Are you a regular customer of the AliExpress online store? We are pleased to present a convenient and useful browser extension that will make the shopping process much more enjoyable.
note that updated version extensions require authorization on the AliTrust website. After you log in to the system, synchronization with AliExpress Tools will occur automatically when you click the button on the browser toolbar. Disconnection from the server will not occur, even if you do not launch the site when logging into AliExpress.
What browsers is the extension suitable for?
IN this moment AliExpress Tools is suitable for:
- Google Chrome;
- Yandex browser;
- Firefox Mozilla;
- Opera.
To install the extension, go to the website and click on the link with the name of the browser that interests you. The specified site contains detailed instructions, they will help you install the extension correctly so that you can protect yourself from purchases from scammers.
Expansion options
AliExpress Tools provides many interesting features.
IN product card available to you:
- Automatic verification of sellers according to the analysis of their profile, as well as customer reviews (the module above the detailed information about the product, under the “Buy now” and “Add to cart” buttons).
- Quick notifications to users about the existence of reliable reviews about the seller (a pop-up window containing a link in the lower right corner of the page).
- Links in the product card to photo-boasts from the AliTrust database (at the top of the page near the title photo of the product).
- Links in the product card to video reviews (at the top of the page near the title photo of the product).
IN expansion unit, which is launched by pressing the “A” button on the browser toolbar:
- A convenient user menu that allows you to track parcels without switching to third-party services. The list of poisonings is stored in the extension window in the “Parcels” tab to make it convenient to check them during the entire tracking period.
- Notifications to users about events on the website: about ratings of the account owner’s comments by other users and about responses to them.
- A message about the posting of new news on the website dedicated to announcements of interesting events on AliExpress, sales and promotions on this Chinese online retailer, as well as other issues.
- Statistics of user traffic to the AliExpress website.
- Extension settings.
Let's look at each of the points in more detail.
Verifying sellers using the AliExpress Tools extension
Another interesting point: sometimes, after clicking on a link, you will see a review of a completely different product, not what you expected. This happens if in one video review the buyer talks not about one purchase, but about several purchases at once.
Links in the product card to photo-boasts from the AliTrust database
The AliTrust database contains about 4,000 as of mid-January 2016 (information as of mid-January 2016), most of them with photographs.
If we have a positive review, illustrated with one or more photos, for the product you have chosen, in the card of this product you will see a link to the comments of users who have already purchased the product.
Custom extension menu
The user menu is accessed using the button located next to address bar browser on the toolbar:
Package Tracking
Access is located in the extension's custom menu. Your task is to insert the track code issued by the seller into the field and click on the “Track” button. You will be redirected to the AliTrust website, where the parcel will be searched.
Since many users simultaneously track several parcels, the extension stores the tracking numbers of the last 8 items you tracked, so that you do not have to constantly look for them in the cards of ordered goods.
To track the numbers saved in the extension, simply click on the one you need at the moment as a link. The search will begin automatically after going to the AliTrust website.
It happens that searching for information about a shipment takes some time, but we recommend being patient a little. If the parcel is trackable, then you will be provided with information about its location before delivery.
News
In the “News” tab you will see a feed with the headlines of the latest articles posted on the AliTrust website. We try to bring to you only useful and interesting information about AliExpress, about innovations on the Russian side related to the delivery of parcels, and about changes in the conditions for sending goods by transport companies.
In the extension, you can estimate how many users have already read the news, and how resonant they turned out to be, the number of comments will tell you. Join our commentators, express your opinion under publications on AliTrust.
Notifications
In the user menu there is a “Notifications” tab, where you can see in time that one of the other users of the AliTrust website has rated your comments under publications or wrote a response to them.
Statistics
You can view your statistics of visits to the AliExpress website, and also find out how many products you viewed. Of course, there is no practical benefit from the information, but we decided that it might be interesting to you ^_^.
Settings
The last tab "Settings" will allow you to enable and disable extension modules:
- Seller verification block in the product card;
- Block of photo and video reviews;
- Notifications about found complaints.
conclusions
The AliExpress extension is very useful thing, which will help you shop in a huge Chinese online store with great pleasure.
We'd love to hear your feedback about the expansion. Your opinion is very important to us, because only with your help can we make a first-class product. We are waiting for suggestions and comments. Write comments!
It will make your shopping calmer and help you decide on the best seller of the goods you are interested in. It is available for Chrome browsers, Opera, Yandex.Browser and smartphones on the Android platform.
After installation, a small widget will be displayed directly on the product page, showing the level of trust, price dynamics and the number of video reviews. More detailed information for each indicator is displayed in a pop-up menu.
