Coupons and discounts: Coupons
Well, here we are! On AliExpress there is a sale in honor of the seventh anniversary of the site “AliExpress - We are 7 years old.” They promise $100 million worth of coupons, but most likely these will be those same “special coupons.” Next games, tasks, etc. The next coins for which you can exchange coupons or goods. Another very sweet coupons for new users. The next special coupons. In short, everything is the same, but in a slightly changed wrapper. The only new thing I found was special coupons for pre-orders. By the way, pre-order also appeared for the first time. As an intrigue, there is a gift for completing all seven “Tasks of the day”, but again I am tormented by vague doubts...
1. AliExpress - We are 7 years old - Games
The discount guide is located.
We go to “Game Land” and select a store. For example, in the first store —
HOOPET (stuff for pets). We see a beautiful coupon -5/5.01$, but it’s lower for us. Click on the “Shoot Discounts” banner. A window opens with a game in which you can get coupons from the seller, coupons from Ali and special coupons. The rules of the game are here. The first game is free, the other two cost 10 coins each. A total of 30 games can be played per day (10 stores, three times each).
I made a video with three games:
It can be seen that coins and coupons do not depend on appearance targets. And you won’t be able to choose right away where exactly you need to shoot in order to get the maximum result. In addition, the targets are shuffled while being taken up. If you play the video at slow speed, you can see that there is one target with a coupon from Ali. Denomination is so-so -2/19$ (I already caught one).
Get ready to collect a bunch of unnecessary coupons from the store, a lot of special coupons and, if you're lucky, a few coupons from Ali.
You can play in the browser and in mobile application, but there will still be 30 attempts per day. For example 15 in the browser + 15 in the application.
In the lower right corner of the “Land of Games” there is a link to the “Task of the Day”. There are seven tasks in total, for each completed task (one task per day) a candle lights up on the cake. When all the candles are lit, it will become clear what gift you will receive for your efforts.
For each completed task you will receive one special coupon (seven in total).
Task list:
- Add product to Wishlist
- Shoot discounts in the Land of Games
- Enable trade notifications
- Create a selection
- Share coupons with friends
- Exchange coins for a seller coupon
- Subscribe to AliExpress LIVE
Other tasks:
- Get a mobile bonus
- Add items to your cart and receive coins for a maximum of 5 items, for each added item you receive 5 coins, in total 50 coins, (25 coins on PC and 25 coins on the mobile app).
- Use coins to pre-order ( 5 special coupons for pre-order)
2. AliExpress - We are 7 years old - Share the coupon with your friends
- Share your favorite product on social networks
- Invite your friends to receive coupons
- When your friend opens a coupon, we will send you the same one
We do everything in the mobile application. I tried and tried, nothing worked...
3. AliExpress - We are 7 years old - Play games in the app
All the same bullshit - guess the card, get a daily bonus and shake your smartphone until your hand falls off...
4. AliExpress - We are 7 years old - Selfie time
Everything is described. Thinking of winning the main prize? Oh well…
5. AliExpress - We are 7 years old - Catch the coupon
Nothing complicated, I got the coupon the first time.
Schedule:
- 02:00-02:05 (Moscow time)
- 08:00-08:05 (Moscow time)
- 14:00-14:05 (Moscow time)
- 20:00-20:05 (Moscow time)
In Kyiv, take an hour.
In total, you can win a maximum of 56 coupons, the denomination is so-so -5/25$ .
On March 21, 2017, pre-sale preparations began for one of the largest annual events on the international trading platform AliExpress. In fact, the event dedicated to the anniversary of the founding of the site is second in importance after the sale for World Shopping Day (Singles) 11-11.
Traditionally, the anniversary sale is held in the last few days of March. This time the organizers decided to extend it by one day from March 28 to March 30 inclusive. Last year, in honor of the 6th anniversary of AliExpress, buyers had only 2 days (March 29 and 30) for promotional shopping.
