DHgate is limited in the dollar amount of transactions they can do per day. Once it is reached, that is it for the day. Also, they do not allow using credit cards to pay for certain items, or from certain sellers. I went around and around with them over this more than a year ago.
Solution? Use their e-wallet. You can Western Union funds into it. This is NOT the same as paying an individual seller through Western Union (NEVER do that!). DHGate is a publicly traded company, and they are trustworthy.
From the US, it costs me $16 to wire $1,000. When I place a $1,000 order and complete it, I get $30 in "rewards" which more than make up for the cost of the Western Union transfer.
The only downside to this method is that if a seller rips you off, and DHgate sides with the seller, you cannot do a chargeback. But that rarely happens, unless you are buying counterfeit merchandise. Claims for customs seizures can go either way on DHgate.
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