Russians refuse to buy in online stores in the US and Europe

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Russians refuse to buy in overseas stores in the US and Europe. Due to the sharp fall in the purchase rate there became unprofitable, so the Russians switched to China. The conclusion is made according to the results of surveys of online stores and support services.

Marek Novotny from Shipito Forwarding Service acknowledged a sharp decline in orders. In December 2014, they were 55% less than in December 2013. According to forecasts, in January the number of orders will be 60% less than in the same month last year. The Dostami.ru service (formerly Bay.ru) refused from Russia at all in November 2014, because this direction has become unprofitable for him.

The representative of the service for sending orders from American online stores Shopfans.ru Peter Sharapov believes that the market for cross-border trade has completely changed in December. The average check in Shopfans.ru in 2014 was about $ 500, now it has fallen to $ 100. The company forcedly reduced the minimum shipping cost from $ 35 to $ 10. In 2014, most of the company's orders were consolidated - weighing 10–15 kg, continues a company representative; a special tariff schedule was developed for them. Now the average parcel weight dropped to 1 kg.
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A friend of mine organizing consolidated orders shipped from US stores told me that in November, orders fell by about 30% of the expected amount, and in December - by 70%. However, in January, the situation improved again and slowly returns to normal. This is explained by the fact that buyers have already become accustomed to the new rate, and besides, some goods in terms of price-quality ratio are more profitable to buy in the USA. The range of Western stores also remains unrivaled.

On eBay, instead of American sellers, the Chinese are now the leaders in sales to Russia. Yes, and Chinese stores win over Western competitors - on AliExpress, many products have free delivery, and delivery from China to Russia is cheaper than from the US. And for discounters like DealExtreme, in general, free shipping all over the world is valid for all products.