So, the current event received the simple name “”. As they say, clearly and understandably. The name is simple, but the main thing is what is hidden behind it. And hidden behind it, as usual, are a wide variety of quests, games, distributions of goodies, and most importantly, in the end, the largest sale, during which these same goodies can be spent (of course, along with your hard-earned funds).
We would like to once again warn users to be careful about some discounts, especially those that are too large. As before, there are many unscrupulous sellers who, two weeks before the event, raised prices to incredible levels, and then dropped them in the prices announced for the sale, up to a 90% discount. Moreover, every year there are more and more such fake discounts at all kinds of sales.
In order not to fall for the tricks of “scammers”, we recommend installing our browser extension “”, in which you can easily see the price dynamics of any product over the past few months, as well as see an assessment of the level of trust in the seller of this product.
In addition, many sellers have gotten into the habit of creating several cards for the same product. To avoid losing customers before sales start, new page the description of the product is duplicated and an inflated price and a future discount are set. At the same time, until the sale begins, buyers can find the original card with a current adequate price and a corresponding correct history of price changes. Therefore, to assess the real cost of the desired product, you will additionally have to use the search capabilities of the AliExpress site.
According to the official announcement, all preliminary events will take place until March 27. Taking into account the fact that in the spring-summer period new days on AliExpress begin at 10 a.m. Moscow time, the pre-holiday draws will end at 10:00 on March 28, 2017, and it is from this minute that the anniversary sale will begin.
How to save money on a sale
Without opening America, let's say the obvious: in order to really save on purchasing something on AliExpress during a sale, the buyer simply needs to collect as many different discount coupons as possible (AliExpress coupons, Seller coupons, Special coupons), find a store where, taking into account of all the above coupons and discounts, on sale days there will be the most low price, and have time to buy it before it runs out. Often, goods with particularly attractive prices are offered by sellers in limited quantities.
We will go into a little more detail about ways to make profitable purchases at the upcoming sale.
Pre-order with coins
$5 discount coupons (applied to orders over $25) are awarded for catching the funny little guy in the Catch the Coupons game. This game becomes available at various times during the week leading up to the sale. Thus, to have a chance of receiving the most profitable coupon, which will allow you to save up to 20% of the cost of the product, you need to log into the mobile application as often as possible.
In the “Shoot for Discounts” game, users have a chance to receive holiday coupons in denominations of $2 (orders over $19) and $5 (orders over $39). But it will be extremely difficult to knock them out.
Special coupons
Conclusion
In fact, as part of the anniversary sale, you can purchase a long-desired item and save a lot of money. As always, achieving this goal will require some effort. But it's quite possible.
The list of opportunities for profitable deals is not limited to the options given in this article. For those who are looking, there are always a couple more trump cards in their pockets.
It is worth noting that if the AliExpress user has not yet installed it, then even after registering it for the first time, you can still receive many additional discount coupons. For example, AliExpress issues a coupon with a value of $5 for an order over $6.
In general, we wish everyone a pleasant shopping experience, big discounts and successful deals.
We invite everyone to share their impressions of the “” sale on AliExpress in their comments under this article.
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15.03.2017 01:18 , Last update: 23.03.2017 22:49
Real shopaholics are already at a low start, having prepared purchasing budgets: the annual sale dedicated to the next anniversary of AliExpress (this time the seventh) will traditionally take place at the end of March - from the 28th to the 30th, and will be preceded by a week of serious struggle for discounts and coupons. In 2017, AliExpress decided to launch the sale one day earlier (last year's sale started on March 29) and extend it over three days.
The promotion has ended. The text of this note may be useful in preparing for future sales.
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You can get some money back from purchases in many online stores using cashback sites, simply by going from them to the store sites before placing orders. For example, for purchases on AliExpress the following cashback rates apply:
Backit (formerly ePN CashBack) - from 2% to 7.2% for promotional codes;
ALME - from 2.15% to 7.8% (new users - up to 15%);
LetyShops - from 1.5% to 7.5% using lety codes.
