Aliexpress - the end of the freebie?

Question

Online shopping

Added items from one seller to cart. 20 photoresistors cost $0.99 Delivery to Ukraine costs $1.97. 60 LEDs cost $3.60 Shipping is free. As a result, the cost of the goods is 4.59 and the delivery is 1.97. Total 6.56. Can't a seller put photoresistors in a package with LEDs and ship everything for free? And it turns out that if you take photoresistors, delivery is more expensive than goods)
If I understood everything correctly, the end of the AliExpress era has come (not counting goods worth hundreds and thousands of dollars).
PS: Is it possible to buy electronics somewhere in small quantities (for 50-100 dollars) with free shipping?

Answer 1

Here you need to understand that the so-called. "free" shipping to Ali is not really free, of course. On Ali, it is included in the price (as well as a discount in advance), since the Chinese are not enemies to themselves. Another thing is that Chinese mail asks for its services an order of magnitude less than ours (but this is a separate conversation).
For a long time I was also led by the lure of "free" delivery, but one day I accidentally forgot to turn on this filter and saw the whole range of prices. It turned out that most often the same product in total with the price of delivery costs the same as another with free shipping. Sometimes I even saw a total cheaper with a paid one than with a free one.
Well, then it’s elementary - put in the basket all the necessary goods from one seller, pay not separately, but at once the entire amount, and the seller also sends not separately, but in one package. I've had this happen a few times. Although later I had to write reviews and put down asterisks for each product separately.

Answer 2

So set the filter parameter - free shipping.
Yes, there is less free shipping to Ukraine, but it still exists. Yes, and a two-dollar delivery from China with a large batch clearly does not mean "the end of the Ali Express era"