What is pls on aliexpress. What is “piece” in product descriptions on Aliexpress

The word “piece” often appears in product descriptions on AliExpress. What does piece mean on AliExpress, and how does this indicator affect the order itself? In this article we will tell you how to understand the classification of goods on AliExpress and the designations “piece”, “lot”, “set”.

Classification of product quantities on Aliexpress

In fact, the English word “piece” (“pcs”) in this case means the same as our definition when sorting an order - “piece”. 1 piece on the AliExpress website, therefore, means that there is one such product in the purchase lot. Particular attention should be paid to these types of markings if you are purchasing an item that is usually sold in bulk. For example, cosmetics or hygiene products. At first you may be misled by the high price of the products, but it turns out that you are paying for several units of things at once, and the price for each individual product becomes much lower than if you bought it separately.

In addition to “pcs”, the designations “lot” and “set” very often appear on AliExpress. “Lot” (set) in the description means that this order can consist of one or two or more items. In turn, “set” is the name of the product that is sold together with another item. Thus, a lot always consists of 1 or several pieces, which, in turn, can be combined into a set with another type of item. In order for you to understand all the nuances of this distribution, we will tell you how this principle works in practice.

How to regulate the number of items in an order?

Let's give an example of how to indicate the required number of products, using mascara for eyeliner as an example. The lot in this case is represented by one unit of product - but it consists of 4 pieces - 4 pcs, as indicated on the website. Below, under the name, there is a “quantity” button, designed to select the number of items you are going to purchase. The “+” and “-” indicators allow you to determine exactly how many products you are ordering. In this case, each position will mean the purchase of the entire lot of 4 order units. Often sellers indicate separately the cost of the entire set, and 1 pc. separately. However, you will still pay for the entire lot. If you need to buy one item, contact the seller directly to avoid possible problems.

Lots and sets

Often multiple items are included in one purchase. For example, when purchasing the set below ( computer mouse and keyboard) you pay for both orders at once. The seller did not use the description “pcs” of the goods in the description, since the set consists of two units - a mouse and a keyboard. It would be a different matter if the keyboard were sold separately.

If you buy two units of this set, you will receive, respectively, two keyboards and two mice. Sellers do not use the term “pieces” if there are more than two items in the purchase.

The number of pieces (pcs) is indicated when selling a single set of goods. Usually, in order not to confuse you, the photo of the item and the description indicate the number of items in the set. So, instead of one carcass, all four will be depicted at the same time.

Always pay attention to the quantity indicators in the description so as not to overpay once again for this or that item that you may not need.

Imagine a huge street market. You understand perfectly well that among all the sellers in this market there are people who somehow quietly deceive buyers, cheat, under-deliver goods, and so on. The situation is the same with the Aliexpress trading platform. Of course, the customer protection system allows the buyer to have peace of mind for his money, because to some extent the administration of the site always acts on the buyer’s side. However, there are cunning sellers here who sometimes manage to deceive even an experienced client who has made purchases on Aliexpress more than once. This article is dedicated to the most interesting customer deceptions.

In fact, there are many ways to scam clients, but I will tell you the most “competent” methods of divorce:

1. Some sellers may write to you by email or chat and offer you a different method of paying for the goods, that is, a method that does not affect the customer protection system of the trading platform. The seller may offer you payment to his bank card, PayPal account, and so on. In some cases, the seller writes to his client after he has paid for the goods through Aliexpress. The seller asks to cancel the order and offers to pay for the goods directly. Naturally, if you agree to such a deal, then in 99% you will be left without your Money, and without the goods you paid for.

1. In some cases, sellers try to deceive their customers after they have already allegedly shipped the goods. The seller writes to his client that he needs to pay an additional amount of money, since the parcel is “stuck” at customs, and in order for it to go to Russia, taxes must be paid. Under no circumstances agree to pay extra, no matter what weighty arguments the seller tells you. Purchasing goods on Aliexpress is limited to one transaction. After you have paid for the item on trading platform, you do not need to carry out any monetary transactions. And the fact that some problems arose at customs, or taxes need to be paid, is already the seller’s problem. And if he tries to blame these problems on you, open a dispute, and you will definitely remain right.