General information about the sale
The next grandiose March sale is called “We are 7 years old” - at the level of originality of countless signs “We are open!” Well, we love AliExpress marketers not for their naming. Although, let me think - why do we love them?
And we love AliExpress marketers for sales as such, which seem like real quests to buyers - sometimes difficult, but extremely exciting. Successful completion of the sale quest depends on the buyer’s skill in avoiding rakes and distinguishing real discounts from “fake” ones, which, admittedly, is becoming more and more difficult every year.
The anniversary sale “We are 7 years old” will be held from March 28 to 30; traditional battles for discount coupons in games and competitions - from March 21 to 27. By the way, please note that a new day on AliExpress starts at 10 (in winter - at 11) morning Moscow time, so the main phase of the sale starts on 03/28/2017 10:00 MSK.
As we get closer to the launch of the March sale “We are 7 years old” on AliExpress, this note will be updated useful information in the form of popular questions, useful ones that will allow you to save a lot of money, as well as this very approximation. Perhaps it makes sense to add it to your bookmarks;)
Attention! The information posted in this note is not official information distributed by AliExpress. In cases of dispute, it is recommended to refer to the rules and instructions posted on the official AliExpress website.
Questions and answers
- What is a sale on AliExpress?
Large-scale sales on AliExpress take place twice a year: at the end of March - in honor of the next anniversary trading platform and November 11 - the famous Chinese “Singles’ Day”, an analogue of the overseas “Black Friday”. On the day (or days) of the sale, you can buy part of the assortment of AliExpress sellers at a lower price than usual due to discounts provided by sellers and AliExpress coupons obtained (directly or indirectly - for coins) in games on the site and mobile application.
- How big discounts do AliExpress sellers give on sales?
As the English say, it depends. It all depends on the will of the particular seller and many other factors. However, a truly big discount is always a rarity. A 50% discount on Ali usually implies a preventive markup of 50%, while the same seller may well have one or two lots in parallel that have the same price without any discount (so as not to lose orders). This is one of the “little Chinese tricks” widely used by sellers, and not only on Ali. Do not assume that the same tactics are not used during sales - they are, and how! You can easily find studies on the Internet showing in real numbers that the percentage of genuine discounts on this trading platform during sales is small: in most cases these are either the mentioned “inflated” discounts or very small ones - in the range of 5–10%. However, even among such short discounts, although rarely, there are truly profitable offers. The great mission of every shopaholic at the AliExpress sale is to find them.
- If the discounts are exaggerated, how can you save money on sales?
First, learn to distinguish “inflated” discounts from real ones. To do this, you will have to track changes in prices for goods of interest for some time, for example, by adding them to your wish list. “Some time” should be at least a couple of weeks, since many sellers raise prices well in advance. Always look for a similar product from other sellers during a sale - it may be cheaper and without any discounts. Secondly, learn how to get discount coupons. As a rule, they are either exchanged for AliExpress coins, or are mined in games and competitions launched on the eve of the sale. Thirdly, don't forget about cashback. During sales, cashback services usually increase the cashback percentage or organize prize draws to increase loyalty and lure customers.
- Is it even worth waiting for a sale if I need an item urgently?
Depends on how urgent it is. The fact is that orders placed during sales take much longer to reach the recipient than during normal times. Firstly, sellers take longer to send them, barely coping with the influx of requests (not all, but the most popular ones). Secondly, AliExpress logistics is starting to burst at the seams with all the warehouses, couriers, transport and so on. Thirdly, a congestion is forming at the Chinese border - all this mass of packages and boxes must be processed by Chinese customs. Finally, all this stuff begins to arrive in waves in Russia (or another country where Aliexpress is popular). It’s easy to imagine how happy our valiant customs officers and postal workers are about this, with what enthusiasm they check and sort your phone numbers, panties and T-shirts day and night! Yes, items on sale can be purchased cheaper, but they will take much longer to arrive (or crawl) to you. Don't forget about it!
