Blog Tag - Online Shopping
Do you Alipay, or don’t you?
The struggle is real for those of us who have trouble setting up an Alipay account. This means depending on others to...
Beijing isn't China's wealthiest city, but for the eighth consecutive year, Beijingers have bought more than their counterparts elsewhere in the...
This year, many Chinese online shopping platforms became even more accessible for foreigners, and I personally also got involved, ordering plenty of...
Not sure where to get your Christmas trees? No forests near your apartment buliding? You can get your real (and living) Christmas tree on Taobao....
Not being possessed of the wherewithal to stay up until midnight just to shop online, my Singles Day shopping was not as successful as I would have...
Singles Day (known in Chinese as 双11) may have started off as a simple celebration of singledom at Chinese universities in the 1990s, but since Tmall...
Let's put this in perspective: if you're from the US and have experienced "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving in late November that is seen as...
Nut butters – and by that we mean almond and cashew rather than passé peanut – have become the snack du jour for healthy eaters. Packed with...
I live in a bustling neighborhood with a major public hospital, so you would think that getting groceries is a straightforward task. Not so – fruit...
My trials with Chinese online payment methods are well-documented on our sister site beijingkids, from using Taobao to setting up WeChat Wallet....
Do you Alipay, or don’t you?
The struggle is real for those of us who have trouble setting up an Alipay account. This means depending on others to...
Costco, the revered American big-box discount retailer, has launched an online store in China, and shoppers have gone nuts, literally: only three...
Tuesday is Singles' Day in China, less a celebration of freedom from relationships than a consumer bonanza tacked to the day wtih the most ones in...
Ah, the Forbidden City, that majestic symbol of Beijing. As much as we love it, the crowds and the sheer size can be wearing once the initial awe...
Let’s face it, the big go-to stores for a lot of us are Zara or H&M. We’re familiar with the styles, the quality, and the pricing. There are...