Buying from aliexpress as an individual? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2016, 10:49:57 pm
content: Well, I made an alibaba account, and put none as the company name, but apparently that's a big no no, and I got my account suspended, and it said to contact support, but when I clicked on that link, it said it was unavailable because my account was suspended.Anyways, some time later I am looking at something on alibaba, try to register, and my email is taken, turns out they are the same, and to appeal for account reactivation I need a website, a bunch of certificates, a whole bunch of crap.How do individuals go about buying from these websites, I mean geeze, plenty of the listings have a minimum quantity of one, it's not like they are all orders of $1,000+, so how do I do this right when I try again with a different email?

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2016, 11:14:50 pm
content: Well I don't believe I needed a company name when I signed up since I don't have one on my profile with them. I just used my Junk mail yahoo email address as well.In other similar cases when I've needed to list a company name - I just used a fictitious name that I made up for use in those cases.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2016, 11:27:28 pm
content: Hmm, maybe it's a newer requirement.With them asking for certificates and documents it makes me wonder if they background check everything, even when you register.

author: onlooker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2016, 11:45:50 pm
content: I recently registered an aliexpress account and had similar trouble. It turns out I mistakenly opened a seller's account in which one can do both buy and sale and it requires several docs to activate.The support suggested me to just open a buyer account which did not ask for any docs other than an email address as the login and a credit card to pay any purchases. Though, any email address can only be used for one account and can't be reused even if the account is cancelled.

author: macboy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2016, 12:24:30 am
content: I am no authority on this but I thinkAlibaba != Aliexpress.AFAIK, the former is for business-to-business sales (wholesale to dealers, etc.), while the latter is for end consumers. Maybe that explains why you had trouble creating anAlibabaaccount

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 10:35:40 am
content: Quote from: macboy on February 08, 2016, 12:24:30 amIndeed. Go to Aliexpress, clickclick, emailpasswordname, enter. Buy.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2016, 03:37:21 pm
content: Aliexpress in title, Alibaba in post? Are you really confusing them?FWIW, I've been buying via aliexpress.com for a while, had no problems at all so far.

author: Chalcogenide
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2016, 04:33:24 pm
content: I have placed literaly hundreds of orders on Aliexpress, no problem whatsoever and I have never been asked to provide any company detail (I am a student). The last thing they want is to make placing orders cumbersome - the easier it is for you to order, the more likely they get your money.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2016, 04:34:16 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on February 12, 2016, 03:37:21 pmNo, I did say alibaba twice in the post by mistake, but just replace the later with aliexpress and it becomes clear. I made an account with alibaba, it got suspended, and then going onto aliexpress, and got a notification that my account was suspended, asking for forms, like i mentioned in the original post, so apparently their systems are linked.I was trying to find out if you need a registered buisness to buy from aliexpress, since they share registration databases.