Hey guys welcome back.....Online US shopping ? Confused where to shop from? Don't worry i'll help you :)
I dunno where to start from cuz i have so much to tell you guys about my US Shopping and experience with the US websites.This is something which is very important when you are shopping ONLINE from India and you wanna order stuff from the various US websites cuz you dunno anything about their policies.I am saying this by my experience which i had while shopping and at first i was in a search for a post or any article online as to what we are suppose to do while shopping from India or any sort of knowledge about these websites so i don't face any problem while shopping and if i could find something like this ,it would have been really helpful but sadly i didn't find any.I just went in without any knowledge.
Today i am gonna share with you guys my shopping experience with few Us websites cuz i know it would be helpful for some of you guys who wants to shop online from india and dunno which website would be shopping friendly and which one would not .
I will go individually on each website in the same order i shopped from there so you can get the idea about all the websites.Would be Highlighting the website name with the color GREEN for yes, Red for no, Purple for may be.
1.Walmart-As you all know that walmart is a well known place for makeup lovers hence i was sure about there website walmart.com,so i went ahead with this one first.Walmart is a great place to shop for Maybelline,R.T,Hard candy, L'oreal, NYC, Flower, Covergirl, Rimmel, Revlon, Physicians Formula.You can get other brands like wet and wild and milani as well but with very limited stuff to choose from.You can't find Nyx there.The prices are very cheap compare to the other websites.The minimum shipping value to avail free shipping in the US keeps on fluctuating.The time i shopped from walmart it was $50 for free shipping in US and now at present it is $35 for free shipping.
I got two set of Real technique core collection and two of the starter set brushes for me and my sis from there,the first time i ordered and my amount reached almost $45 so i ended up buying one lipstick as well to make it $50 and to avail free shipping .
The prices are very pocket friendly on walmart.com and the shipping is also very quick. My order reached me in max 1 week or so.
I haven't had any issue with walmart.com.It went all smoothly without any hassle despite the fact that i was shopping from India with a Indian CC. So It is a green signal from my side to this website.
2.Elf Cosmetics- Omg this website broke my heart initially after placing the order.Who doesn't love Elf ? I am sure everyone does and so do i.When i saw that elf has come up with some new launches i just wanted to get my hands on them anyhow.I went ahead and after making my shopping list i just placed my order and then after few hours i received a mail from them saying that they have cancelled my order cuz they dun ship to Hotels and Guest houses.I was like WHAAAAT?
The best thing about the Elf's website is that they have live chat support.That means you can have a live one to one chat with the customer support team. After requesting and arguing with one of the C.C.E she firmly said we can't do anything we have such policy Ma'am and I am sorry but we are unable to do anything for you.You can shop from the NEW YORK ELF COSMETICS STORE.That's it and she ended from the live chat.
I was not happy about their policies and customer support cuz she wasn't at all interested in helping us out.
Then the second day we decided to chat with the customer care executive again asking if there is any chance of changing the address so that our order would not get cancelled and we can resume with our order cuz the money already got deducted once we placed the order.
The live chat facility starts in the evening according to the Indian time,the second day when i saw that live chat is open i contacted a C.C.E again and this one was very sweet and cooperative unlike the last one.She was listening to me and the matter very calmly.I said you don't ship to hotels and guest houses than people from outside America can't order your stuff cuz if you are not shipping at hotel that definitely means that only people from US can place the order on the website.Apparently people who are in US for vacations or some conference or any work purpose would stay in hotel they dun have a choice.Then they can't order from your website.What we are suppose to do ? You guys even dun ship to India.So she said Ma'am people order stuff with the shipping address of their hotels and guest houses and their order gets misplaced very easily and we dun want this to happen with our customers, so we are having this policy.She was somewhat right but at the same time it is unfair with people outside US. But then she said Ma'am let me consult to the managing team and i'll get back to you till then you please wait.
And she said i have talked to the managing team and for the sake of courtesy we are ready to ship your order.Finally i was feeling so relieved.
Everyone knows that elf is a great brand with great prices.You can get amazing deals there cuz elf is on sale almost all time around the year.I got few things for me and my sister from elf which costed us around $40 .The delivery was also very quick and and you get many options to avail free shipping,like mentioned below.
-Free shipping with No Minimum Purchase with first time email signup.
-Free shipping on Orders $25+, Code:SHIP25.
-Automatic Free Shipping on Orders $35+After Discount, No Code Needed!
