Tao bao beautiful things intermediary. How to buy on Taobao - good intermediaries, tips and reviews. Brief instructions for using the service
Firstly, at its cost. Prices for goods vary from super low to high, but they are always lower than ours. Sometimes several times.
For example, the cost of this jacket on Taobao is 109 yuan. This is approximately 17 dollars (1 yuan - 0.16 dollars). Of course, before the rate hikes, the prices were more favorable, but it’s still not bad.
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| Not the best low price on Taobao, level - average. |
Secondly, the assortment. Taobao has everything, including counterfeits of well-known and not so well-known brands. Hundreds of VKontakte groups offering cheap Chanel and other luxury brands in most cases buy their goods on Taobao.
Thirdly, exotic. I ordered teas, coffee and cool little things for the home from Taobao. Something like this:
Why is Taobao bad? Disadvantages of shopping from this site
- Shipping costs from China expensive and often higher than the cost of the product itself. Therefore, most Taobao buyers from other countries order many things at once, since postal rates are such that with an increase in weight, the shipping price increases slightly. And with each additional kilogram, the cost per 1 kg decreases. That is, the more, the cheaper.
- Language and communication. Taobao is entirely in Chinese, and until recently it was a closed site and only accepted Chinese residents with their regional phone numbers for registration. Searching for the right product is inconvenient, communicating with sellers is difficult.
How to buy on Taobao. Self-orders from Taobao
Now you can order from Taobao yourself, the system accepts foreigners for registration, but this is quite difficult, since the site is in Chinese, all sellers speak Chinese, and, sometimes, English.
Not all Taobao stores are ready to ship goods abroad. And not every buyer who buys for himself is ready to order enough goods from one seller to compensate for the cost of international shipping. As I already wrote - single items (orders) are expensive.For myself, I found a way out - I use an intermediary who provides warehouse services in China (mailing address), parcel checking and delivery to Ukraine. That is, I only pay for delivery (the rest is free), but I don’t pay intermediary fees for ordering the product itself on Taobao.
Thus, I have the opportunity to order goods from various sellers, and then collect them in one pile at the intermediary’s warehouse, and then send them all in batches that are profitable for me to Ukraine.
Orders through an intermediary on Taobao
Until recently, you could only order from Taobao through an intermediary who bought the product for you.
- Minuses- This is the intermediary’s commission, which can reach up to 20% of the cost of the goods.
- pros- you avoid communicating with Chinese sellers, difficulties with translating the site, as well as making a purchase in Chinese - the translator recognizes the language very mediocre. And save time if you need to buy a lot of things. And usually you need a lot, otherwise it turns out expensive. Of course, everything is conditional, my parcels have never weighed more than 7 kg.
How to find a good Taobao intermediary and my experience
There are individual intermediaries who order and send things from Taobao, as well as entire companies. Each has its own commission and work rules.
I prefer companies that have online presences with functional websites and some history, since everyone intermediaries work on full prepayment and it is morally difficult for me to entrust my honestly earned money to a “private trader”, no matter what reviews about him are circulating on the Internet.
Review of Shopotam
I started with orders on Ebaytoday, which today began to be called Shopotam.ru. It seems to me that he changed his name for a reason, since the number of negative reviews about him at one time was off the charts. This can also be explained by the enormous popularity of the service; more clients means more reviews.
My opinion is that you can order using them, but there are more disadvantages than advantages.
Minuses:
They have their own course for converting hryvnia-dollar-yuan, and it turns out to be much more expensive. Many people have their own course, but Whisper’s is somehow completely unprofitable. Cost of delivery quite expensive, prices higher than competitors, but I made allowances for the reputation of the intermediary and his reliability. “When ordering a group of more than 4 products, the minimum commission for each product in the group will be 15 ¥”. Plus, the minimum commission for an order is about $10. That is, their cheap little things will turn into gold if you add 15 yuan to the amount of each item.
My parcel took almost 3 months to arrive from China. Perhaps it’s not their fault, but an unpleasant aftertaste remains. The pluses are a normal functional website, a convenient search system, technical support answers in Russian, albeit with boilerplate phrases. Review of YoyBuy
After Whisper, I switched to an intermediary, with whom I have been for many years - YoyBuy
review about YoyBuy
Why yoybuy? Normal commission, it may subsequently decrease. As on Shopotama, it is 10% from the order amount, but the number of units of goods does not matter.
When I order 20 units of rings, bracelets and other small things, everything is promptly purchased. By the way, many intermediaries do not work with cheap small items at all. YoyBuy - works. If 10% of the entire order is less than $5.74, then $5.74 is paid, so it makes sense to choose an amount of goods so that the intermediary’s commission is more than $6 for the entire order, so as not to overpay.
The website has its own shipping cost calculator - it’s convenient. Parcels arrive consistently throughout the month, I always choose air (sea usually takes longer). Payment in 2 stages, first for the cost of the goods on Taobao, then, when all the goods arrive at their warehouse and are checked (for free), weighed, they can begin to be formed into a parcel for shipment. You pay the cost of shipping, a commission to the intermediary based on the cost of the goods, and about a dollar for customs clearance.
