CJdropshipping: Much Faster

Initially, I was extremely satisfied with their service. Items were shipped within 3 business days and tracking information reflected products that were on their way to the customer. In just this week alone, CJ has shipped products to the wrong customers (twice). An order has been processing since Jan. 22, and they are unsure if it has processed, or will process. Not to mention tracking information is a joke. My customer's guess is as good as mine when of if anything will ship. I am holding out hope that things will change, but looks like I will start my journey to find a better supplier.

The CJ drop ship service itself is maybe very good. But I don't think I'll ever know. The complexity of using the app to simply add products to your store is terrible. It is not easy as with Eprolo or Oberlo. There are no clear explanations of what needs to be done & there are various, seemingly unnecessary options as well, which makes it even more confusing. For eg there are 3 different screens that show my products, and 1 of them has conflicting information to the others regarding availability & shipping! But worst of all is their command of English. It is absolutely terrible. From their on site headings and descriptions, to their site/Youtube tutorials, to their Chat service, it is very confusing. CJ needs to invest in a few customer service people who can convey & understand information in English correctly. I have spent over an hour this evening trying to explain an issue to a customer service agent who simply could not get what I was trying to say, and I ended up giving up, with the issue unresolved.
The site navigation is also below par. If you DO open chat, the text box cannot be moved around, so it goes right on the middle of your screen so you cannot see the CJ page at all. You have to close the box to look at the page, and then reopen it. There is also no way to END the chat. You can only minimize the chat screen which is very strange. Here's an example of the ambiguity of the site instructions. In the side menu Authorisation / Shopify, you'll see a summary of your store and its settings. Regarding the Inventory Sync setting, if it says "Enable" it actually means this setting is disabled. If it says Disable it actually means your connection is enabled. Such confusing titles and descriptions abound on this site. I am not confident that it is even set up to work with my Shopify site, and as explained, the Chat support are less than capable of putting one's mind at ease. This site makes me nervous about selling, in contrast to Oberlo & Eprolo whom I have been confident with right from the start.

1) They're out of touch with their shipping center. They receive notice...often 2+ weeks after you order- that your items are oversized. Half the time they don't even reach out to you to let you know, until weeks go by and you haven't received your items yet. 2) When they are oversized, what you're charged one day differs from the next. You would think they would have shipping streamlined, so that you aren't constantly having to check up on your products to make sure they're moving along the pipeline. 3) Their "agents" are terrible at communication. They also do nothing to make sure screw-ups on their end aren't repeated. This is a big issue if you are trying to scale using them. 4) Products often arrived horribly filthy which tells me that CJ has no idea how to communicate proper packaging of products in my niche, even though they have a huge item selection in it. Sellers should meet a certain level of quality in the buying experience, and it seems like it's just any and every joe that wants to throw something in a box and sell it with no regards to how closely it resembles the pictures. 4) Lastly, packaging for transport is terrible. CJ again, has no standards for packaging to relay to sellers, so oftentimes things will arrive broken. 5) Their attempts at correcting their screw-ups are terrible. I ordered two vases which arrived broken and dirty. I then asked them to re-send the units, which they did, but asked for MORE MONEY to ship the SAME PRODUCTS. Just unprofessional. They do the bare minimum to ensure good business practices and are just ineffective at their service. Go elsewhere.

The only reason I HAVE to use cjdropshipping is because AliExpress in banned in India. If you can use the latter however, don't mind switching, ever. You cannot talk to the manufacturers directly, and not all the agents available know what they're talking about. In fact, if you don't reply for 10 mins in chatbox because they told you to wait, conversation is closed automatically. It's pathetic really. The only reason the app has so many 5 star reviews is because every month agent asks you to write a review. They don't specify give 5 stars, but they do need screenshots so of course it feels weird sending screenshot to someone that bashes them. Everything is quite chaotic. The absolute worst part is that there are so many items on CJ that are out of stock or have just been stopped manufacturing. They still don't remove it from the platform. If you ask an agent prior, they might tell you that it's available (because like I said, not all of them know what they're talking about), and then after 8-9 days of the order being placed, they'll tell you that it's unavailable. It's been a headache. I wish AliExpress was available.

AWFULL AND USELESS SUPPORT!

Had an order fullfilled via CJ, oder was refused by carrier and sent back to CJ. Asked CJ about the reason for that -> Ticked opened on Feb 08. 2024. Had several chats with the support then, everytime a different person, every time I was tould to wait. Today is Feb. 17. 2024. CJ still have no idea what went wrong with the shipment. I have more orders for the same items in the mean time. Asked CJ what to do to avoid the same issue occuring again. Support says to wait, my agent "normally" will be back to work tomorrow...