Here is a letter from a seller who decided to deceive his client in this way. The client, in turn, purchased the product for $85, but for some reason the seller began to assure that the problem could not be solved without additional payment. Moreover, he assures us quite convincingly:

my friend
thank you for your order to yojia,
1.we will declare invoice:1pc digital meter,USD33.5.is it ok?
2.pls confirm will you pay tax if it is necessary?
3.pls confirm will you take risk from customs
goods will send out within 2days
waiting for your reply
best regards
Chris

1. Now I will tell you about the most effective way deception that many fall for. The buyer sees the product at an attractive price, and delivery by courier postal service is also free - why not buy it? The buyer checks out the goods, and then suddenly he receives a message from the seller saying that he accidentally mixed things up, got caught up in business and sent your goods by regular mail. But he wildly apologizes and offers a compromise. The essence of the compromise is that the buyer confirms the arrival of the goods (at the seller’s request), then opens a dispute and writes that the seller sent the order by the wrong postal service, so the buyer wants to return the money. The seller returns about thirty percent of the cost of the goods to the buyer, and the dispute is closed.

What's the end result? The seller did not send any goods. He simply made money from you, and gave you a small percentage of your own money. Do you think you can open a dispute again and punish the seller? Unfortunately, a dispute per order can only be opened once. So, as a result, the buyer does not receive his goods, and also gives the money into the hands of the fraudster. The scheme is quite well thought out and complex, so it’s easy to deceive a naive buyer with it, and there’s nothing he can do about it.

Here is a letter of this nature:

The shipping agency told us that the order has been processed and sent out for you. And you can trace it in a few days due to China customs are very busy during the last quarter of every year.(The system notices there are very bad logistic jams caused by seasonal rush, all information will be delayed by ten days or more. sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.)
Important information you should know, many shipments, especially the Trade Marked Items have got detained by China Customs these days according to latest Customs report data, so this parcel has to be shipped by post instead of dhl to avoid any detainment by Customs. Meanwhile it will cause slow delivery for this shipment, approximately the order will come to you in 3 or 4 weeks later, we will partially refund you for the shipping fee balance for the slow delivery.
Now you can open a dispute and ask for the shipping charge balance, fill in the amount to 55 as the reimbursement for the slow delivery, (you can find a dispute button and click it to open a dispute now, or may be in a few days later if you can't find this button now.)We will accept it then you can get the money back immediately.
Thanks for your understanding and sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please feel free to let me know if you have question.
Best regards.

Then another letter:

For the shipping charge balance refund of 55 usd, please find the dispute button of this order on your page, find it and click it, then you might have two questions to answer.
The first one is: Did you receive you goods? (Choose YES,if you choose NO,then the system stops you to continue)
The second one is: what is your solution? then you just need to fill in: refund the shipping charge balance caused by different slow delivery method.
please feel free to let me know if there is anything else i can do for you.

1. This method, again, associated with the postal service. The seller indicates the EMS postal service as delivery, as well as the delivery time - a little more than a week. After you have completed and paid for your purchase, the seller writes to you, saying that he mixed up the order and sent it through another service, which will deliver the purchase in about a month. Or maybe not write anything at all, hoping that the buyer will simply forget about the short delivery time. The essence of the scam is that after 10 days pass and the client does not react in any way to the lack of goods, the transaction will close on its own. And if the deal is closed, then the money goes to the merchant. And no one can return our money, because the buyer had to react to the deception in advance and open a dispute.

1. The method is banal, but users still fell for it. So, the client transferred money for the purchase, then the merchant contacts him about the fact that now discounts apply to the products purchased by the buyer, or he says that he sent the goods with some defects, so he would like to return compensation to the buyer’s bank card in advance. But the seller requires not only the card number, but also the CVV code from it. And if he has this code, then he will have the opportunity to withdraw money from your card.

In some cases, the seller’s store may be “closed” by representatives of the trading platform for some reason, after which he may begin to write to the buyer regarding the return of funds for the purchase. And, again, it requires not only the card number, but also all other data. But as soon as he has them, the seller will disappear from the site.

