How to Use Roundabout's New Online Shopping App

Roundabout's New App Lets You Shop Till You Drop From Home

Mina Yan | Apr 23, 2020 10:00 am | Add a comment | 432 reads

Good news shopaholics! Local Beijing charity store Roundabout has launched an online store, making shopping and giving back to the community easier than ever before.

The Beijing community favorite sells a range of clothes, furniture, new and pre-loved accessories, books, appliances, and basically any household stuff you can think of all under one giant roof, with profits from sales going towards funding good causes all over China.

Roundabout also collects gently-used clothing and household items for redistribution to communities in need across the country, so their store in Shunyi houses paintings, sofas, and other secondhand treasures. Many of us who’ve moved houses in Beijing (or did any major seasonal cleaning) have found ourselves calling Roundabout to donate our beloved treasures knowing that they’ll find new homes with people who’ll appreciate them and help raise some money for worthy causes in the meantime.

While their warehouse store in Shunyi is still temporarily closed, their online store lets you keep up with the thrifting at home. You don’t even need to leave your bed or put on pants to shop – just scan the QR code below or search Roundabout众爱 to start shopping!

The new online store’s interface is currently only in Chinese, but there are enough graphics and photos that anyone with a basic understanding of online shopping can navigate the WeChat mini-program pretty easily.

The homepage lists categories of times for sale, such as clothing, shoes, furniture, white goods, and so on.

Click on a category, and scroll through the entire selection, or use the sidebar menu to narrow down the search.

Click on an item you're interested in for more details. You can either directly proceed to payment, or add it to your cart at this stage.

There are two options for payment: WeChat Wallet or bank card. You will also need to enter your delivery details, however, if you've already entered these in WeChat, they should be pulled from your account automatically.