A fake Temu-like website claims to give shoppers a dopamine boost—without buying anything

Shoes by ThreadTheory. Snacks by CrunchCove. Gadgets by SkyScribe. They’re all for sale on FakeHaul.com, a new competitor to online marketplaces like Temu. The site offers the same bottom-of-the-barrel prices and massive selection of products. The only difference? None of the brands, products, or prices on FakeHaul are real—and that’s entirely by design. FakeHaul is meant to replace sites like Temu not by offering better products or lower prices, but by offering no products at all. Instead, it aims to replicate the experience of online retail, presumably scratching the same itch as a shoppi...