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If you’re into Asian fashion and online shopper, I’m pretty certain you’ve heard of Yesstyle already. It’s one of the well known shopping sites for Asian fashion and Asian brands and they cater to international shoppers. If you’re into uniquely Asian fashion or you have a loved one who is, then this is one site to check out for gift ideas for Christmas.

Yesstyle carry a lot of trendy Asian brands. I personally find Yesstyle products to be of a lot better quality than wholesale site and that alone is worth checking them out. Prices are also very competitive considering that they are Asian designer brands. They also have worldwide delivery service, gift packaging and a responsive customer support.

And here’s just a glimpse of some of the brands Yesstyle carry:

Haven’t been posting much on my Asian Shopping category. Hmm, something I need to correct. Lol. Ironic coz recently I’ve been shopping like mad from Asian online shops. It’s my current obsession and I’m afraid I ain’t gonna outgrow this shopping mania anytime soon. Bad news for the wallet. Lol.

I have tried a lot of China, Hong Kong and Singapore based sites and I had been itching to try out Korean and Japanese online shops but the problem is the lack of language facility. Most of their sites are in their languages so navigating it and even coming to understand a fifth of what they put on their pages is really beyond me. Until I discovered Rakuten and GMarket. For now, I’m featuring GMarket Global.

Gmarket is an online shopping portal owned by Ebay, so the mechanics are more or less similiar except all items here are on ‘Buy Now’ option. They don’t have auction. This is essentially a place for Korean vendors to sell their goodies at local prices. What is really great about it is that they have an English portal, for international buyers. This elicits a totally thrilled hooray from me. And best of all, Gmarket has loads and loads of goodies, really the selection is very very extensive I could imagine you can find hydraulic crimping tools if you look really hard. And the prices are very competitive particularly on Korean costmetics brands, shoes and apparel.

I also heart their events, coupons, stamps and other perks for buyers. The more you buy, the more discounts you get for future purchases. And they made shopping a lot more easier for international shoppers. They now offer consolidation services at their Gmarket warehouse. You can buy from various sellers, and they’ll combine your packages and ship it in one EMS box. Talk about convenience.

The site is a bit hard to navigate at first but I’m sure with the help of Gmarket Global tutorials you can easily get by..Just Google it! Lol.

I was hanging out in one of my favorite crafting network site – Etsy.com and I was searching for Asian themed paper products, party favors and birthday invitations. We have a family party coming up in a few months and were thinking of incorporating Asian elements to the theme. I’m really partial towards elegant Japanese scenes and designs so I ended up oohh ahhing over some really awesome crafts that are Japanese inspired.

I specially loved this Kanji Notecard Set by BadCandyStudios. I love the colors used and the idea that you can pick a notepad set with 8 words you picked in Kanji.

And its affordably priced too! I might just order a few sets and these would make excellent gifts too..

It’s been awhile since I last posted a featured Asian Online Shop. When it comes to fashion and style, I find myself more into Asian styles. They are quirky, soo ‘statement’, and since I’m Asian too, the sizes are just about right. Also, clothes from here are also inexpensive.  Last night I had been browsing for surfing clothes when I suddenly remembered a cool site I found some time ago.

The shop is called CarlvinoParis. I must admit I was first intrigued by the very Western sounding name, but this wholesale company specializing in Japanese and Korean apparel. Since they sell wholesale, they have a minimum 10 pieces per order per shipment. Items ships out from Guangzhou – China.

I looove their varied selection, and at their wholesale prices, its quite easy to fill in the minimum. Bags, shoes and if you are an plus size, they also have a good selection of plus sized clothes. This is quite hard to find among Asian shops so take note of this shop.

I’m sooo into online shopping. And while I used to think that online shopping is only widespread in US or in Europe, well, I’m happy to report now that there are a lot of online shopping sites from the Asian region or selling items primarily from Asia. Right now, I’m having a real fun time discovering these Asia-based online shopping sites and I’ll be featuring shops I find on a regular basis.

