How to buy in the US online stores is as easy as in Russia

In our previous article, we started talking about the features of shopping on the great and terrible eBay.com. Today we will talk about the other side of online shopping - about shopping in online stores.

Let's talk about American online stores, about the difference in centimeters and volts, about the features of delivery and tell in detail about the purchase of goods using the service EbayToday.ru

1. Catalogs, but not Avon

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The main difference between online shopping and ibeing is that, as a rule, we choose a specific product in online stores (preferably at the lowest price, of course). Risk and adrenaline are excluded from the process, quality assurance and knowledge of some subtleties about the technical features of the goods are added.

Basically, our customers love to buy electronics, clothing, goods for outdoor activities. Of course, all this can be bought on eBay, but until the moment you receive the goods, you cannot be sure that the iPad is real, and not made by Uncle Liao from a tin can.

In the overwhelming majority of cases, online stores sell original things, this is especially important when buying branded goods - clothes, electronics, perfumery - they are most often copied. For example, on eBay it is absolutely impossible to buy the original Nokia Gold Arte mobile phone - only the well disguised Nokla is for sale.

In addition, by buying a thing from an online store you can be sure that it is new - you can't say this about eBay - the “new” thing can be used a little by the previous owner.

So, for example, someone can buy a shirt "with mileage" and wear it without disgust, and someone overpay a couple of dollars and buy the same, but a new one.

In short, eBay is a price reduction due to healthy risk, and an online store is a guaranteed quality, but a bit more expensive.

The cost of goods sold in Russia, laid unthinkable number of factors leading to an inexplicable rise in price of the goods. Taxes, transportation costs, losses on loading, unloading, storage in a warehouse, the cost of finding the goods on the store shelf, internal expenses of the store, kickbacks and bribes (let's be very frank). All this makes it unprofitable to purchase most goods from electronics, clothes and shoes in Russia. These categories of goods are most often bought abroad in online stores.

EbayToday supports the purchase in almost all existing US online stores, of which there are currently about 878234582345283745 (the approximate number). The order is issued by our specialist - and this is usually a person, so you can find and buy something completely exotic, such as a heated Darth Vader helmet or an air-to-air missile. Such products can be sold only in specialized online stores - choose and enjoy.

Here you can admire the entire list of recommended online stores. In the list they are conveniently divided into categories, so if you are looking for, for example, "Shoes" or "Musical Instruments", then you immediately have a list of stores that you can access without fear. Our catalog is a fairly convenient tool, even if not perfect. The catalog is constantly updated and improved, so that it is more pleasant to use them.

Try to find a category that is not reflected in the list. Want American camouflage pants? You here . Want a radio-controlled oil platform? Please .

Opposite some stores you can find the phrase EbayToday.ru recommends! These stores are tested by us through multiple purchases, in them you will find the optimal ratio between price, quality and speed of delivery.

In general, online shopping is much safer than Ibei, although one-day services are also found among them. The security rule is one - do not buy where it is suspiciously cheap. In the past, we have already given an example of the fact that an iPod cannot cost 20 US dollars. In the same way, the original Vertu phone in a “specialized online store” cannot cost 35 euros - this price is simply physiologically unnatural.

2. Buying from online stores

The first stage of finding the right product is an appeal to our catalog. Choose a store in the catalog (or shops), and proceed to the next stage - to search inside the store. There is nothing complicated in the internal search - usability reigns at all modern online stores - the search string is almost always to the right and above


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Enter the desired word (the word can be found in the dictionary) and, as usual, see the results of search results.

This system is the same for all stores and all purchases, no matter whether you are looking for a army knife with a poisoned handle or pink panties as a gift for your girlfriend.

Shopping in online stores is carried out through the form of online stores, which is adjacent to the eBay form:



Copy the link to the product in the store and paste it into the appropriate form:


After this, you will see the second (and last) form:



Fields marked in red are required, you can fill in the rest at your discretion. Of the required fields, we only have the name of the product (you need to enter it in as much detail as possible), its price (the one indicated on the website) and the number of copies ordered.

If you wish, you can add a text comment to the order.



In the comments you can specify something that cannot be specified in the main fields of the form - for example, some characteristics of the product or packaging wishes.

In the comments you can also tell how to find the product, if the store site is made entirely on a flash.

If you know about discounts or you have a discount promo code - feel free to enter it in the comment. However, please note that you will need to pay for the goods at a nominal price (excluding discounts). If we manage to buy goods cheaper - we will refund the balance to your account.

If any information seems incomprehensible or unclear to you - feel free to contact our consultants - they will quickly answer all questions.

The information specified in this simple form is enough for our managers to place an order.

