The volume of online purchases has increased considerably in recent years. However, they are often not classic online retailers. Orders from the web store are automatically forwarded to manufacturers or market places in the Far East.
Instead of assumed bargain, consumers receive inferior products and deal with this business model problems, warns the European Consumer Center (EVZ) and gives tips. Because: “As a rule, consumers do not even know that they order from a drop shipping store and delivery usually takes place from China,” says Reinhold Schranz’s head of European Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumers
Search for the print!
These must ensure that the online store has a complete print with a full return address, a UID number and an e -mail address of contact persons. If there is only one contact field instead of the e -mail address, caution is also suitable.
Via Google Maps you can also check whether the address is an office, a private address or a mailbox. But a mention on the Watchlist Internet and negative assessments on independent evaluation platforms can also be seen as warnings.
Drop shipping volume tripled
At first glance, the web store looks serious, the domain. In or. The points to an Austrian or German company, the offer is promising. However, the web store is only used for customer catch.
The order of the supposed provider automatically ends at the manufacturer or a marketplace, which is usually in the Far East. The volume of the business model, known as Dropshipping, has risen to three times since Corona Pandemie, the EVZ announced in a broadcast.
Calculate long delivery times!
For consumers this means that you have to expect long delivery times. But the quality of the products usually does not correspond to the descriptions in the online store.
If you want to return the goods, you will find the following obstacle: the assumed web store operator does not indicate a return address. If the supplier only remains in Asia to which the product can be returned at its own expense, according to the EZV in a broadcast on Monday. If the payment services are ordered, consumers usually remain at the expense of bad goods, otherwise the payment services will engage in debt desks.
Everyone who fell for dropshiping must withdraw the purchase contract, request a return book from the Bank of Credit Card company, use buyer protection programs and receive support from consumer protection at an early stage.
Source: Krone
I’m Ben Stock, a journalist and author at Today Times Live. I specialize in economic news and have been working in the news industry for over five years. My experience spans from local journalism to international business reporting. In my career I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s leading economists and financial experts, giving me an insight into global trends that is unique among journalists.