The great thing about shopping on these Asian based sites is that, we all know that a lot of products worldwide are sourced in China and other Asian countries. So there are times you get real good deals if you buy direct specially from wholesaler sites. Anyway, I’ve been looking for digital luggage scales to go with my luggage sets. We have a lot of traveling to do beginning July of this year, so I wanna buy stuff I need beforehand.

My search led me to LightintheBox.com. I used to buy from this site for some electronic gadgets and I didn’t realize that the site have expanded to carry a lot more items. This site have a really extensive inventory. Popular categories are Wedding and Events and a lot of people take advantage of their gowns at really low prices. Also noteworthy is their Electronics, Cellphones, and Car Tech categories, all with very affordable items.

They also accept Paypal payments so this is a big plus for me. I’m browsing their electronics products and I’m kinda deciding on to buy or not to buy an Android tablet.

Do visit the site and get a load of affordable, China sourced items.

I love to shop online, though in the past I’ve mostly been shopping in US-based online shopping sites. Then, I discovered Ebay Philippines and Ebay Singapore. But I’m not content with that. There are lots of shopping sites in Asia, just waiting to be discovered.

And I seriously feel that online shopping has great potential in this region especially since a lot of low priced products are sourced from here anyway. Say for example, last time I went online shopping for dresses and baby clothes from US online retailers and when I got my items half of it were made in China. Lol!

I know that online shopping is a big hit in countries like Korea and Japan, and now China and Singapore are gaining ground, Philippines is also starting to wake up to the possibilities of finding fab stuff online so I’m a bit hopeful. The problem though is geography and logistics. I also found lots of sites which offers items I really really like but I could barely navigate it because of the language barrier. I’m looking forward to these changing in the near future.

Anyway to satisfy the shopping crazy in me, I made it my mission to find online shops based here in Asia and share it here in this blog. And for my first feature, I picked emall.sg. . Why I picked this? It’s not actually a shopping site, its a directory, a portal for online shops based in Singapore. I love it because, you practically have a whole world of online shops listed there just waiting to be discovered. And a whole lot of them also ships internationally.

Of course, in due time I’ll be featuring shops I find there but for now, do visit the site and I’m pretty sure you’d enjoy looking for online shops carrying items you want.

I love these small shops not just because you can find totally great bargains and items, but also its mostly owned by small startups and enterprising individuals and also home based moms..

Also, please do watch out coz soon I’ll be adding a Links/Directory Page where you can find Online Shops based in Asia. Soon!

Curiosity! That’s the reason why I’m posting this. I’m a mad online shopper and one of the sites I can’t live without is eBay. But if you’ve been lurking and buying from eBay from sometime, you’ll soon realize that a big number of sellers there are from Asia, most notably China. These sellers are just everywhere and they are doing good business judging by the transactions they have. They sell everything from apparel, electronics, craft supplies even e-cigarettes! I think I won’t be exaggerating if I say, name it and they have it

So I’ve been thinking perhaps goodies from over here in Asia are priced more competitively and I was also wondering if there are really legitimate Asian shopping sites where its safe to shop online and at wholesale prices.

I’m particularly looking for Asian clothes since some of my nieces are really so into that funky Asian street wear, some like those Japanese gothic/Lolita style and as for me, I have developed a liking for those really feminine Korean tops and dresses. And a lot of bags and shoes are also nice.

It’s surprising really that upon searching online, there are literally hundreds if not thousands of Aisan shopping sites! But which ones are legit and quite frankly I’m scared to purchase without learning about others experiences but also I’m excited at the prospect of shopping Asian! Sites like lightinthebox.com, dhgate.com, zipia.net, yesstyle.com etc are just some of the places online I’ve just recently discovered and I’m keen to try them out.

Will be listing sites I discover soon and would be posting reviews also of each site I’ve tried to purchase from..