Memebox: Korean Beauty Box Service

[ChullBird]

Every blog I've read claims that the CPM2 is "extremely popular" and is "selling out fast". Um....what world are these ladies living in? It was on the memebox site for what...2 months? I seriously hope they don't release another one.

 

[cfisher]

I get the feeling this is really 95% about behind the scenes stuff, at least.

Because it's not like they're taking all that energy and focus that was on boxes previously, and putting it elsewhere on the global site.

Still curious to see what happens once things have settled.

And I agree with @@biancardi I think a lot of people are going to just stop even bothering with Memebox if they have to stalk Memebox for even a chance at new boxes. I don't think Memebox would benefit financially much from this current pattern. 

 

[Jane George]

Every blog I've read claims that the CPM2 is "extremely popular" and is "selling out fast". Um....what world are these ladies living in? It was on the memebox site for what...2 months? I seriously hope they don't release another one.

I am guessing it is followed with a affiliate link to 'buy it now'Btw it has sold out now

 

[Jane George]

I don't think I have ever discussed them directly but I have said some of the items are leftovers

 

[TheSilverNail]

I've only read the last three pages so I don't know if it's already been discussed but Memebox is getting out of the box game. The Ventured Life interviewed Karl Loo who is the Strategy & Operations at Memebox and this was posted in that article. I've Tweeted Karl to find out if that's true or not.

If they're not going to have boxes at all (not confirmed), then I'm done with them and so are many people.  They have lots of boxes on their China site.  Will they change their name, from MemeBOX to something else?  I do get a definite "bait and switch tactic" vibe though -- hook customers with the boxes and then hope they keep spending money on their brand-name items.  Not me -- we can get makeup like lip gloss, eye shadow, and so forth that's just as good or better here, without messing with shipping and waiting.

 

[Jane George]

If they're not going to have boxes at all (not confirmed), then I'm done with them and so are many people. They have lots of boxes on their China site. Will they change their name, from MemeBOX to something else? I do get a definite "bait and switch tactic" vibe though -- hook customers with the boxes and then hope they keep spending money on their brand-name items. Not me -- we can get makeup like lip gloss, eye shadow, and so forth that's just as good or better here, without messing with shipping and waiting.

It's an old article I think. Probably from around july when the site last went up the spout for a while.

 

[Tracy E. Robey]

Regarding the article about Memebox switching to Memeproducts: @@Saffyra mentioned before that it's from mid-summer 2014--this is not a recent article. Karl Loo is the VP of Memebox as a whole, not just global. So it is possible that while this is the strategy for Korea, it may not be the strategy for global. Right now, Global just hired a ton of new full-timers for the San Francisco office and they're likely dealing with the port slowdowns on the West Coast, so I'm giving this some time to shake out.

 

[Tracy E. Robey]

Memedrama blah blah camouflage for a really *girl stuff* good deal boring boring:

Spoiler

I want to keep this one from the memespies because I doubt it was supposed to happen: the 5-Memebox eyeshadow duo set can be bought from the US Memeshop with free shipping, a reduced price, and a 30% off code (GOEAGLES). Umm--is there a football and/or wildlife fan at Memebox? edit: it turns out that there is a football fan at Memebox and @@biancardi received this special code from him/her--thank you!!!

 

[Jane George]

Lol I am out of luck. None affiliate codes used to be a okay

 

[Tracy E. Robey]

I've added up my spending...$653.18 on boxes and $78.93 in the Memeshop. Considering that one day of shopping in Flushing's kbeauty shops leads to way (way waaaaaaaay) less stuff and about 1/3 of that bill, it's not bad! Plus I get things that I'd buy anyway like shampoo and soap, so there's a microscopic reduction in my other spending. ahaha

Looking back at some of those earlier boxes, wow, Memebox has improved a lot. Hair & Body 2? urgh Dermocosmetics 1 & 2? utter trash compared to the price. The globals have been rock solid since I joined (I started buying in March).

 

[Jane George]

But h and b 1 was amazing and lots of the earlier ones. My fave was sb1. It was expensive (most expensive ever?) but had the Ddobyul serum in there and I feel in love but can't afford it again

 

[Tracy E. Robey]

Lol I am out of luck. None affiliate codes used to be a okay

Cool--I edited the post. Yeah, not sure why they're not only pushing the Memeline, but pushing it hard only in the US. I don't exactly see them selling fast.

 

[biancardi]

Memedrama blah blah camouflage for a really *girl stuff* good deal boring boring:

Spoiler

I want to keep this one from the memespies because I doubt it was supposed to happen: the 5-Memebox eyeshadow duo set can be bought from the US Memeshop with free shipping, a reduced price, and a 30% off code (GOEAGLES). Umm--is there a football and/or wildlife fan at Memebox?

the answer to that question is yes.  I got that code from Arthur.....and I know why it is called that - hahaha

 

[Tracy E. Robey]

But h and b 1 was amazing and lots of the earlier ones. My fave was sb1. It was expensive (most expensive ever?) but had the Ddobyul serum in there and I feel in love but can't afford it again

Ohhh I'd really like to try that. It's expensive on Meme-K, too.

I die a little bit inside when the products we receive are legitimately expensive. Miguhara, no matter where I look, is not cheap at all, but their products look outstanding. urghghg

 

[Jane George]

Cool--I edited the post. Yeah, not sure why they're not only pushing the Memeline, but pushing it hard only in the US. I don't exactly see them selling fast.

The problem is that there is so much good make up cheaper than those... If I wanted expensive I wouldn't buy those

 

[Tracy E. Robey]

the answer to that question is yes.  I got that code from Arthur.....and I know why it is called that - hahaha

AHAHAHAHA--is that code specific to you? LOL--I'm going to go edit the post so that I mention it's a @@biancardi special lol--I thought it was just a funny random thing floating around. ahahaha

 

[Jane George]

@ I love stem cells serums as they seem to soften my skin and deal well with my tired dry skin.

 

[biancardi]

AHAHAHAHA--is that code specific to you? LOL--I'm going to go edit the post so that I mention it's a @@biancardi special lol--I thought it was just a funny random thing floating around. ahahaha

I was given that code to share so feel free to share it with your readers too!! 

 

[Jane George]

Is it us only? Shop only?

 

[biancardi]

Is it us only? Shop only?

Alas yes.  And only for XO Memebox items.

in my wine & cheese blog post, I do get rant-y and mention this whole USA shop vs Global shop issue.   I think it is unfair.