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Parents' Guide to

Wanelo Shopping

By Dana Anderson, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 16+

Find, share styles with friends -- and buy almost anything.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire Free Lifestyle
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 17+

Based on 9 parent reviews

Maria E R.
Maria E R. Adult
January 9, 2023
age 13+

FRAUD

WANELO IS STEALING PEOPLES MONEY! Please do not buy from here. They wont respond back to your emails. They are literally stealing your money. You will pay for a product that will never ship and you will never see your money again. Legit fraudulent company!!!
nicolewimbush
nicolewimbush Adult
October 21, 2019
age 18+
I place the order and I don't even see my order in the more and I also don't see where I paid for it and I have I want my refund back like now and they haven't responded to me at all and I need my money ASAP
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Privacy Rating Warning

  • Unclear whether personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for personalised advertisements.
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What’s It About?

Join WANELO SHOPPING by entering an email or Facebook account. View store choices and tap "Follow" to follow stores, people, and products you like to help customize your shopping experience. The app includes brief tutorial-like boxes that show you how to view, save, comment on, share, categorize, and buy the items displayed during your first browsing session. Continue to scroll through images, search for specific items, view alerts, comment on others' posts, or view your "collection" on your main page. There are hundreds of thousands of images to view and things to save, dream about, or buy.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (9 ):
Kids say (1 ):

​Wanelo Shopping is a beautifully organized, intuitive shopping app, especially for teens who are naturally attuned to using social media as a way to get recommendations for lifestyle and purchasing choices. Still, teens must wisely manage their browsing with their buying on this addictive app. The social media/shopping hybrid is like a giant catalog users can tailor to their exact style preferences and shopping needs by searching for people, brands, and items that match what they like. One item leads to another, which leads to a list of others and more, until an hour and 1,000 items have passed by your eyes.

More serious fashion followers can view what's trending that day, filter by price range, and communicate ideas and impressions with other users via comments (which can be reported, if they're harassing). Wanelo Shopping can be fun, daily digital widow-shopping and style development for teens, with the caveat that it could be dangerous if too much buying overtakes the browsing.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how shopping smart -- making a budget, balancing needs and wants, waiting a day or two to buy to avoid impulse purchases -- can make Wanelo more fun and less dangerous for teens' and parents' wallets.

  • Remind your teen that safe social-networking principles apply on this social shopping site, too. Check out Common Sense's Internet Safety Library for tips.

  • Wanelo can be a great opportunity to open a conversation between parents and teens about fashion. Browse the app with your teens and discuss their (and your) likes and dislikes, price points, and ideas for building a wardrobe that reflects personal style.

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