Here is a letter that presents a similar method of deceiving customers:

Hello, friends, because we store freeze, we need refund your money, please send your credit card number, we wait for the refund to you, thank you.
In order to accurately refund your money, please send the correct credit card
(Credit Card Type:
(credit card number:
(Cardholder Name:
(Expiration Date:
(Security Code:
send it to us, we will refund to your credit card within one day!

It will be enough for the fraudster to have your valid card data for about 10 minutes to completely empty them. And in 5-10 minutes, not everyone will be able to react and block the card, and some will not even realize that they have been scammed.

1. If you purchased a product for $5-10, then do not be surprised that for some reason you cannot track your parcel using the track number. It’s simply not profitable for sellers to pay extra for a track number when they buy a cheap product, because they don’t earn much from such sales, so they try to save money somehow. In this case, no one is cheating on you, and there is no reason to panic.

A more advanced scam related to the track number is what you purchased, for example. Expensive equipment. Afterwards the seller sent you a track and a website where you can see it. You are constantly tracking your parcel, and it seems like there is very little left before it arrives, but you see that the deal is coming to an end, and if you don’t do anything, it will close, but at the same time, you don’t want to open a dispute, because judging by the site , where you tracked the parcel, in a couple of days it will be with you. Accordingly, the transaction is closed automatically, and you are still waiting for the money to arrive.

What is the deception? The seller gives you a fake website and tracking number. You see that the package is “coming” to you and you calm down, but in reality no package even exists.

1. This method is one of the stupidest and not the smartest people are capable of falling for it either. As soon as the buyer confirms the arrival of the goods, the seller immediately contacts him and says that no money has been received, so he asks to transfer money outside the trading platform.

It would seem, who would even fall for this? After all, the system automatically transfers funds to the merchant after the buyer confirms the arrival of the goods, but still there are such stupid buyers who believe everything..

1. You should not completely believe the photo and description of the product you are going to buy. Read reviews about the seller, his rating. Otherwise, it may be that you receive either a defective product, or a fake (for example, a mobile phone), or a product that does not correspond to what you saw in the photo. Cooperate only with trusted sellers with a good reputation.

1. Some undersellers have a way by which they manage to sell their goods for three to four times more than they cost. You see that the seller supposedly says in the product description that if a client buys a product for a large sum of money, he receives a coupon for a good discount, say 30-40%. Or maybe the seller can simply write to the person who has already purchased the product from him, telling him about the 50% discount coupon in the event that a person makes another purchase for $300. A naive buyer quickly completes the purchase, because such discounts are not available every day, but immediately after the buyer pays for the goods, suddenly the seller writes that the coupons have run out, or the promotion is no longer valid. Maybe the seller will give you a discount, say, 10%, but you wouldn’t buy a product for a large sum of money if there was such a small discount. This doesn’t seem to be much of a scam, but it’s still a direct deception of the buyer.

1. Often sellers are worried about their reputation, but at the same time they are looking for a variety of ways in order not to be left without a reputation and to cheat a person. Let’s say a person bought a product, but it turned out to be defective and does not at all correspond to what the seller was selling. Naturally, the buyer begins to demand from the seller a return of either the full amount of money, or at least part. And then the seller begins to “rub in” with the client that it is better for the buyer to close the dispute, and after the dispute is closed, the seller will supposedly return the money to a bank card or PayPal account, and even with interest, if the buyer decides to correct the bad review with a positive one. In general, he is trying in every possible way to “get away with it,” but at the same time, he is trying to screw over his client. Resolve all issues strictly in a dispute. And until you receive compensation, do not make any compromises.

If the dispute is closed, then you can safely forget about your money. You will not be able to start the proceedings again. And if you change the review, then you will no longer have the opportunity to edit it. The Chinese may promise the buyer huge compensation, but these promises will end after the client closes the dispute.