Seller rating
The main indicator of a seller's reliability is the rating. AliExpress calculates it based on the number of positive reviews over the entire period of the seller’s work, but this does not always allow one to determine his integrity.
Take, for example, the seller of this popular Bluetooth speaker. It has a 91% rating on AliTools. This is less than on AliExpress (98.7%), but still high enough to trust the seller. It has been in business for over two years, communicates well with customers and describes products in detail, and ships orders quickly. The number of dissatisfied customers is only 3% of the total. You can do business with such a store.
However, do not rush to order the product right away. There are a few more important points.
Price dynamics
Very often there are various promotions on AliExpress. Sellers also like to drum up interest in their products through discounts. Unfortunately, not all traders are honest; they often play on our psychology. They set inflated prices for a time, and then reduce them to the usual level, passing it off as a discount. The AliTools “Price Dynamics” section will help you understand that the seller is dishonest.
The color and direction of the arrow next to the dollar sign shows whether the product is currently becoming more expensive or cheaper. The extended menu displays a detailed graph of price changes over the past three months. Moreover, here you can add the product to your favorites. Then you will receive a notification when the price decreases.
Using the example of the same speaker seller, we can easily determine the nature current discount and understand that it is artificial. The seller raised the price to $49.99 for one day, and then held a “promotion”, bringing the price back to 39.99.
AliExpress doesn’t remember this, but AliTools remembers it well. By the way, with the help of the extension we can find out that real discounts still exist, so it makes sense to wait. And so as not to miss profitable proposition, you just need to add the product to your favorites by clicking the “Follow price” button.
Video reviews
Popular products almost always have reviews. This is what happened with the column from our example: the AliTools extension found two Russian-language reviews with 4,600 and 3,300 views (this is also a kind of popularity indicator).
The video can be viewed directly in the widget in which the playlist will appear. There's even sorting by date and popularity of reviews, which will save you time when choosing products with a lot of reviews.
Android app
For those who prefer to select products from a smartphone or tablet, AliTools has an Android application. It has the same functionality as the extension, but works a little differently.
conclusions
The usefulness of AliTools is obvious. A simple, and most importantly, free tool will save a lot of time and nerves, protect you from unsuccessful purchases and help bring any seller to clean water. The extension will also allow you to monitor discounts and buy desired products at the best price.
AliTools is a Chrome extension that will be useful to regulars of the AliExpress marketplace. Thanks to this plugin You can save on purchases by tracking price changes and notifications about discounts on interesting products. This extension is especially useful during various sales. By looking at the dynamics of price changes for a certain item, you will be able to understand whether there is really a discount on the product or whether an unscrupulous seller previously raised the price and then made a fake reduction.
Usage
Working with AliTools is very easy. Thanks to the most intuitive interface of the extension, even not the most experienced PC users will understand its capabilities. After installing AliTools, in a couple of clicks you just need to go to the product page and select the information that interests you. In addition to the dynamics of price changes (over the past few months), the extension also displays the level of trust in the seller and selects real reviews about the product itself. This way you can shop online more safely.
Notifications
If you are interested in a product, but the price does not suit you, you can add it to your “Favorites” list (not on the AliExpress site itself, but in the AliTools extension). If the plugin detects that an item from the list is not at a discount or the price has simply been reduced, you will receive a pop-up notification in your browser. The extension checks frequently enough to give you time to order items that are available in limited quantities.
New versions of AliTools have a separate section with video reviews and useful articles. So far there is little material there, but the developers are actively working on filling it. By the way, in addition to the extension for Chrome, AT also has extensions for popular OSes.
Key Features
- displaying the dynamics of price changes for a certain product;
- notifications about promotions and special offers for positions of interest;
- viewing real reviews and seller ratings;
- the most simple and intuitive interface;
- installation in the browser by pressing a couple of keys.
Hi all.
Many who make purchases on Aliexpress have noticed that sellers very often change the prices of their goods, both up and down. But how do you know if the price is optimal at the moment and whether you will buy a product at a higher price than it cost a month ago? I would like to recommend you the AliTools browser extension, which will help you track the dynamics of prices for goods that you once bought or want to buy. This extension is also useful for big sales that Aliexpress periodically organizes. Of course, many people know that Aliexpress sales, especially 11.11 which takes place every year, are a blatant deception of inexperienced buyers and there is no talk of any 75% discounts. But you can still get some discount.
AliTools will help you really save and show you the price of the product, which has changed over the course of several months. This way you can find out whether the seller is really making a discount or is blatantly deceiving. Using AliTools, you can see how much a product cost before, whether the price increased or decreased, or maybe remained unchanged all the time. AliTools shows price changes for absolutely any product.
