Three Online Retailers Caught Using Misleading Website Features to Pressure Shoppers

Three Singapore retailers caught using misleading website features such as fake visitor counts, countdown timers

Three online retailers have been caught using misleading features to influence shoppers by Singapore's consumer and competition regulator.

Three online retailers caught using misleading website features to pressure shoppers

The websites of Boarding Gate, Origin Sleep and Light in the box were found to have displayed features such as fake visitor counts and fabricated countdown timers to create artificial urgency.

3 retailers caught using misleading website features such as fake visitor counts, countdown timers

Three online retailers have been caught using misleading features to influence shoppers by Singapore’s consumer and competition regulator. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore Online Retailers Exposed: Dark Patterns Mislead Shoppers into Rushed Purchases

read the original version on: www.retailnews.asia In Singapore, three prominent online retailers, namely Boarding Gate, Origin Sleep, and Light In The Box, have been implicated in deceptive practices aimed at manipulating consumers’ purchasing behaviors. These retailers were found to be manipulating elements of their websites. They employed tactics often referred to as ‘dark patterns’, which included showcasing sham visitor counts, fraudulent [……

'Almost sold out': Online retailers caught for urgency tactics, misleading claims to pressure shoppers

Three online retailers have been caught for using urgency tactics and misleading claims to pressure shoppers into buying from their platform, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS) said on Monday (May 18).The retailers —Seager Inc, Origin Sleep and Light In The Box — allegedly featured "dark practices" on their web pages.Following investigations, Seager Inc's Boarding Gate, which specialises in goods related to travel, was al…