Anyone having trouble searching on AliExpress?

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fabianz03

78 posts

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#277161 29-Sep-2020 18:35

I can't seem to search on AliExpress as of late, the home page will work fine but once I search for stuffs it'll bug out.

This is what I was greeted when I hit enter

I proceed to slide to 'verify' and this happened

I tried restarting my router, changing browsers, disabling all my add-ons to no avail.

Funnily enough the app on my phone works perfectly. It only affects desktop browsers for now.

Anyone on 2degrees experiencing this as well?

djtOtago

1149 posts

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#2576029 29-Sep-2020 18:52

On Slingshot. Works for me.

lurker

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#2576118 29-Sep-2020 19:58

I did have this same problem the other day, and so did many others around the world (was Googling to see and it wasn't just me). But it's ok for me tonight on Vodafone

allio

885 posts

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#2576136 29-Sep-2020 20:47

On Voyager - mine's been broken for at least a week.

timmmay

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#2576142 29-Sep-2020 21:07

Wasn't working for me yesterday on 2deg.

fabianz03

78 posts

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#2576150 29-Sep-2020 21:31

Seems like the problem is on their end then...

farcus

1554 posts

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#2576241 30-Sep-2020 00:23

fabianz03:

Seems like the problem is on their end then...

there always seems to be random things that wont work on aliexpress.

Today I am trying to extend buyer protection on something I haven't yet received but Aliexpress is giving me an error "oops something went wrong" whenever I try to use it.

Handle9

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#2576242 30-Sep-2020 01:21

Fine for me here in the land of sand

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fabianz03

78 posts

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#2576342 30-Sep-2020 09:33

A possible solution is to sign in before you search. Seems to work that way.

djtOtago

1149 posts

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#2576346 30-Sep-2020 09:40

djtOtago:

On Slingshot. Works for me.

Works for me on my companies Spark connection as well. In both test I was not signed in.

duffles

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#2576349 30-Sep-2020 09:53

It does seem like something on their end.

This has happened sporadically over the last month+ where I've tried searching for an item or even just logging in returns what OP has shown. I then test on 2d mobile, same thing. Voda mobile, same result. Got friends on Voyager (UFB) and Spark (UFB) to test, same result.
Wait for a few hours or the next day and go back, works totally fine.

They say he carved that spoon himself.. From a bigger spoon..
Any comment made here is my own and should not be taken as that of my employer. You've seen one of these statements before.

djtOtago

1149 posts

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#2576354 30-Sep-2020 09:59

I'm on AilExpress at some point in time, most days, looking for that special thing I didn't know I needed. Don't recall ever have search or sign in problems. This would be on Slingshot (Vocus) and Spark connections.

SirHumphreyAppleby

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#2576370 30-Sep-2020 10:38

fabianz03:

A possible solution is to sign in before you search. Seems to work that way.

I suspect it's a back-end issue and may depend on which servers you hit.

I had no issues on my desktop until this morning, while my phone had issues last Friday. Logging in seemed to resolve the issue, but I hit the issue again while logged in after posting the workaround (I deleted the comment as it became apparent the issue was more widespread).