Buyer Beware! Is Temu Legit And Safe To Buy From? (Dropship Supplier?)
Is Temu just one big scam, or is it a legit company and safe to buy from with prices as low as a dollar 91 for electric milk frother with free shipping, or $2 13 for a digital kitchen timer?
Again, with free shipping, you’re probably wondering whether these prices just too good to be true. Well, there is good news, but there’s also some bad news. The good news is that Temuis a legit US-based online company that is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ offering literally millions of items.
However, it is a Chinese subsidiary of PDD Holdings which is a Chinese company, the Temu marketplace first wentlive in the United States in September, 2022. Then in March, 2023, Tim, we launched in Australia and New Zealand, and then in the following month they launched in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, uk, and then Temu eventually expanded into the Latin America market. Since they launched, the Temu marketing department has been working overtime and spending a ton of time and money on advertising, including a very successful Super bowl commercial in the us That led to a massive increase in the downloads of the Timo app.
Timo released their app in September, 2022, and today the Timo app has rocketed to the number four most downloaded app. So yes, Temu offers low prices and is a legit company, however, there are catches. The first is, although Temu is US based, everything is shipped from overseas Chinese suppliers.
So there’s the usual delays with getting items shipped from China. Just like with our express order processing times with Temu vary from one day to three days, and then delivery times from China vary from around a week to over a month. If you need items faster, Temu does offer express shipping for an extra cost or a higher minimum purchase amount.
Temu is very similar to Ali Express in many ways, however, Temu has a much better, more aggressive marketing department. The next issue with Timu is customer support. Some people will say, you can’t complain about Tim U S customer support ’cause there isn’t any. Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. However, for some buyers,it’s not that far off.
The Mark Temu currently has a rating of 3.3 out of five on Trustpilot, and if you look closely at Tim Team’s customer reviews, you’ll see a significant number of complaints about late delivery, incorrect sizes, counterfeit items, undelivered packages, poorly packed items shipped in plastic bags, my sterious charges, incorrect orders, unresponsive customer service, and poorly trained support reps.
On the positive side, Temu does offer a purchase protection program that protects buyers in case of damaged goods, fraud, items that don’t match the description, items that arrive damaged and items lost in transit. Team return policy allows you to return. Team return policy allows you to return legible items within 90 days from date purchase, but you must return the item physically within 14 days after submitting your return request.
The next issue with Temu is the free shipping that Temu advertises everywhere to qualify for free – Shipping. For many items in countries, there is a minimum spend to qualify for free shipping. For instance, in Australia,to get free shipping, you must spend a minimum of $35. Note, though that OO is continually offering specials, including specials for shipping.
So in summary, yes, oo is legit. Would I purchase something for myself or would I use OO as a dropship supply for my business? Yes and no. Yes, if I saw an item that I like for personal use, yes, I would and and I have taken therisk and purchased it. Would I use them as a dropship supply for my business? Absolutely not.
Due to the long shipping times as I’ve been doing and saying year after year, only ever use local dropship supplies that can dispatch within two business days. Buyers simply won’t wait. If you need more local dropship supplies, I’ll put a link below to where you can download a list of over 900 dropship supplies right now to help you get started.
If you also want to see dropshipping explained and why people are purchasing an item on eBay for $229 and they could just purchase the identical item at Kmart for only $79, that’s 190% gross profit. Make sure you watch this video up here. If you have any questions, please leave them a comment section below. And if you found any value in this video, please give it a thumbsup as it helps the channel and make sure you hitthe subscribe button. Until next week, this more, sell more. This is Neil Waterhouse.
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