JavenarchXAli didn't advertise during the super bowl. American consumers get scared easily.

same, i avoid seeing temu and clicking temu things as much as possible

outside of USA, always on phone, not seeing that as well. just here to check out the marketing strategies.

most people still don't know about ad blocking!

@@user-yj8zw7hk6f lol I watched for the same reason - marketing. I never see their ads because I only use social media from my laptop!

If you don’t like it… don’t buy it…… ….but don’t bad mouth people who do…It’s their choice to buy…!

How many ridiculously overpriced cups of coffee at Statbucks have you been suckered into drinking?

@@quantumbuddhist By your logic, forever21; Walmart, target,mcDonals; etc…should also be banned because their stuff winds up in landfills also. …and what about the “sole” people that drive SUVs; monster pickups; ; muscle cars; live in big houses; etc…?

I love Temu

​@quantumbuddhist Go learn how to measure before you take a stand on what is and what isn't healthy for the environment. The sky isn't falling down. There has never been an environmental movement throughout history that didn't cause unnecessary suffering. In the 1900s they said there would be no more oil. Every time environmental protesters get involved human beings suffer and die. They have never been correct in their pessimistic prognostications.

I've probably bought 10+ items on Temu and only 1 (a can opener) was trash.

if people are buying then it means not everything is trash simple logic

People eat trashy food all day long.

this is america lol

Because it's not actually trash. People wouldn't keep buying if it were literally trash. You calling it trash is just more coping and seething that your country can't compete with China.

US companies in China are more generous in money to their Chinese employees than Chinese counterparts. That is well known, from south of China i am speaking

US companies in China are more generous in money to their Chinese employees than Chinese counterparts. That is well known, from south of China i am speaking

And also exploit Amazing warehouse workers as part of shipping them, and Amazon workers in customer service.

In south of china, specifically US companies, in clothes production, pay more generously than the local counterpart. And their workers have more vacation. Your point is not exactly valid.

@@clementdato6328I think they meant the local companies also sell to American companies, the US doesn't also start its own branches in China, just uses the existing ones a lot.

Cheap but quality is garbage that's why.

Not really. I find them quite usable most of the time.@@yummm8775

@@yummm8775on the other hand, it is unrealistic to be cheap and have good quality at the same time.

@@yummm8775 And you think that's better than expensive garbage that Amazon/Target/Walmart sells? At least you get what you pay for with Temu

@@yummm8775How so? Sure my electronics suck but you shouldnt buy electronics from temu. I buy kitchen supplies and phone holders...just house hold stuff (dont buy things that you eat out of though). They are fantastic and totally worth the money

Wise words

Quality control is almost non-existent for stuff on Temu. You can buy 10 of the same item & half can be trash. The worst case scenario is you get toxic goods that are hazardous to your health.

Amazon has same junk at 3 times more $$$

Amazon has the same stuff, so does Walmart... So does pretty much every store in the US. The only difference is it's cheaper there.

I find quality is generally excellent- often better than Amazon.

I've literally never seen an ad for Temu on any platform......... Algorithm knows you. Go buy some plastic that will arrive in 2 months buddy........

Get adblocker for smartphone and desktop

@@tmzz3609 Right? Ive never seen one either... I probably will now after watching this video LOL

@@Viv8ldi I've always used an adblocker, but my adblocker was still being fixed so yeah i saw this dumb ads but not anymore

pinduoduo was create to give taobao a tight slap i think. I remember seeing some of them being happy cause taobao is losing its direction and selling expensive trash and pdd is giving taobao a wake up call

JD? A long time ago. I lived in China until just last year for a decade. Of all of my friends, one pattern was very clear. Buy everything on Taobao, if you need quality buy on Tmall (tianmao), buy groceries on Pupu (Hema if you’re well off)… JD has been declining for so long. I also have a lot of friends in the countryside, sometimes they still ask me to help them “shave the price” on Pinduoduo. Most Chinese people don’t earn so much, and for them they care about cost. It’s not so different from us, just that both of these numbers look bigger.

Exactly!

I can testify this.

Same ordered a few things from Temu quality is not bad and prices are pretty decent. I would say quality (At least with some stuff is on par if not better than amazon). The only thing i try to avoid buying is electronics.

