I have used AliExpress for years, making the occasional purchase of goods that are not readily available in US. Stuff that might be found on Amzn or ebay, but more often found at a lower price on Aliexpress. In recent months when trying to purchase things (non-shaving items) it always fails with "Error Code: CSC_7200029". Looks like they can no longer process credit card transactions and they don't care to fix it. I tried using their smartphone app and received the same error.
Is there a good alternative ecommerce site for Chinese made items that one does not want to purchase from ebay or Amzn? I did a little searching and found that Shopee is not available in US. Taobao uses Chinese (no English) on its platform. I did find the item I was interested in on DHGate but the savings is not enough over Amzn to sign up on a new unknown-to-me platform.
Is there a good alternative ecommerce site for Chinese made items that one does not want to purchase from ebay or Amzn? I did a little searching and found that Shopee is not available in US. Taobao uses Chinese (no English) on its platform. I did find the item I was interested in on DHGate but the savings is not enough over Amzn to sign up on a new unknown-to-me platform.