Ordering things on Aliexpress as a "normal" customer is not a great shopping experience because: - there are thousands of sellers selling the same thing and fi

Ordering things on Aliexpress as a "normal" customer is not a great shopping experience because: - there are thousands of sellers selling the same thing and finding the one that isn't a scam is difficult -- not difficult as in, flying to Mars, but harder than ordering from Amazon FBA (although AMZ is getting worse by the minute in this regard) - shipping times are VERY long (3 to 5 weeks) unless you're willing to double the purchase price for express shipping (which will still take around a week) Therefore, there is opportunity for arbitrage where you order lots of gadgets and then sell them in your local market with very good shipping times (and less choice between competing, identical offers).