why does nobody talk about ziicube/aliexpress?

[RoundUpCubing]

ziicube is amazing, shipping is around a week, which isnt even that much. all i can see anyone talk about it scs/cubicle, which makes sense since they sponsor every content creator ever. but from cuber to cuber, ive never heard anyone say anything about ziicube or ali. i know ali can be sketchy and can scam, but especially ziicube is just so much cheaper.

 

[Silky]

I talk about zii cube all the time

 

[Discomantis]

Most good cubers live in the U.S. Zicube is in China. (I looked on their about page.) Shipping from china is less reliable. Also, thecubicle is located very close to New York State, and only about an hour away from NYC, both of which are full of people.

I've estimated that there are about 180 cubers in NYC who have competed in 3x3 in a WCA competition. There are tons more in other areas too. Thus why the cubicle gets a lot of support.

 

[unirox13]

ZiiCube is quickly becoming my go-to puzzle shop, especially for large orders. Even though they don't offer free shipping, their prices are so low on most puzzles that even with the shipping cost, the total still ends up being less than I would've paid on other sites. Plus, they tend to have some harder to find puzzles in stock. I've ordered from them five or six times over the past two years and I've yet to be disappointed. My orders usually arrive in about 7 to 9 days. My longest wait from time of order to shipment arrival has been 14 days, and I honestly blame that on weekends and a couple of US holidays. They package things securely and have never gotten an order wrong. For a quick single puzzle order, theCubicle still gets my business, but ZiiCube is doing puzzle retail very well.

 

[Silky]

Most good cubers live in the U.S. Zicube is in China. (I looked on their about page.) Shipping from china is less reliable. Also, thecubicle is located very close to New York State, and only about an hour away from NYC, both of which are full of people.

I've estimated that there are about 180 cubers in NYC who have competed in 3x3 in a WCA competition. There are tons more in other areas too. Thus why the cubicle gets a lot of support.

ziicube has the cheapest prices on the internet that I've seen. However, obviously, this is offset by shipping cost. From what I understand, this is the cheapest place to go if you buy in bulk.

 

[RoundUpCubing]

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ziicube has the cheapest prices on the internet that I've seen. However, obviously, this is offset by shipping cost. From what I understand, this is the cheapest place to go if you buy in bulk.

I'm in Europe, and i just placed an order for a single cube on there. The cube+shipping was cheaper than local alternatives lol
How about aliexpress tho? What's your guys' experience on there? Want to get a tengyun V1 from there, and don't mind the long delivery time.

I also find it surprising that nobody does Alibaba Group buys. Another community im part of does huge 15+ person group buys from china all the time.

I just find it a bit crazy how cubicle/SCS Sponsor every content creator ever, stopping the average kid from learning about ziicube. Kind of makes me want to start making videos again, get big, and refuse sponsorships and just spread the word lol

 

[Silky]

I just find it a bit crazy how cubicle/SCS Sponsor every content creator ever, stopping the average kid from learning about ziicube. Kind of makes me want to start making videos again, get big, and refuse sponsorships and just spread the word lol

What are you talking about? The Cubicle and SCS are just more invested in the community and that's something cubers resonate with. I would prefer supporting a business that actually cares about helping and expanding the community than one that is only interested in making money. There's nothing stopping ziicube from sponsoring cubing content creators ( I actually reached out myself and never got a reply ) or becoming more involved in the community. Seems like they do not have a good marketing strategy and aren't very interested in expanding their market or improving community relations. That's just an L on there part.. has literally nothing to do with SCS or TC.

 

[Ander]

I live in Italy and I almost exclusively buy from Ziicube. They pay VAT in advance for me, so shipping is not stopped by the customs, and is fairly fast, ten days give or take one or two. Prices are really good.

 

[artless1der]

From time to time I check Ziicube's prices which almost aleays beats TheCubicle's prices on cubes but honestly they charge quite a lot for shipping and it takes 2-4+ weeks to get to me here in the U.S.

I have ordered multiple times from
CUBEZZ.com because they also have much cheaper prices on cubes and they offer FREE SHIPPING (it does take about 3 weeks still)... so every time I checked and compared them to Ziicube,
CUBEZZ.com is the winner every time