Anyone Try OneNow?
Posted by SpikeJul 29
Just found out about this place via a comment on Facebook. OneNow.
The deal seems to be – they give you a US shipping address. So you can shop from US online shops and that means if the product is only shipped to the US, you can get it; if the web site has free shipping in the US, you get that. The orders are shipped to your address at OneNow, consolidated if multiple orders, then shipped to you via DHL. (Sorry CatCat!) If you have to have a US credit card for payment and you don’t have one, they have a payment service called PayForMe.
I think the deal is you shop using them as a gateway, so they get a percentage of your sales (like Amazon Partner). Yes, that’s how it works.
About the only drawback I can figure is that normally I’m quite okay to use Amazon’s standard shipping rates to HK and if I have to use DHL each time, even discounted (as they claim), that could bump up the shipping charges. Though actually their prices look quite okay – standard delivery (5-8 days) US$23 “base charge” plus US$4.5 per kilo.
But there’s lots of stuff sold online that only ships to the US – electronics, Oakley sunglasses, drugs. Their “partner stores” include Amazon, Forever 21, Ralph Lauren, Nordstrom, drugstore.com, Target, Zappos (just bought by Amazon), Urban Outfitters. But they say you can shop at any US web site.
Anyone out there use these guys?
And how come I never heard about them till now?
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