@@kylecyr8999totally agree with you. We bought few electronics and said never again. Everything else temu is good. Price and quality. Even shoes and clothing is good and 50% cheaper then Amazon

@@kylecyr8999true. i buy pretty much everything else except electronics. i have bought several dash cams from temu and never had issues though. i wouldn't buy something like a professional grade camera or lens from Temu though

Nope .

Temu's products are usually sold and shipped directly by manufacturers in China whereas Amazon goods are usually purchased in bulk from the same manufacturers, paid import tax then sold and distributed domestically, making the cost of operation a lot higher. So in essence the statement "cutting out the middle man" is not a false one.

This is why I laugh at the Tik tok ban, 70% of sellers on Amazon source their products from China.

Ok then go ahead and order a container load of plush toys direct from the Chinese factory....woo hoo you cut out the middleman. The only question is what to do with the 9,999 plush toys you dont need...

I ordered from temu too. One item i returned so far. Money refunded very fast. Never seen so quick money return.

nice try, Temu HR 😅

Sad but that’s how the business makes money. Just like modern snake oil salesman.

Great point! What can be done to stop China from abusing developing nation label?

That is so not true, with dude 🤣🤣🤣 China Is literally will very soon became the most advanced nation on earth 😁

Every rich country became rich by protectionism and unfair trade practices. China is not doing anything that hasn't been done before

Answer me this. Where do those subsidies COME FROM? Yeah, your TAX MONEY, meaning you're ALREADY PAYING FOR IT, so you'd rather PAY MORE ON TOP OF THAT?

"how" they do it? you know how, human rights violations

I've bought several items from electronics and kitchen items, to metal signs. It's all been good so far with only a couple duds I had to get refunded.

Junk is not even the worst case scenario. Getting something that is toxic and can harm your health is even worse. Something like this has already happened.

Same Chinese stuff you find at Macy's, forever21, H and M, etc. basically, anything at your mall is from China. Except it's been marked up 300%

But usually you’ll see those same “junky” products on Amazon for double the price so …

U ordered a mirror didn't u 😂

@@jordan0chang china created everything

good luck buy Usa brand

Delusional 😂

@@jetli740 I didn't say USA brands, I said "Cheap Chinese Junk". An iPhone is made in China or Taiwan, it's not junk. It's the $1 charging cables that have no testing, no compliance, and are made to the worst quality standards ever. Just look at anything popular, then look at the junk Chinese clones, like hoverboards about a decade back - their were quality ones (some made in China) and then there were ones bursting into flames.

Yes unfortunately listings on Amazon can simply be replaced when reviews are bad. And buyers rate too soon after buying. Basically you end up having to pay double for something with a well known brand, which is unnecessary.

You get what you paid for……it’s fair…….there’re tones of Chinese products with outstanding quality there if you’re willing to pay a bit more……however, if the Chinese products with good quality and very affordable price, then America will complain China’s productivity is over capacity and disrupt America’s market and jobs……like Chinese EVs ……because everything is about ”America First” ……😂

More amazing is how much junk there is between your ears. I use all the stuff I've gotten from Temu pretty much EVERY DAY!

YEP.. INSTANT refunds, and they don't even want the stuff back!! I've had a few duds including a $19 outdoor light that wouldn't charge. Every bit refunded INSTANTLY and never had to ship any back!!

But middle-man (resellers) on Amazon want to get rich!

@@DC-qn4wz Buy from AMAZON!! Bezos NEEDS your money, $114 BILLION ISN'T ENOUGH!!

The "I CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD STUFF I NEED" dopamine hit.

I’m British and I agree. I’ve just completed my first year of University at 19 and I’ve managed to save up for a high end gaming pc with a 4k 240hz Monitor thanks to Temu 🇬🇧

What if it's a steal?

@@DC-qn4wz People who are pressured cannot make rational decisions. I've had such Scammers call me before saying: "You must buy TODAY or else the Special is gone." My reply to them is: "Well then why did you wait so long to call me?" 😆

WHAT small businesses? You mean the ones WalMart destroyed DECADES ago?

And how was the quality?