In the case where the seller is ready to refund your money via PayPal before you complete the dispute, then you also need to be very careful. Make sure that the Chinese simply transferred funds to you - if this is really the case, then feel free to get rid of the dispute and not worry about anything. But when in the details of the money transfer you see some non-existent service that the seller allegedly paid for you, then you may again fall for the trick of the “smart” Chinese. Because he decides to write then open a dispute in the payment system. And the administration of the payment system will not particularly understand who is right and who is wrong. The system will simply send the funds back to the Chinese, and we will lose the “refund”, and even the dispute on the trading platform will be closed, so we will not be able to return anything. In general, it is better not to be persuaded by the merchant for money because the site administration is against corrupt reviews and “secret cooperation” of Aliexpress users (this is stated in their rules: http://help.aliexpress.com/feedback_policy_report_feedback_abuse.html).

1. In the case when you see how the seller is trying to get rid of the dispute, then you don’t need to listen to him. Resolve all issues exclusively through dispute. If the dispute is closed, and you try to find a way out of an unsuccessful situation for you, already in a chat with the seller, or by correspondence by e-mail, then the administration of the trading platform will not be able to help you in any way. If you see that the seller does not want to return our funds, but is constantly trying to offer you some favorable conditions that in no way relate to Aliexpress, then you should escalate the dispute (involve the administration of the trading platform). In this case, the administration will most likely resolve the dispute in your favor. Because if the seller really sent you a bad product, or didn’t send it at all, and then tried in every possible way to lure you into closing the dispute, then the administration will quickly close his store, and you will receive monetary compensation. This method of fraud is related to the tenth, but here we are not even talking about the transfer of funds by the seller to PayPal. The seller simply promises you something, but does nothing.

1. Often buyers blame sellers even when they are not at fault. Let's say a person purchased mobile phone, and then discovered that it was not new, but refurbished. And then, of course, as a decent buyer, a person decides to sort it out through a dispute. But do you know what's ironic? The seller indicated a point in which it was written that the product was not new. In most cases, if the product is repaired, or simply used, the description of the product, or even its name, will contain the word “refubished”, there may also be a slightly different word - “refurbished”, but there is essentially no difference. If you see that, for example, one of the latest expensive smartphone models is being sold, and you notice that the smartphone costs 10 times less than its market value, then you must understand that the product you are selling is clearly not new. Of course, everything is very cheap on the trading platform, but there is also a limit to cheapness. No one will sell you cool products for pennies, not even Chinese sellers.

1. Sellers often lure buyers to them through incredibly low prices. Well, you understand that there is a catch here, right? The fact is that the seller sells the smartphone for ten bucks. And when you go to checkout, you notice that shipping costs a hundred dollars. Although the red price of the phone is thirty dollars. And if the buyer does not notice and pays for the purchase with the card, then it is unlikely that anything can be returned. After all, formally you knew about all the terms of the transaction, agreed to them, and paid for the goods. Inattention is the enemy of many trading platform buyers.

Sellers are taking advantage of time. And now I will explain why. The seller sets the promotion for 12 hours, and then the buyer comes in, and there are only two hours left before the end of the promotion. Naturally, he tries to place the order faster so as not to miss such a freebie. He places an order, is happy, and then notices that not $10, as it should have been, but $110 was debited from his bank card. You see, shipping cost a hundred dollars.

1. This method also cannot be considered the most thoughtful and “clear”, but still sellers count on the fact that a stupid and naive buyer will fall for it. Speaking in simple language, here the buyer may not notice the fraud as such, although he will still be deceived. Why is this so? Let me start with the fact that this is how traders try to make money for themselves. positive reviews And good rating. But with an excellent rating, a seller has much more clients than a person who has just opened his online store and is trying to sell something. So what is the deception? When a buyer makes a purchase because the price of the product he is interested in is incredibly low, he pays for it and waits for the package, then in fact nothing will come to him. Because the seller unexpectedly writes, saying that the product is out of stock, or he discovered a defect, so he cannot send you such a parcel, and then he himself offers to return the money and returns it. Then the question arises: how was the buyer deceived? It’s very simple, after the merchant returns the bucks, he asks to leave a review. Like, I went to the meeting, quickly returned the money, immediately warned the buyer that he would not receive the package, didn’t I earn a review for my honesty? The buyer decides to leave a review, thereby increasing the merchant’s rating, without even thinking that he was simply deceived.