How to save money on a sale?
There are exactly two effective ways to save money on a sale: find a product with a good discount that is not available in “peacetime”, and apply all the coupons that you managed to get in competitions to your purchase.
Pre-order goods for coins
This has never happened before on AliExpress sales. During the week preceding the “We are 7 years old” sale, you can pre-order selected products for AliExpress coins (from 20 to 500 - depending on the cost of the product), and the price of the pre-order product is guaranteed to be lower than its price on the first day of the sale. Coins in in this case act as a non-refundable deposit.
Payment for pre-orders must be made between 16:00 March 28 and 16:00 March 29 (Moscow time). If the buyer changes his mind about buying the product, he can cancel the order or refuse to pay for it, but he will not receive his coins back.
The cost of a pre-order product can be made even more ridiculous by using the seller coupon and the coupon valid at the time of pre-order.
"Crazy coupons" are simply very good coupons from merchants that are hard to get. They work in the same way as any other seller coupons - only when ordering from the store that issued the coupon. The validity period of “crazy coupons” is limited to three days of the sale.
What's the catch here? - you ask. There are three “gotchas” here. Firstly, there are very few coupons issued by the store in one round (50 or 100 for the entire galaxy). Secondly, they are distributed once or twice a day, sometimes at very inconvenient times (check the schedule!). Thirdly, the assortment of most stores that distribute such coupons consists of mainly expensive goods, the price of which is significantly higher than 5 dollars.
Games
Game "Shoot the discounts"
The game “Shoot the Discounts”, unlike others, is an absolute debutant. All other games have appeared at least once in previous sales.
To start the game “Shoot Discounts”, you should open the “Game Country” page, select any of the stores and click on this banner on the store page:
During the day, three rounds are available to the player in each store, with the first round given free of charge, and the other two will have to be paid for in coins - 10 per round.
The prizes in the game “Shoot Discounts” are coins and AliExpress coupons, seller coupons, as well as special coupons - they are mixed at the start of a new round and “hidden” in multi-colored bubbles, which you need to hit with a harpoon from a cannon. For each attempt, two harpoons are allocated. The shot is fired by pressing the “Fire” button.
Game "Catch Coupons"
The game “Catch Coupons” is a special game; you cannot start it yourself whenever you want. The game starts in the first five minutes of the hour four times a day: 02:00, 08:00, 14:00 and 20:00 (Moscow time); the application must be running. A warning banner with a countdown timer appears a couple of minutes before the start of the game - and it’s important not to yawn!
When the timer reaches zero, the game starts automatically. The player is required not to miss the appearance of a figure holding a red coupon with a golden diamond-spark, and to tap on it in time. In addition to this figure, others will appear on the playing field. You can also tap on them; you won’t be fined for it, but you won’t get any prizes either.
Oh yes, about prizes! The prize in the game “Catch Coupons” is an AliExpress coupon worth $5 with a minimum order value of $25. With its help you can get a discount of up to 20%, which is very profitable.
Game "Awesome Dresses"
Task for March 23 - enable notification of transactions
Click on the "Quick Deals" banner in the " Profitable offer" on the main page of the mobile application, then go to one of the "Future" tabs and click on the inscription "Remind" in the lower right corner of the block of the offer you like. That's it, task completed!
Task for March 24 - create a selection
Click on the “Select Bloggers” button, select a topic to create your selection and click on the “Publish” button in the page header. On the selection creation page, indicate its short name, give an extended description, add a banner, hashtags and, of course, products - from past orders, a wish list, or in general any that you find on AliExpress. When everything is ready, click the checkmark on the right top corner pages - and your selection will be created, and the task of the day will be completed.
