In China it’s Single Day, the almond-eyed version of Black Friday. Here’s what it is, how it works and how to aapprofittare the Single Day discounts in Italy
While waiting to shop online at discounted prices on Black Friday, we can start looking for deals thanks to Single Day. What are we talking about?
In China, since the early nineties, there is a day of discounts very similar to the U.S. and English tradition of Black Friday, which has now taken hold in Italy for some time. This day of Chinese sales is called Single Day, i.e. day of the singles. And in fact the holiday was born as a sort of Valentine’s Day with almond eyes but over time has also become an opportunity for numerous sales on various products online. Single Day falls every November 11, but throughout the week of Single Day several Chinese and Asian e-commerce offer numerous offers, especially in the world of technology with particular reference to the discounts dedicated to smartphones.
How to buy discounted products online in China
To find the best deals on Chinese products our advice is to use AliExpress, that is Alibaba s site for international customers. It must be said that AliExpress works more like eBay than Amazon. Beware, however, of considering Single Day as the lesser tradition for discounts than Black Friday. In fact, this is the day with the most online purchases in recent years. Last year, Alibaba s customers spent more than 168.2 billion yuan, the equivalent of 22 billion euros, on Single Day shopping. On AliExpress, prices are even lower than other e-commerce because they are sold directly by manufacturers without the use of middlemen. How do the shipping costs work with AliExpress? For products that cost less than 150 euros there are no customs costs, for items that cost between 22.01 and 150 euros neither but we will have to pay VAT in addition to the price described, finally on all products that cost less than 22 euros we do not have to pay any additional cost.
The offers of AliExpress
Technology, clothing, accessories. On AliExpress we will be able to buy really everything. In China, however, the sales period is about to expire, so we’ll have to hurry to choose what to buy on the international version of Alibaba. To take a look at the many offers AliExpress just enter the appropriate section of the portal and browse the thousands of offers present. The page is entirely in Italian, while prices are in dollars.
Amazon offers for Single Day
Since the Chinese success of Single Day, many European retailers are adapting to this new day of crazy discounts. And of course, Amazon could not miss among them. The famous e-commerce platform has focused particularly on mobile phones for this Single Day. Browsing through the various offers, it will be possible to find several Samsung smartphones at very advantageous prices (among them, also the Galaxy Note 9 and the Galaxy A8), but there is also a wide selection of Chinese smartphones produced by Huawei, Honor and Xiaomi (Huawei P20 Pro, P20 Lite, Honor View 10 Lite and Xiaomi Mi Mix 2).