By the way, today one cannot be sure that if a person a large number of reviews and an excellent rating, then he will not cheat you. And all because there are Chinese services where people receive small money for leaving reviews about merchants. Accordingly, any seller can simply buy their reputation for little money.

How to avoid becoming a victim of fraud by Aliexpress sellers

I'll give you some useful tips about this:

1. Carefully monitor the counter, which displays the remaining time until the deal is closed. And if there is very little time left, and you have not yet received the goods, feel free! You will not lose anything if a dispute is opened and you receive the goods, but you will be sure that in case of fraud you will be able to get your money back!

1. Do not send any bank card information to sellers, no matter how reliable they may seem, no matter how much they try to persuade you. Believe me, an honest trader will not engage in such nonsense.

1. We opened a dispute, and then the merchant began to write to us, saying, “Close the dispute, and immediately after that I will return the money twice as much.” Naturally, he will not return anything to you. Until you get your money back, don’t even think about making a compromise with the seller, no matter what he promises you.

1. Look at reviews and ratings too, but don't rely on these factors completely.

1. If you have paid for the goods, then the rest of the transaction remains with the seller. You don’t need to transfer any additional funds to him, no matter how much he asks you.

I can highly recommend you useful utility, which will help us distinguish a scammer from an honest seller. It's called a plugin. What is the essence of the utility? In it we can see information about a particular seller. Find out how long ago he opened his store, what reviews customers leave about him, whether there were any complaints against this person, whether he is deceiving customers by describing the product not at all as it really is. Read more about the plugin in our.

Also pay attention to whether the seller responds quickly. This information will be displayed as a percentage. Believe me, any responsible merchant who is a sociable and honest person quickly responds to his customers because he is worried about sales. And if a person appears on the site once every two days, and even cannot really answer his client’s questions, then think about whether it’s worth working with him, because he might treat our order with the same frivolity?

Modern technologies have made great strides forward. Now, in order to make a purchase, you can simply use the Internet. The World Wide Web already has its own “marketing giants,” and online shopping enthusiasts are well acquainted with the rules and nuances of this procedure.

Such people have probably heard about the existence of one of the largest online stores in the world - Aliexpress. Incredibly low prices, many promotions and an amazing assortment - this is how the site has earned the attention of millions of customers. Increasingly, users are asking the question: Paypal account - what is it on Aliexpress? This is what we have to deal with in this publication.

What is a Paypal account?

Customers of online stores around the world are aware of the various payment methods for goods. For the countries of the post-Soviet space, it has become an excellent resource payment system Webmoney. But Paypal appears most often on the world stage. Using this online system, you can easily pay for purchases or receive/send funds.

Why not pay by card directly? Firstly, Paypal is good for paying in foreign stores, where with regular by bank card difficulties may arise. It’s not even worth talking about such advantages as the speed and ease of the procedure, it goes without saying. But the main “trump card” is the safety of your funds. You don’t always want to give your card details to every store in a row and expose yourself to financial danger. This system will protect you from this.

What else I would like to say: Paypal does not use any internal currency, as often happens with other well-known payment systems. Therefore, you see your money as it is. The Paypal registration procedure is quite simple and will not take you more than 5 minutes. One of the nuances is that when linking a card, there must be at least a few dollars on it, otherwise the system may refuse you to carry out this procedure.

Paypal and Aliexpress

Paypal is an independent payment system. It has its own rules, personal arbitration, a protected area for transactions and unique accounts. The policy of the system simply did not allow the Aliexpress website to fulfill its duties in regulating transactions between the seller and the buyer.

Therefore, Aliexpress refused to cooperate with this resource a long time ago. Therefore, questions like “how to find out a Paypal account on Aliexpress?” no longer cause much interest and are quite rare. These two systems work on their own and have virtually no points of contact. The only exception is refunds from Aliexpress to Paypal. How does this usually happen?