The generated “invitations” appear on the “Share a coupon with friends” tab in the “My coupons” section. At the bottom of the invitation, its current status is indicated (for example, “Your friend has not yet taken this coupon”).
Task for March 26 - exchange coins for a seller coupon
Click on the button Mobile bonuses", scroll the page down one screen, click on any seller coupon you like and confirm the exchange of coins for this coupon. Of course, you must have enough coins to complete the exchange.
Scroll down the main page of the application until this banner appears and click on it:
On the “AliExpress LIVE” live broadcast page that opens, select the desired language (Captain Obviousness suggests that it will be Russian), select any upcoming broadcast and click on the “+ Subscribe” button under the image.
Chronicle of the sale
Brief notes about the events related to the “We are 7 years old” sale on AliExpress are given in reverse chronological order, i.e. from new to old.
The “warm-up” week has started before the anniversary sale on AliExpress
We've waited! Bargain hunting week has officially begun. This is what it looks like now home page mobile AliExpress applications.
The “We are 7 years old” sale page on AliExpress has become available
The promotional page for the upcoming “We are 7 years old” sale has finally become available on the official AliExpress website. At the time of publication of this note, the sale page is still very limited in its functionality, but it already allows us to draw basic conclusions about what ways to save on purchases will be offered to customers.
On this moment On the page, in fact, only the bar of sale stages and the countdown timer until it starts work.
The updated AliExpress mobile application received a sale icon
In the catalog Google applications Play there has been an update to the AliExpress mobile application (version 5.2.4 dated March 15, 2017), which is accompanied by a change in the application icon. The bottom of the new icon features a design in the same style as the promotional page for the upcoming Anniversary Sale.
In the "What's new?" list the just released version has only one paragraph: “Get ready for the “We are 7 years old” sale.” The description of the version contains a little more detail (but less than we would like):
We're giving away $100 million in coupons! Choose the best offers and witness the premiere of new products at the “We are 7 years old” sale.
In fact, the update does not bring any new functions (except for changing the icon) and is optional.
A banner “Find out your history on AliExpress” has appeared in the AliExpress mobile application
For the first time, the name of the upcoming sale “We are 7 years old” appeared on the page of the AliExpress mobile application, opened by clicking on the “Find out your history on AliExpress” banner. The page shows the history and statistics of the user’s relationship with the trading platform: date of registration, date of first purchase, number of orders, total savings from coupons and discounts for the entire period and within past sales, as well as other educational information. All this data is accompanied by nice illustrations.
The “footer” of the page states the following.
Our 7th birthday is coming up soon and we would love for you to celebrate it with us. We have a lot of cool surprises and opportunities to buy your favorite things even cheaper.
The “Invite Friends” button allows you to send someone a link to this page, but you can only view it if you have the mobile app installed. It looks like AliExpress isn't stopping its efforts to make its mobile app the primary way to make purchases.
“Selfie Time” competition has started on AliExpress
Even before the start of the week-long competition that usually precedes sales, AliExpress announced the start of the “Selfie Time” competition (in the English version - “Show Us Your Selfie”), which will last from March 14 to 27. The corresponding banner appeared on the trading platform website and in the mobile application.
The prize fund consists of special coupons with a face value of $2 (a guaranteed prize, one for each participant) and 7 main prizes - coupons with a face value of $100, which will be received by the winners who get the most likes (another competition for extroverts and bots) for banners with their selfies. You can create such a banner only in the mobile application. Photographs of animals and foreign objects instead of your own face are not allowed.
Affiliate rewards for purchasing AliExpress gift certificates have been cancelled.
What happened was what was supposed to happen. In anticipation of a big sale, AliExpress has canceled the accrual of affiliate rewards for the purchase of gift certificates. This means that cashback services are now also unable to pay their users cashback for purchasing certificates, since AliExpress does not pay them anything for this.
Thus passed the era of double cashback, which allowed many active buyers to save a lot of money, and they will especially miss it during the upcoming sale.
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