All you need to do is go to the official website and install the extension for your browser. But there is one nuance that I will write about below.
Price dynamics are tracked only in $, so if your prices are set to rubles, you will still have to temporarily convert them to $. Of course, this is not very convenient, but alas, AliTools does not provide us with other currency options yet.
To begin with, I’ll show you a few products that I have already bought or want to buy and the actual work of AliTools.
When you install the extension in your browser, a small button appears in the right corner that adds additional panel on Aliexpress, by clicking on which you can track the price dynamics of a given product, that is, track when and by how much the seller increased or decreased the price.
For example:
I want to buy this wallet. In order to see the price of this wallet, you need to click on the dollar icon. And we see a curve, the points on which reflect the price and the date when the price increased. Here we see that the lowest price for the wallet was on October 19th and it cost $2.85. Then the seller raised the price and again lowered it to the same price. Before the sale, of course, he raised it, but at the sale the wallet will cost less. 2.70 instead of 2.85. The benefit is as much as $0.15... yeah...
Unfortunately, the program does not show prices for example for a whole year. There is a certain period of time, on some goods prices are shown only for October and November, on some only for November, and on some starting from August. I don't know how this system works.
The watch I want to buy on August 25th cost $7.99. By the way, I have been watching this watch for a very long time. Since the summer, the price has always been exactly the same. Next, we see that the price remained the same throughout the entire period; before the sale, the seller raised the price, but at the sale the watch will cost $6.39.
The price for a comb has not dropped below $4 since October 11. On sale it will cost $3.74. Of course the benefit is small, but it is there.
Watches I bought in the summer:
They cost $8.89 in September, I bought them for the same price in the summer, but on sale they will cost $8.18. The discount is very small, but still there)
Pillows I bought in the summer:
And here the seller cheated. We see that the price was the same all the time, before the sale the seller increased the price, and at the sale the pillows will cost the same as they always cost.
You can also quickly view the seller’s rating by clicking on the first tab.
The application is very easy to use. Everything is intuitive and simple.
AND NOW I WILL TELL ABOUT THE NUANCE. This nuance will be Terms of use , which is unlikely to be read by anyone before installation, but in vain. I decided to read it because I was alarmed by this message before installing the extension in the browser:
Why, one might ask, would a program that only works on Aliexpress get access to data? on ALL sites? I didn't install the app in the browser I always use (Google Chrome). And to begin with, I decided to study the official AliTools website.
On the site there is absolutely no information about the developer. No data, no addresses, no phone numbers. Only email for feedback.
And the agreement itself, by the way, is hidden in the “Support” button, although it should be directly accessible on the main page.
Naturally, the agreement also does not contain any data and the developer calls himself only “Developer”.
I was alarmed by some points in the agreement. Namely:
- The developer has the right to use his program to do whatever he wants on other sites. For what?
- That is, all guarantees that the developer gives in the agreement are automatically canceled. And this is the safety of your personal data (passwords, accounts, accounts) on all sites where you enter this data.
- Is the developer not responsible? But what about the promise of the safety of all data? .. Well, yes, the developer does not give any guarantees.
- Who these “other persons” are is not specified. And they can be the developers themselves, partners, or anyone else.
- That is, “you provide us with all the data” and also bear responsibility for ensuring that you indicated everything correctly. By the way, by “Site” they mean absolutely any site. This is written at the beginning of the agreement.
- This means that they wanted it, they added it to the program without notice, even if this would result in the loss of your data. Well, they have nothing to do with it. By clicking the button, you agreed to the agreement.
These are not the only dubious points. My main concern is WHY does the Aliexpress extension need access to ALL the data on other sites? This is suspicious. But there is a SOLUTION:
Install the extension in a browser you don't use. I installed the extension in Opera browser. I don’t have a single password saved there, I don’t enter any data in this browser. You don’t even have to log into your Aliexpress account, but just view prices. BUT I won't I DO NOT RECOMMEND installing a mobile application! I think you can get by with just a browser extension.
I don’t know, maybe I’m too suspicious and interpret the clauses in the agreement incorrectly))) I’m not a lawyer. If you understand more about this, you can write something about this, I would be very interested to read)))
And so, in principle, I recommend the AliTools program. I hope the prices she shows are true. Otherwise, maybe these are all Aliexpress tricks to motivate people to buy more)))))))) It’s up to you to decide whether to buy something at the 11.11 Aliexpress sale or not. Of course, there really are no such big discounts as Ali promises us. What kind of 75% can we talk about if many people have long known that sellers simply raise prices by this 75% before the sale and as a result the goods on 11.11 will cost the same as they cost 2 weeks ago, well, maybe you will save at best 1-10%, but not 75%. This extension will help you find out if there will be any savings on this sale.