Sellers on Aliexpress and refunds on Paypal

Anyone who is familiar with the policy of the Aliexpress online store knows about buyer protection. Let's say you made an order and paid for it. From the moment the seller dispatches your item, purchase protection time begins. During this entire time, you can open a dispute with the seller. As a rule, this happens in several cases: the product arrived, but it does not correspond to the description or photographs, it is old or did not arrive at all.

The first may include the presence of a defect or malfunction. In these cases, the seller undertakes to refund you part of the money for the product or return the money in full. This is established by the site rules. If they are not followed, the seller may lose his job or, at a minimum, lose his reputation.

Cunning and deceitful sellers have come up with a loophole for themselves - they promise to return your money to your Paypal account in a dispute. What does it mean for Aliexpress to agree to such a deal? In most cases, you will simply lose money and lose the goods. Why shouldn't you agree to such an adventure?

on Aliexpress?

Having opened a dispute, you may well see requests from the seller to close it. has a bad effect on his reputation or the store may be closed. In return, he offers you to return the money to your Paypal account. What is it on Aliexpress? There are many good reasons to refuse the seller such a request.

First, please note that not all residents of the CIS countries can receive direct transfers. This feature is only available to residents of Russia. So, if you are residents of Belarus, Ukraine or, for example, Kazakhstan, it is physically impossible to return your money to Paypal. But despite this, self-confident sellers will guarantee you payment. Inexperienced buyers even deliberately create Accounts to Paypal, confident that they will receive their money.

Secondly, any thinking person will immediately understand that there is something unclean in this venture. After all, Aliexpress's policy establishes certain rules and its own refund system. And if you are offered to bypass such a scheme, there is a priori a catch. The seller's goal in this case is not to pay you the funds and force you to close the dispute.

If the protection time has not yet expired, the dispute can be opened several times. But if this time has already come to an end (by the way, it can also be increased by writing to the seller about it) and you close the dispute - wait for response silence. Of course, an honest seller (of which few) can return your funds to Paypal, but this will depend on his personal desire. No one and nothing obliges him to return your money, because the dispute is closed and the protection has expired. The seller got his way.

Refund when protection time has not expired

If the protection has not yet expired, the seller understands that nothing prevents the buyer from closing the dispute once from opening it again if he does not receive his money on Paypal. In this option, none of the sellers will take risks, because in this way he can pay double the price of the goods: one to you on Paypal, and the other through the protection program.

Let's explain in more detail. Let's say there is still protection time, but the seller in good faith refunded the cost of the goods on Paypal, and you closed the dispute. Next, you open a dispute again and Aliexpress itself obliges the seller to return the funds to you. As a result, you can receive the product for free and also receive a cash bonus in the amount of another value. What seller would do this? The answer suggests itself, and therefore there is no reason to believe in a miraculous return to Paypal.

Transfer and payment via Paypal

Let's figure out what a transfer and payment to a Paypal account is. What is this on Aliexpress and how does it relate to refunds? The fact is that on Paypal a transfer and a payment are two completely different things.

There is probably no need to explain to anyone what a simple translation is. But the payment is carried out as a payment for a specific product or service, and to regulate these issues, Paypal has its own buyer protection. That is, if money was sent to you as payment, but you are the seller.

How sellers from Aliexpress use this: they promise to return your money to Paypal, return it as payment, you see the money in your account, rejoice at the fairness of the transaction, and close the dispute. After 40 days, the Paypal protection program obliges you to return the money you received as payment if the buyer opens a dispute (remember that in this case the seller is you, and the Aliexpress seller is the buyer).

Thus, the money is returned to the seller, and you are left with nothing. So if you agree to payment via Paypal, be careful that it is a transfer. If you see a payment received, feel free to reject it and continue the usual dispute on Aliexpress.

In what case can you agree to pay via Paypal?

Is it still possible to agree to payment via Aliexpress? Despite all the prejudices and the fact that most sellers on Ali are still not conscientious, you can still find honest people.

Such sellers may offer you to send money to Paypal even after the protection period has expired and the dispute has been closed. Only in this option can you agree to the payment of funds to your Paypal account. What is this on Aliexpress? This is the concern of sellers who value their reputation and treat each of their clients with care.

