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I think the secret sauce of Temu and Shien are the prices and delivery which has nothing to do with the app itself,just like AliExpress, you find super cheap st
by Mizoguchi 4y ago
I think the secret sauce of Temu and Shien are the prices and delivery which has nothing to do with the app itself,just like AliExpress, you find super cheap stuff with Walmart quality at best. For a broken teen obviously it would be appealing. But going as far as comparing a Chinese drop shipping e-commerce platform with an app as a front end to Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc in the context of technical innovation and "embroidery" is just plain ridiculous.
- WiSaGaN 4y agoIf you look at Didi or Meituan in ride-sharing apps, they are miles ahead to Uber in terms of usability and features, at least to 1.4 billion Chinese. This is not a rare event. Apps like Futubul that just feel much better than Robinhood. I am not event talking about Wechat.
- Mizoguchi 4y agoI bet they are great. I feel the same about Rappi compared to Uber Eats of Grubhub in South America after spending a few months there. They are trying to break into the US now I believe, but honestly I don't think Americans will care even when it's a much better app overall. It's hard to make people change once they are invested in one platform, unless you are offering them much better value for money or something completely new and revolutionary like TikTok, but just a better UX won't do it. We will see.