TAobao Shopping app joins DHGATE in Top 5 on US App Store

The Chinese e -commerce market application DHGATE, It is now free iPhone number 2 in the United StatesIt is not the only one who benefits from it in a strange way from President Trump’s tariff for US imports from China. Another Chinese shopping application, TuboNow I also entered the best 5 as of Thursday.

American consumers have started to flow on these applications over the past few days in the aftermath Many Tiktok videos from Chinese manufacturers Explain the amount of luxury commodity market operating outside China. Videos claim that many products are among the best luxury brands – such as clothes, handbags, shoes and accessories – made in China. The elements are then shipped to the country’s original brand, such as Italy or France, where they are reinforced after the brand mark applied, according to these videos.

Then the creators in the United States and the Chinese from Tiktok referred to e -commerce applications such as DHGATE and Taobao as a way to buy directly from Chinese manufacturers, giving up the huge luxury brand brand.

Already beware of Increased prices on popular applications such as Shin and Timo, American consumers quickly started to download these alternatives.

In April, the total estimated downloads of Taobao reached about 185,000 – an increase of 514 % over the 30,000 you saw during the same period last month, according to new data from the App Intelligence provider Applications. As with DHGATE, Taobao downloads increased during the end of last week, with 5.7X installations between last Friday and Saturday.

On Saturday, Taobao entered the top of the total ranks in the iOS app (except for games) in No. 461. By Sunday, it was 188. By Thursday, it reached No. 5.

The change in the arrangement represents a growth in the application’s installation as well as its speed and other factors.

Taobao also grown from the 49th Shopping application on Saturday to become the number 2, Topping Walmart, Amazon, Shein and TEMU. (Chinese app also climbs the plans here, and now the 6 shopping application in the American App Store.)

It is worth noting that Appfigors says that Taobao was never at the best charts in the application store in the United States according to its data, which dates back to January 1, 2017.

While switching shopping applications will not already provide us with consumers from customs tariffs on Chinese imports, shoppers may believe that direct purchase of manufacturers may reduce the total cost of their purchase. For other consumers, it is simply a way to search for luxurious or deception goods at a better price.

Of course, the case of “Beware of Jupiter” is still on any of these markets, where quality can be hit or missed. Users are encouraged to read individual sellers’ reviews and display other buyers of elements before purchases.