This is the only way you don’t risk anything, because this is your last chance to receive any funds from the seller at all. But, as you understand, such cases are really few and far between, and meeting an honest and sympathetic person is very rare.

In conclusion

We hope that we have given a comprehensive answer to the question about a Paypal account and what it is. Aliexpress always takes care of its customers, and try not to fall for the tricks of scammers.

contain slightly unclear symbols. One of these is the word “piece”. What does this mean and does this indicator affect the order itself? Let's find out.

What is a “piece” on Aliexpress?

In fact, "piece" or "pcs" on Aliexpress, indicates the number of pieces of the purchased product. It turns out that "1 piece", means one unit of goods. Pay special attention to these lots if you see that they are sold in wholesale quantities. For example, let's take cosmetics. You may be surprised at first high price for the product, but it turns out that it is sold not one at a time, but several at a time. Then everything will immediately fall into place. Accordingly, if you buy a product one at a time, the price will be significantly lower.

Except the word "pcs" You can often see two more designations - "lot" And "set".

• Lot is a set consisting of two or more things. However, they are all the same.
• Set means the sale of two or more, but different goods.

In simpler terms, when buying a set of 5 panties, it will be a lot. But purchasing a set of cosmetics from different items is already a set. But let's take a closer look anyway.

How to set the number of items in an order?

Let's discuss with you how to indicate the required number of items to order. Aliexpress. Let's take mascara as an example. In this case, this is a lot and it is represented by four products at once. That is, when ordering one unit of product, you will immediately receive 4 mascaras.

Just below, under the product name you can find a button "quantity", which is designed to select the number of products to purchase. Use “+” and “-” to determine how many products you want to order. Be sure to note that each added piece will mean 4 units of carcass.

It also happens that sellers write separately the cost of the set and each piece separately. But you will have to pay for the entire lot. If you want to order only one mascara, then contact the seller and ask him if he will sell it to you. If not, then better look for another seller.

How to distinguish between lots and sets on Aliexpress?

Often in one product per Aliexpress different things are included. For example, if you decide to purchase a mouse and keyboard, then payment will be made for both items at once. The seller cannot use the word in the description "pcs", because the lot has two different things. If they were sold separately, then the word would apply to them "piece".

If you select two items from the set, you will receive two keyboards and two mice, respectively. Sellers generally do not use the word "pieces" if the purchase involves more than two different items.

Seth - keyboard and mouse

Word "piece" sellers on Aliexpress They are used only when one unit of a product is sold. If you doubt that the product is sold in a single copy, then study the photo. If a seller sells several identical items at once, he posts them in one photo. Again, let's take the example of mascara. Since it is sold in quantities of 4 pieces, then the photo will show several things at once.

Be sure to read the product description. It must indicate how many items are sold at one time. This will allow you not to overpay for unnecessary goods.

Video: The best instructions for Aliexpress. How to buy on Aliexpress?

If you translate the word "piece" into Russian, it will work "thing". It turns out that this word means a unit of goods. Some sellers use the abbreviation "pcs", which means "PC.".

There is also such a concept as "Lot"- this indicates the product presented. Moreover, he may not necessarily be alone. One lot may contain several identical items.

And here "Set" already indicates a set of several different products in one lot.

Let's look at these concepts with specific examples.

For example, this lip liner contains 4 identical eyeliners in one lot - 4 pieces:

Eyeliner on Aliexpress

Sometimes sellers write the price for one piece, so be careful. In our example, the price is indicated per unit of goods. But the amount indicated in orange will be debited from your account.

If you don’t need the whole set, but only one eyeliner, then contact the seller and ask if you can purchase from him 1 piece out of four.

The following photo shows a computer mouse. Only the term is applicable here "piece", since the lot consists of only one item.

Mouse on Aliexpress

And the last example - set consisting of a mouse and keyboard. Term "piece" cannot be used in this situation, since two different goods are sold here in one lot. Therefore, if the term is used "things", buyers will simply get confused.

Accordingly, when you come across the word in the product description "2 pcs", which means that you will receive two identical things.

Therefore, always carefully look at the photos and read the description so as not to buy too much or, on the contrary, miss a couple of pieces.