Free discount online shopping app

Joom is a free to download shopping app. The app serves as a unified place for wholesale buyers to list discount goods while buyers are offered recommendations based on their preferences and previous purchases.

Too good to be true?

Joom is a well-constructed app with a simple list style interface, highlighting items which may be on sale or of particular interest. The learning algorithm seem to work fairly well, with a few oddities occasionally suggested. A major immediately obvious issue is with the sellers chosen by Joom. Searching for an individual item often presents a list of prices from fair to incredibly cheap, which sets alarm bells when online shopping. The app’s boast that they add tens of thousands of new products daily could be seen by a suspicious buyer as a lack of quality control, as any item bought is ultimately shipped by an individual rather than a reputable company. Despite these concerns, the app does promise to be squarely on the side of buyers and offers refunds and protection for their customers.

Potential money hack

Joom is one of those apps which seem to be almost too good to be true. Prices are often half what they normally retail for. Whether this is just a quirk of the wholesale market pricing remains to be seen as the app grows.