On Yoybuy there is an option - pay for everything at once and send it, but it’s easier for me to work according to the old scheme, when I clearly see when and what I’m paying for. In this case, I can prepare the parcels myself, decide when it is best to send the goods. Everything is in order with technical support; in the mode of purchasing the goods, they can ask me questions, clarify if they are unsure about something, or there have been changes in the price. I can leave them my comments when ordering (like “ buy only if the seller confirms that size s will fit height 170 "). I usually communicate in English, but they seem to understand Russian too. Cons of Yoybuy
Sorry for being blunt, but stupid translation into Russian their site is far from being native speakers. Sometimes it’s even funny to read their news, very serious mistakes. They also have a YouTube channel where their employees “speak Russian” and even read poetry. It seems to me that they were the ones who translated the site =) For me it’s not critical, I’m used to it. Yoybuy search engine does not take into account the discounted price, that is, it is shown full price, and almost all sellers on Taobao have some kind of discounts. The purchase of the goods itself occurs at a real price with a discount, and if the seller provides an additional discount for VIPs, then Yoybuy honestly buys at it (which I have not seen with other intermediaries).
But because of this technical error, you have to add the amount for the product to your account as if without a discount. After purchasing the goods, money remains in the account. which usually go for forwarding or can be sent back. In general, this is not very convenient. Because of this, it is impossible to use the search system on the Yoybuy website, it is not visible real prices. I always search on Taobao myself using Chrome and built-in website translator, and then I add links to the product in the YoyBuy system
However, I have not found a more convenient and profitable intermediary for myself, so my review is about Yoybuy.com only positive.
If a person buys the goods on his own, Yoybuy provides warehouse and product packaging services free of charge, payment is only for delivery. I think that their commission is already included in the shipping cost, but the shipping price is quite competitive. What is profitable to buy from Taobao
Of course, on Taoabao it is profitable to buy things that have very little weight, and preferably there should be a lot of them.
It is also profitable to buy very expensive items when the cost of delivery compared to the price of the item itself is symbolic.
If possible, it is good to complete orders with small items, which have almost no weight and are cheap. An example of one of my orders - a phone and a lot of jewelry:
About Taobao quality
I share the most the best intermediary taobao.
This is an English speaking service [link]
Photo 1 - home page site.
The site itself is on English language, communication with the manager is also only in English. But even minimal knowledge of English is quite enough.
You can register, add items to your cart, and place orders at any time. Managers work from 9.30 to 18.00 (Chinese time).
When placing an order on the website, the buyer is assigned a manager who manages the purchase.
Managers work very quickly. If the order is placed in work time, checking the availability of goods from sellers and issuing an invoice is very fast. Goods are also redeemed very quickly - immediately after payment.
The cost of intermediary services is 10% of the order value and the cost of delivery in China (a percentage of the cost is usually 5-10 rubles for delivery from one seller)
I tried to order goods from Taobao through joint purchases - this method turned out to be very inconvenient and unprofitable; I tried on Russian-language services like “Rutaobao” and “Vygodnokupi” - this may be convenient, but very, very expensive (a markup of 100% or more is too much). For comparison, I placed a small order on the 9channel website and an absolutely identical one on the profitable buy website. The order on 9channel turned out to be three thousand rubles cheaper. Partly due to lower fees for intermediary services and due to the fact that the 9channel intermediary calculates the delivery fee in China for the entire order from one seller (usually 10-20 yuan), and profitable buy plus shipping for each product. Although for many years of shopping on Tao, I have never come across a seller who would charge for each item separately.
My main requirements for an intermediary were:
Payment via PayPal;
Quick purchase of goods;
Payment for delivery within China is charged for the entire order, and not for each item separately;
Discounts available from the seller on Taobao are taken into account;
Low percentage for service;
Inexpensive delivery to Russia.
This mediator satisfied me on all counts.
Brief instructions for using the service.
1. Registration (photo 2). Everything is standard, I think there is no need to describe it in more detail. After entering your email, password and verification code, personal data is filled in your profile - name, address.
2. To place an order, you need to enter the cart (photo 3) and click the "Add new to cart" button (photo 4).
3. Select the desired item on the Taobao website, copy the link and paste it into a cell.
Select the desired size and color and indicate them in the comments (in English) (photos 5 and 6).
4. Click the “continue” button and select the desired type of delivery (photo 7).
I always choose "Air Package" - delivery by regular mail. It is much cheaper than EMS, but parcels arrive quite quickly. The longest delivery took about 40 days, the fastest 13, 14 and 16 days. On average, the package arrives within a month.
5. After confirming the order, the manager checks the availability of the goods and issues an invoice, and after payment, buys the goods.
6. Now you need to wait until the intermediary receives the goods from the seller. Depending on the distance and efficiency of the seller, the order arrives in 2-3 days. Often the goods arrive the next morning. Upon receipt of the goods, the manager checks it, weighs it and indicates the weight (of each item separately).
7. After receiving all the ordered items, the order is photographed (photo 8 is part of the photo of my last order), packed in a parcel, and weighed. An invoice will be issued according to the selected shipping method. Immediately after payment for delivery, the manager indicates the shipment number. The parcel is usually sent the next day after payment (I almost always pay for delivery at the end of their working day).
8. After receiving the parcel, you need to confirm receipt.
The parcels are packed very carefully, there is no unnecessary packaging, fragile items are wrapped in bubble wrap if necessary.
Here is a short review about shopping with Taobao, which will be updated soon:
I have been using the services of this shopping service on Taobao for several years now and I can confidently recommend 9channel as a reliable, profitable intermediary!
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