@@stoundingresults i spent 215 euro , the quality was superb

Why not? You don't want low prices for Americans? You must be big fan of inflation huh

otherwise your cheap chinese chunk of trash would be insanely more expensive. 🫣

they subsidize cheap shipping to the USA consumer, its the USA consumer that prefers to buy from China and not the USA

@@graveperil2169 they prefer it because it is artificially cheaper. All I’m saying is remove the subsidies and let Americans compete on an even field

@@SexyUndisputed2All you pay for it on the backend, either through taxes or higher shipping costs for Americans

Exactly. I wouldn't buy a computer from Temu, but a lot of stuff you buy is supposed to be plastic and is obviously the exact same thing being sold on amazon.

Lol .. Is actually opposite

@@PeterSedesse yeah I don't trust a bot like u

This! The first reasonable comment I could find in this section

Let me know if you find one, lol!

They haven't been fined. AMAZON has. Payments are processed in BOSTON, nobody in China ever SEES your bank info, and if you're THAT worried, there is always pre-paid cards and PayPal.

Yeah look up UK court case privacy issues @@mikeh8416

@@mikeh8416 they buyout the world and ur at home.

Oh, Amazon supplies all the same stuff, but it's anywhere upwards of FIVE TIMES THE PRICE.

There are no "private" companies in China, there are Chinese Communist Party cadres on every company board. These goods are shipped directly from Chinese warehouses to US consumers with no taxes or tariffs. The CCP massively subsidizes these companies and a lot of the items are made with slave (Uyghurs) labor. The CCP has a strategy to flood our markets (2 million packages a day, est 200 billion a year added to our trade deficit) with subsidized good to destroy our manufacturing. They have done it with electronics, ship building, solar panels, battery's, etc. They are ready to flood world markets with $10,000 EVs. How stupid we were to raise De Minimus from $200 to $800 in 2016. Congress has a bill to fix this. Call your Congressman and demand it gets fixed. Amazon also benefits from the De Minimus loophole, they forgot they are an American company, so they will lobby Congress to leave the loophole.

Typical WSJ story, only focused on profits and business, not US National Security.

😧

You don't need quality control or research at all. Sounds like something an MBA would love.

they might even from the same factory, while Amazon get those regular ones, temu just wrap those defectives up

did u buy something from TEmu?, how do you know their products are cheap and low quality?/

It's chinese products. Eastern countries has easier access to China products and its cheap and gets the job done. Now the west is getting more access to this products yet they are still complaining. You get the same product for a fraction of the cost. I have bought a lot of chinese products and they are not bad as they say. Heck most of the products you see are made from China, even iPhones is made from China.

Apple disagrees

And that's why there are so many s*** products

People shop prices for the exact same product. But if there's no such product on Temu, then people shop local for that product.

@@Sam-kx1qc that’s what I was saying 🤷‍♂️

all importers into the US get the same pricing

@@IamLeighton wrong, untrue, blatantly false

Of course, it's the only thing that keeps the wheels a spinning and the scumbags a grinning

ahahha thats some crazy market demand right there

You are crazy! Letting your steering wheel get sun burned 😂

DID we EVER? all these fake Environmental drives are BS; conglomerates do that to get some TAX HEAVENS nothing more.

Yes. One is better than the other. And with Amazon, you can be delisted or not anywhere close to where people can find your product if you get high returns or significant negative reviews in most categories.

They are only different in business models.

Don't normalize Temu

they're the same thing

They sell the same products, often using the same pictures. Amazon just also sells more expensive and heavier items that you can't get on Temu.

I got some cool one touch card holders for a cheap price. Almost half price. 🎉🎉🎉

@@rally_chronicles I go the for kitchen gadgets and stuff to organize with

All apps do that

@@drinkingpoolwater yeah but this one is most likely giving your information to the Chinese government

@@drinkingpoolwater big difference is temu is doing it for ccp geopolitical gains. other apps do it to monetize you, not spy for a foreign government.

@@Rattler808 clown

It's a Chinese comapny, that's what it is told to do.

no one allowed to fish in their private ponds 🤣

The distinct shape of that certain water flask is meant to be a knockoff of the trendy Stanley cup. *That* is a $40 water flask

If it's made in china 100% it's carcinogenic materials.

@@IMAPOTATOZ Yes, but you are paying $30 to have a Stanley logo printed on the same cup.

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