3. Volt meter

One of the main difficulties in purchasing goods abroad is the question of dimensions.

Buying clothes or shoes, it is very important not to make a mistake. In America, its own clothing measurement system, unlike ours, Russian or not ours, Chinese, Americans sew everything exactly. In short, if you measure yourself correctly, then you are guaranteed to be able to put on the purchased item (unless, of course, you have time to get fat during its delivery). The same can be said about shoes.

For example, it is enough to attach your foot to the ceiling of a sheet of paper, outline it and measure the distance from the heel to the thumb. Then on the plate to find the desired size.

The issue of clothing dimension is quite voluminous, and therefore we are ready to present it as a separate article - it all depends on your needs in such an article.

With electrical equipment is not so simple. In the US, another current flows through the outlets (the current of freedom, so to speak). The voltage in the American sockets is 110 volts, and the frequency is 60 hertz (we have 50) and they look completely different.


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Do not despair - the problem with the mismatch of voltages and forks is solved.

First, the majority of electronics manufacturers produce products with a universal power supply - the device will work both in networks with 220 and 110 volts. The device either has a voltage switch or it will automatically switch to the desired range.

If the device withstands our core 220, then all other questions disappear - to buy an adapter for the plug does not make much work - just go to the nearest electrical goods store (and it costs a penny).

4. Shipping

Buying in the US online stores using EbayToday you have one nice and very useful bonus - your product will be delivered to our warehouse in the US, so you can buy products that are sold only in the US market (will the iPad be a sufficient example?)

The main US postal service is USPS - United States Postal Service. This service was founded in 1775 and since then has operated like a Swiss watch.

For example, USPS provides several types of delivery in the United States, which differ in terms of time, the possibility of insurance and other additional goodies like online tracking.

There are three main delivery methods:

• First-Class Mail International is the slowest, but also the cheapest way to deliver. The maximum weight of the parcel is limited to two kilograms, there is no insurance, there is no tracking. On average, the parcel is about 4-5 weeks.

• Priority Mail International (Airmail) is the most economical and balanced type of delivery. The maximum parcel weight is limited to twenty kilos, the parcel can be insured and tracked. In Russia, the delivery will be handled by “Russian Post” (you will have to go to the post office yourself for the parcel). Parcel goes about two to three weeks.

• Express Mail Service (EMS) - the fastest and most reliable delivery method - the courier will bring you a package in one to two weeks after purchase (if it doesn’t break - its maximum weight is up to 30 kilograms). The package is insured by default for $ 100.

In each package, as a rule, the most expensive ones are the first 300-400 grams. Therefore, if you decide to buy, for example, a T-shirt, then it makes sense to cooperate with friends and buy, for example, ten - then the cost of delivery will be shared between you. The cost of the parcel is calculated by weight - so cooperation and friendship is welcome. But the cost does not depend on the destination city (residents of Vladivostok are jubilant).

More information about delivery methods can be found in the appropriate section on our website .

As you can see, with the EbayToday service, any purchase is done in a few clicks - quickly and conveniently. If you have any questions about the purchase - feel free to contact the comments, we will be happy to answer them!

UPD: added excerpts from the tables of matching sizes of clothes and shoes, see the full version here

Men's clothing
The size	S	S	M	M	L	L	XL	XL	XXL	XXL	XXXL	XXXL
Chest girth (cm)	86.4	91.4	96.5	101.6	106.7	111.8	116.8	121.9	127	132.1	137.2	142.2
Waist girth (cm)	71.1	73.7	76.2	83.8	86.4	91.4	94	101.6	104.1	109.2	111.8	119.4
Russian size	44	46	48	50	52	52	54	54	56	56	58	58

Men's jeans
The size	28	29	thirty	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Waist girth (cm)	71.1	73.7	76.2	78.7	81.3	83.8	86.4	88.9	91.4	94	96.5	99.1	101.6
Length inside (cm)
x28	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1
x30	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.2
x32	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3
x34	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4	86.4
x36	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4	91.4
Russian size	42	44	44-46	46-48	48	50	50	50-52	52	52-54	54	54-56	56

Men's shoes
Centimeters	25	25.5	26	26.5	27	27.5	28	28.5	29	29.5	thirty	31	32
Russia	39	39.5	40	40.5	41	41.5	42	42.5	43	43.5	44	45	46
USA	7	7.5	eight	8.5	9	9.5	ten	10.5	eleven	11.5	12	13	14
UK	6.5	7	7.5	eight	8.5	9	9.5	ten	10.5	eleven	11.5	12.5	13.5
Europe	40	40.5	41	41.5	42	42.5	43	43.5	44	44.5	45	46	47