Lavender Constellation is a Dropshipping Scam

i dont know why they disappeared, i presume that maybe lavenderconstellation deleted the blogs they were using to advertise and my posts went with it. i archived a couple of them on the wayback machine, but due to unforseen circumstances(namely the internet archive currently being down) i cannot grab those links right now.

let it be known that lavenderconstellation is a dropshipping scam. they take products from aliexpress and such and sell them at a huge markup. they steal designs from actual artists. they get their products from factories overseas that frequently have horrific working conditions. do not buy from these scumbags.

they try to trick people by making "normal" meme posts, spamming them with trending tags, and then CHANGING the post to one of their shitty ads once it gets notes to trick people into continuing to reblog because they believe the post is credible.

do not be tricked by these people.

This is the same post

You can tell @my-kawaii--world made post A and then edited it to be post B. Post A was meant to trend to the top of the tags, post B was meant to pivot to directing people to their dropshipping store, "lavenderconstellation" Users see a post with a ton of notes and think "must be legit, these are real users, not just porn bots!" and think that the store website is trusted by all those thousands of users.

I think it's high odds that "lavenderconstellation" is a dropshipping website. Dropshipping is when someone makes an online storefront for a variety of curated products that the store runner neither manufactures nor even likely has their hands on. They use product photos they found online, they have no guarantee of quality or even that they'll be able to acquire the product when you it order from them. They may take your money and give you nothing, they may give you a random other product so they can produce a shipping label, they may send you a product that is similar to the photos. Not likely they'll get you the products as pictured at the prices they are listing.

At best, a dropshipper is a middle-man. At worst they'll take your money and customer info and you get nothing.

Again, it started as a meme and then pivoted to this ring sales page. As you can see from this person's comment, well noticed @hst3000 👍

I'm wondering about that @dduane reply, is faked or that a real reply she made at some point? Have they just been milking that "celebrity" endorsement for every one of the posts they made to sell that thing?

Always, linking to the same dropshipping store saying something that implies they just stumbled upon it and are not personally involved with the one store they are always showcasing products from.

Always, a dozen or more vaguely related popular tags that trend often, vaguely related to the product enough that you can't quite call it "tag spam."

Three blogs, maybe the same account? That only exist to pass around store links disguised as aesthetic posts. @ur-daily-inspiration @daily-spooky and @meme-finder

Same post and switch technique. Same post.

If they just said "buy from my store here!" instead of "I finally found it here!" I would not give a shit. It's the lie of the special discovery. And if they just posted the store ads instead of posting a meme and editing it into a store ad.

…Armillary sphere.

Not astronomical. Armillary.

ARMILLARY SPHERE.

ARMILLARY.

…(sigh)

Same post and switch technique. Same post.

If they just said "buy from my store here!" instead of "I finally found it here!" I would not give a shit. It's the lie of the special discovery. And if they just posted the store ads instead of posting a meme and editing it into a store ad.

THIS IS AN OBVIOUS AD.

I often see posts like this with a chain of reblogs saying that it's a ''need'' or whatever. But they're almost all sponsored posts from popular ''meme blogs'' and they're pretty easy to spot.

These posts always advertise a pretty useless product (normally lamps, plushies or jewelry) that's probably too expensive for what it is, and underneath add comments with a variant of "I found this thing. Here is the link to buy it!".

Now, this is the linked website. They're selling these lamps for 25 dollars, which seems a bit much, don't you think? (and don't talk to me about that 35 USD price tag because I am completely positively sure that these lamps are ALWAYS on sale.)

What if I just typed ''spooky halloween ghost lamp'' on AliExpress..

Would you look at that! This website is selling the lamps at a price THIRTEEN TIMES more expensive that the one that's on Aliexpress. THIRTEEN TIMES!!!

Also, I saw that the sponsor website, lavenderconstellation, has a TON of these other products. I've seen a few of their other sponsored posts and they always get a lot of traction somehow.

What??

"This was inside a package addressed to me"

What???? Did your stalker buy it for you? What the fuck is that phrasing?

Inside a package - addressed - to you

What are you talking about???

Firstly this is a rip of buzzfeed's article's rip of a tweet from 2019 and nobody discusses the phrasing there either like what the fuck. Secondly, the blanket that the girl in the pic bought is from a bigcartel site (the link in the post with the credit removed from the tweet leads to lavenderconstellation dot store)

Also, they CONSTANTLY on a "Flash Sale", which is VERY illegal in other parts of the world that are not the capitalist hellscape that is the US

I mean, c’mon man, this is 5th grade stuff.

STOP BEING A BOOTLICKER FOR CAPITALISM

Three blogs, maybe the same account? That only exist to pass around store links disguised as aesthetic posts. @ur-daily-inspiration @daily-spooky and @meme-finder

Same post and switch technique. Same post.

If they just said "buy from my store here!" instead of "I finally found it here!" I would not give a shit. It's the lie of the special discovery. And if they just posted the store ads instead of posting a meme and editing it into a store ad.