I am speechless about ths one. I understand they have CNY and are low staffed, but having no advice after 9 DAYS !!! is absolutelyy NOT ACCEPTABLE

I did not get any help from CJ. When I create my store at Shopify ( shop416.com) I have to move my domain to Shopify and i lost my email access as provider change. and Shopify does not have emaill service system. CJ automation block me constantly to ask to verify email. They should have system using AI to understand the issue. Now i can not access even having shopify store.

It was ok for a while, but in the past months their support became non-existent. The app has lots of bugs and technical issues, they often add some high extra cost for shipping (after sitting on the package for 3 weeks) so you have no choice but pay or refund the costumer. They sending wrong/smaller/cheaper product, while the description is clear about the sizes, but still they refuse to refund other than the partial cost, even after my customer clearly don't want the wrong item. Site connection, connected products randomly lost and when you ask for help they often answering in a condescending way in chats, without any intention to help.

I can’t give a good review to this app, the order never was delivered as described.
I had the app for almost 12 months here is the problem:

1. Shipping label is created 24 to 72 After the order was placed, but the item is handed in 7 days after the label was created to the carrier, creating a false expectation to the client of a delivery withing 5 to 7 days. All the placed orders took more than 20 days to be delivered to the client. As a result you have a long listing of costumer asking for their orders and bad reviews in your store.
2. Some of the orders never left the warehouse and when you checked the status of the order you realized that you have a ticket opened by CJDropshipimg to charge you more for the paid shipping. As a result you have a huge profit lost or new debts.
3. Some of the item was never delivered because was out stock, but the inventory never was updated in your store, causing bad reviews in your store.

I would never recommend this business relationship to anyone, I really regret installed the app and put my confidence in people who don’t care about your business.

So far, I don’t have much good to say here. I am very seriously considering dumping CJ's

I joined CJ Dropshipping because I was having a lot of issues with another supplier. Unfortunately, I am having more issues with CJ
s than I did with the other supplier. Problem after problem. Difficult to get a reply because they stick you with one agent and say, "I'll leave a message for ..."

I asked CJ is their inventory levels were real-time. They said yes. Well, for my second order with CJ Dropshipping, two days after paying they tell me the product has been discontinued. Why is it listed as over 11 thousand inventory then? This makes me look bad to my customer. I have just moved to CJ after having this issue several times with a previous supplier.

I spend most of my time waiting in line in chat for support – not enough support staff, so you have to wait a very long time. They take days to answer support tickets.

They have no product descriptions on the product I have been looking at. They say weird thing like Material: cloth. What is cloth? Is it cotton, polyester, or something else. They provide weird measurements and sometimes it is not clear whether the measurements are across the garment or around the whole garment. Presumably half the garment if it is cm. Sometimes they list product size but miss some of those sizes in the size guide table.

Their customer product reviews look fake, I’m not sure – many have the same name or exact comments on the same product. There are often female name on make product, and vice versa. I know people buy others gifts, but there are too many, and the way they are worded implies the product is being use by the person proving the review.

So I have to either use a lot of guess work – which is risky, or I spend all my time waiting in chat or for a support ticket to be answered.

Fake fulfillment times - they mark orders as fulfilled shorty after you pay and stick a tracking label on them - I know because I ordered a product for myself. I received an email with tracking details which showed as no data for days. I have two orders that have been marked as fulfilled but they haven't even reached their warehouse yet! Orders are not fulfilled until they are just about to leave the warehouse for transportation to the airport.

Disappointing.

DO NOT WORK WITH THESE GUYS. GAVE THEM 11,000 ORDERS OVER THE SPAN OF 1 MONTH. Their communication is the worst, and they will raise prices along the way even though you already paid for half the orders. PLEASE DO NOT work with them, I guarantee you will not only get treated like a shit customer, but you will have a much MUCH better experience hiring an agent in china to dropship for you and handle orders. I Will never be doing business with them again. ITS INSANE the amount of stress I get from how disorganized they are.

1. They will blame you for their system missing over 100 orders. Their system glitches multiple times.

2. They say they can STOCK in USA warehouse. And after asking everyday for weeks, they tell you oops its too expensive to ship actually. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! The only reason I used them was for the USA warehouse. DO NOT USE THEM if you they promise they will do it. THEY WONT. They will also raise the price halfway through instead of owning up to their mistakes.

3. Multiple times, our conversations go one way, the next week its again some other bullshit. Agreed on a set price, next week oh we meant this and that excuse.

4. You will soon realize, they only have 2 agents who handle everything and good luck getting an organizes individual.

5. Want stress and heat attacks, use them.

6. Will be posting a video on Youtube as well. The "owner" Andy, does not respond to customers either, even when you are giving him 1,000 orders a day.