Free or discounted shipping offers are based on $4.95 Standard US Shipping.
I am not sure about the fact that they have started shipping to Hotels or guest houses or not but if you are planning to order stuff from here and want to ship it to any hotel or so,definitely talk to the C.C.E before placing the order.
I am not sure that whether i should give a green signal or red but for the matter of the fact that they still follow that policy so if you are going to order your stuff at some hotel or guest house it is a red signal for you and if you are going to order stuff at your relatives place who is a US RESIDENT or living in a rented house then there is green signal for you.Totally depends on the place where you wanna ship.So its a may be for me..
3.Ulta Beauty-OMG this is one of the website i wouldn't recommend you guys because of the experience i had with this website,specifically for those who wants to shop online from india,or any other country.This is a website which is not at all shopping friendly for those who are not a US Resident,well i'll tell you why.This is the website i was most excited about and when i was shopping and ordering my stuff there was a sale going on at Ulta.com so i added the stuff i wanted to order in my cart ,but after trying two three times i ended up getting my card blocked then we read the shipping and delivery section and came to know that they dun accept international Credit cards,which i was'nt aware of.I was so annoyed with this policy of them,even i asked many youtubers who does US hauls very often on there respective channels but they were not aware of this fact either.My ulta.com experinced was very disappointing and it is definately a Red signal from my side.
4.Drugstore.com-Drugstore.com is agian a website on which you can trust.This website is little pricey comparatively to walmart.com,but this website has some of the brands which you can't get at walmart.com like Nyx and Milani,wet and wild.You can totally trust there delivery as they ship pretty quick.Definately a Green signal for this website.
5.Walmart- Lastly when i could not shop from ulta i had to buy some newly launched products and i chose walmart again and shopped again from them.Totally a trustworthy website.
Time for the exciting news Drum roll moment :D
The exciting news i was talking about and i wanted to share is that when i was talking to them,the C.C.E told me that eyeslipsface.com might start there international shipping to india by the end of 2015.Isn't it a great news for all the elf lovers:).One of my follower on instagram guessed it right. yaaaaaaaas dear they are coming to india according to the C.C.E ;)
So these were the websites and my experience with them.Hope this post would be helpful for you guys ...
Thanks for reading and much love :) xoxo
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I dunno where to start from cuz i have so much to tell you guys about my US Shopping and experience with the US websites.This is something which is very important when you are shopping ONLINE from India and you wanna order stuff from the various US websites cuz you dunno anything about their policies.I am saying this by my experience which i had while shopping and at first i was in a search for a post or any article online as to what we are suppose to do while shopping from India or any sort of knowledge about these websites so i don't face any problem while shopping and if i could find something like this ,it would have been really helpful but sadly i didn't find any.I just went in without any knowledge.
Today i am gonna share with you guys my shopping experience with few Us websites cuz i know it would be helpful for some of you guys who wants to shop online from india and dunno which website would be shopping friendly and which one would not .
I will go individually on each website in the same order i shopped from there so you can get the idea about all the websites.Would be Highlighting the website name with the color GREEN for yes, Red for no, Purple for may be.
1.Walmart-As you all know that walmart is a well known place for makeup lovers hence i was sure about there website walmart.com,so i went ahead with this one first.Walmart is a great place to shop for Maybelline,R.T,Hard candy, L'oreal, NYC, Flower, Covergirl, Rimmel, Revlon, Physicians Formula.You can get other brands like wet and wild and milani as well but with very limited stuff to choose from.You can't find Nyx there.The prices are very cheap compare to the other websites.The minimum shipping value to avail free shipping in the US keeps on fluctuating.The time i shopped from walmart it was $50 for free shipping in US and now at present it is $35 for free shipping.
I got two set of Real technique core collection and two of the starter set brushes for me and my sis from there,the first time i ordered and my amount reached almost $45 so i ended up buying one lipstick as well to make it $50 and to avail free shipping .
The prices are very pocket friendly on walmart.com and the shipping is also very quick. My order reached me in max 1 week or so.
I haven't had any issue with walmart.com.It went all smoothly without any hassle despite the fact that i was shopping from India with a Indian CC. So It is a green signal from my side to this website.
2.Elf Cosmetics- Omg this website broke my heart initially after placing the order.Who doesn't love Elf ? I am sure everyone does and so do i.When i saw that elf has come up with some new launches i just wanted to get my hands on them anyhow.I went ahead and after making my shopping list i just placed my order and then after few hours i received a mail from them saying that they have cancelled my order cuz they dun ship to Hotels and Guest houses.I was like WHAAAAT?