In this review you can see more than 100 of my interesting purchases on Aliexpress. And also find a lot useful information about how to buy on Aliexpress.
The convenience of using the Aliexpress global shopping center was appreciated by many of our compatriots. Often, purchases at ridiculous prices in the distant Celestial Empire became the subject of ridicule due to discrepancies in sizes or the order itself. Returning such a purchase is quite problematic. To prevent you from making a bad purchase, the developers search engines came up with a wonderful extension for aliexpress that allows you to control many stages leading to safe shopping and reliable sellers. This extension is called Ali Tools.
How does Ali Tools work?
The extension is installed on the browser and does not interfere with the overall operation of the system. In fact, Ali Tools presents a statistical service that selects the most convenient conditions for purchasing a particular product for a potential buyer. Ranking is based on three main points:
- indicates the level of trust in the seller, taking into account the quality of the goods received and delivery times;
- the price of a given product is studied: the buyer is provided with statistics for three months, and according to the information presented, there is a chance to choose the most affordable lot with favorable delivery conditions;
- It is possible to view a video review of a particular lot.
Let's try to download Ali Tools and check the sellers of certain product groups.
Install and download the ali tool plugin
The AliTools extension will make your shopping experience calmer and help you decide on the best seller of the goods you are interested in. It is available for Chrome, Opera, Yandex.Browser and Android smartphones.
For browsers based on Google Chrome, the extension can be found on the Chrome online store page. You will be given the opportunity to download the extension upon request.
The application can also be downloaded from English language. It can be found by searching for plugin ali tool. the rating of seller - that is, sellers, will be exactly the same as in the Russian version.
After installation, we can go to the page of any seller on Aliexpress and see this widget at the bottom of the site.
A small picture shows the three most important factors for the buyer:
- level of trust in this seller;
- pricing dynamics;
- number of videos devoted to reviewing the selected lot.
Detailed information about each factor influencing final choice seller appears in the pop-up menu.
Rating
Each seller on Aliexpress has its own rating, which consists of several factors. The built-in Aliexpress plugin allows you to calculate the rating based on the quantity good reviews about the seller's work. Unfortunately, for new sellers this figure will not be correct enough - a low rating is guaranteed with just one negative review.
Another thing is Alitools. This program creates its own seller rating based on a larger number of factors. This includes:
- total working time of the seller on AliExpress;
- prompt response to customer requests;
- the number of negative reviews to the total number of purchases;
- compliance of the displayed lots with their description;
- speed of sending paid goods.
The AliTools plugin gives this seller 89% trust. This is a good figure, which is supported positive reviews about the cost and quality of the goods. The seller has been working on this site for more than three years, buyers are satisfied with the communication, which means they respond quickly and to the point. There are only 4% of dissatisfied customers - in general, you can deal with this seller.
Pricing
Once a seller has been approved, consider a second metric: price performance. The fact is that AliExpress is a platform famous for its bonuses, promotions and sales. Unfortunately, not all merchants conscientiously set discounts during promotional periods - some of them artificially inflate the cost of goods in advance in order to reduce the cost to the original level during the discount period. The “Price Dynamics” option will help reveal the seller’s dishonesty.
When collapsed, the widget shows whether the selected product is becoming more expensive or cheaper at a given time. The expanded picture is much more interesting.
On in this example you can see a classic scheme of simple deception of the buyer: before the promotion period, the price was raised, and after it became slightly below the average level. Currently, the price for this lot is stable, which can be seen by the flat line at the end of the chart. If you are currently satisfied with the product, but you plan to buy it cheaper,
Click on the light bulb icon on the bottom panel of the widget, and then click on the green heart. In the screenshot, both positions are marked with arrows. Information about discounts on the selected item will be sent to you in Personal Area Aliexpress.
Video reviews
The third and final “key” in the final decision to purchase a lot from this particular seller will be given to us by a video review. By watching a video, you can quite accurately assess the merits of the product. On the widget icon, it is marked like this:
Unfortunately, no videos were found for this position. But when viewing other lots, we can see that the number of reviews is accurately shown in Ali Tools.
For popular products, there are always video reviews, and in Russian. For example, the widget of a popular column indicated two options for such a review with a sufficient number of views. The number of people who watched the videos fairly accurately indicates the popularity of this product.
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