How we pick

AliExpress has a hundred versions of everything. Most of them are fine, some are great, and a few arrive looking nothing like the photo. Ali Deal Hunter exists to tell those apart before you order.

We start with the seller

The same product is sold by dozens of shops, and the shop decides whether it ships on time and whether a refund is painless. We look at the shop's order count, its rating and how long it has been selling before we look at the item.

We read the bad reviews first

Five-star reviews tell you the product exists. One-star reviews tell you how it fails. We sort every listing by lowest rating, and we look for buyer photos, which show the real colour and the real size.

We compare the price

A find is only a find if it is cheaper than the same item on the big sites. We compare before we recommend, and we drop anything where the saving does not cover the longer wait.

We link to the exact listing

Each button opens the listing we chose, from the seller we chose, not a search page. Prices on AliExpress move every day, so the price on the listing is the one that counts.

How we make money

When you buy through our links, AliExpress pays us a small commission. It never changes what you pay, and it never changes what we recommend.