The best thing about the Elf's website is that they have live chat support.That means you can have a live one to one chat with the customer support team. After requesting and arguing with one of the C.C.E she firmly said we can't do anything we have such policy Ma'am and I am sorry but we are unable to do anything for you.You can shop from the NEW YORK ELF COSMETICS STORE.That's it and she ended from the live chat.
I was not happy about their policies and customer support cuz she wasn't at all interested in helping us out.
Then the second day we decided to chat with the customer care executive again asking if there is any chance of changing the address so that our order would not get cancelled and we can resume with our order cuz the money already got deducted once we placed the order.
The live chat facility starts in the evening according to the Indian time,the second day when i saw that live chat is open i contacted a C.C.E again and this one was very sweet and cooperative unlike the last one.She was listening to me and the matter very calmly.I said you don't ship to hotels and guest houses than people from outside America can't order your stuff cuz if you are not shipping at hotel that definitely means that only people from US can place the order on the website.Apparently people who are in US for vacations or some conference or any work purpose would stay in hotel they dun have a choice.Then they can't order from your website.What we are suppose to do ? You guys even dun ship to India.So she said Ma'am people order stuff with the shipping address of their hotels and guest houses and their order gets misplaced very easily and we dun want this to happen with our customers, so we are having this policy.She was somewhat right but at the same time it is unfair with people outside US. But then she said Ma'am let me consult to the managing team and i'll get back to you till then you please wait.
And she said i have talked to the managing team and for the sake of courtesy we are ready to ship your order.Finally i was feeling so relieved.
Everyone knows that elf is a great brand with great prices.You can get amazing deals there cuz elf is on sale almost all time around the year.I got few things for me and my sister from elf which costed us around $40 .The delivery was also very quick and and you get many options to avail free shipping,like mentioned below.
-Free shipping with No Minimum Purchase with first time email signup.
-Free shipping on Orders $25+, Code:SHIP25.
-Automatic Free Shipping on Orders $35+After Discount, No Code Needed!
Free or discounted shipping offers are based on $4.95 Standard US Shipping.
I am not sure about the fact that they have started shipping to Hotels or guest houses or not but if you are planning to order stuff from here and want to ship it to any hotel or so,definitely talk to the C.C.E before placing the order.
I am not sure that whether i should give a green signal or red but for the matter of the fact that they still follow that policy so if you are going to order your stuff at some hotel or guest house it is a red signal for you and if you are going to order stuff at your relatives place who is a US RESIDENT or living in a rented house then there is green signal for you.Totally depends on the place where you wanna ship.So its a may be for me..
3.Ulta Beauty-OMG this is one of the website i wouldn't recommend you guys because of the experience i had with this website,specifically for those who wants to shop online from india,or any other country.This is a website which is not at all shopping friendly for those who are not a US Resident,well i'll tell you why.This is the website i was most excited about and when i was shopping and ordering my stuff there was a sale going on at Ulta.com so i added the stuff i wanted to order in my cart ,but after trying two three times i ended up getting my card blocked then we read the shipping and delivery section and came to know that they dun accept international Credit cards,which i was'nt aware of.I was so annoyed with this policy of them,even i asked many youtubers who does US hauls very often on there respective channels but they were not aware of this fact either.My ulta.com experinced was very disappointing and it is definately a Red signal from my side.
4.Drugstore.com-Drugstore.com is agian a website on which you can trust.This website is little pricey comparatively to walmart.com,but this website has some of the brands which you can't get at walmart.com like Nyx and Milani,wet and wild.You can totally trust there delivery as they ship pretty quick.Definately a Green signal for this website.
5.Walmart- Lastly when i could not shop from ulta i had to buy some newly launched products and i chose walmart again and shopped again from them.Totally a trustworthy website.
Time for the exciting news Drum roll moment :D
The exciting news i was talking about and i wanted to share is that when i was talking to them,the C.C.E told me that eyeslipsface.com might start there international shipping to india by the end of 2015.Isn't it a great news for all the elf lovers:).One of my follower on instagram guessed it right. yaaaaaaaas dear they are coming to india according to the C.C.E ;)
So these were the websites and my experience with them.Hope this post would be helpful for you guys ...
Thanks for reading and much love :) xoxo
