Superbuy

  1. Follow this link and sign up for a Superbuy account.
  2. Find an item you want on Taobao. The subreddit has many links already available, but you can also use Taobao’s image search or try using keywords to find what you’re looking for. As an example, I’ll use the Supreme FW18 Box Logo Crewneck from King Shark.
  3. Head to the Superbuy home page and paste the Taobao link of the item here. You’ll be taken to a page like this. Here, you can select the quantity, color, and size for your item. Once you’re happy with your options, you have the option to “Buy now” or “Add to Cart.” For this example, we’ll assume this is the only item you’re buying, so we’ll buy now.
  4. You’ll be redirected to this page. Set the destination country as the country you live in. You can then add additional services to your order:

    Detailed photos: You can purchase additional, high-resolution photos of your item (3 are provided for free). You can select how many additional photos you want and what you would like them to include. Useful for items you want to ensure top quality for.Speedy response: Superbuy will handle your order with higher priority to ensure it is ordered quickly. Useful if you want your haul quickly.

  5. Once you’re satisfied with your order, tick this box at the bottom and submit your order. On the next page, you complete your payment using your preferred payment method. If you have balance in your Superbuy account from returning items, you can use that as well.
  6. After completing your order, you’ll need to wait for the seller to ship your item. Superbuy will notify you when your item has arrived at the warehouse.
  7. By hovering over your username at the top and clicking “Shopping Order,” you can view and manage your various items that you’ve ordered. You can set up returns and exchanges, view your quality control pictures, and track the items you’ve ordered.
  8. Once you’re ready to ship the items to yourself, navigate to “My Warehouse” under your account menu. Here, you can select which items you want to ship. Once you’ve done this, click submit.
  9. On this page, you can select your shipping line and choose different services to edit your package. The optimal shipping line varies by country, so do some research before placing your order. After your order is placed, you can track your parcel using the my parcelssection of your account menu.

Interesting Superbuy-specific links:

CNFashionbuy is a site that consolidates different non-Taobao sellers and streamlines process of buying from them using Superbuy. You can find popular sellers such as Boostmaster Lin, Uncle Lin, Fakelab, amongst others on here and the related sites: CNFashionpub CNLuxurypub

CSSBuy

Signing Up

  1. You’re going to want to do this in a browser other than Chrome.
  2. Go to CSSBuy’s Website, or just use this referral link to go directly to the signup page
  3. In the upper right-hand corner, click on Register
  4. Choose a username, enter your e-mail, create your password, enter a referral code if you have one, and click Register
  5. Check your e-mail in the next few minutes for a confirmation. If you don’t see it within ten minutes, check your trash, spam, or promotions folder.
  6. Click the link in the confirmation e-mail to activate your account.
  7. Return to CSSBuy and log in. You’re all set!

Useful tools on the Website

  1. Estimating Shipping Costs.
    1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage, click on the button that says Cost Estimatetowards the top of the page.
    2. Enter either the total cost of the items you wish to purchase, or a random amount. CSSBuy asks for this because it will give you a total estimate of both shipping and the items.
    3. Enter the total weight of all your items in grams.
    4. Estimate your package’s volume using the formula provided.
    5. Select the country that you’re shipping to.
    6. Click estimate.
    7. The results will show you the most popular shipping methods available as well as their cost.
      1. Note: the estimate for DHL may not always be 100% accurate; DHL is based off volume which cannot be estimated 100% accurately.
  2. Accessing Support.
    1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage find the green bar on the right side.
    2. Hover over the icon of a person with a headset on, then click online service.
    3. From there, select what kind of question you have and ask your question.
      1. Note: CSSBuy support is open from 9am-6pm Monday through Sunday Guandong time.
  3. Accessing 86hypeshop, CSSBuy’s Quickbuy List, and their QC Reject Warehouse.
    1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage, click on My Cssbuy in the top right corner, then click My Cssbuy again.
    2. Click the green Check Now Button under the 86hypeshop icon.
    3. From here, you can select from any number of popular sellers such as Nina, Fakelab, and Lin, as well as the Quickbuy List and CSS’s warehouse.

Purchasing through CSSBuy

  1. Adding Money To CSSBuy.
    1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage, click on My Cssbuy in the top right corner, then click My Cssbuy again.
    2. Click on the button that says recharge.
    3. Select the payment method you wish to use from the list.
    4. Choose an amount to add, or enter your own.
    5. Click recharge, and follow the instructions from your payment method.
    6. You should see credit in your My CSSBuy within the next 1-2 minutes.
  2. Adding items from TaoBao to your cart.
    1. Find the item you want to buy on taobao, and copy the link to your clipboard.
    2. On CSSBuy’s Homepage, paste the link into the textbar in the upper right corner.
    3. Click the green Buy Items Button.
    4. Select the size and color you want, then click Add to Cart.
  3. Adding items from the Stores on 86hypeshop to your cart.
    1. From the list here, select the store you want.
    2. Select the item you want to purchase.
    3. From the item page, click on the option to purchase through CSS.
    4. Click the button that says Add to Cart.

Submitting to Purchase.

  1. Once you’ve got the items you want in the cart, click the green Submit to Buy button.
  2. Check the boxes if you’d like photos to be taken, your clothes to be measured, etc.
  3. Once again, click the green submit to buy button in the bottom right-hand corner.

How to Return an Item.

  1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage, click on My Cssbuy in the top right corner, then click My Cssbuy again.
  2. On the left side, under Buy for Me, click on My Orders.
  3. If there is an option to cancel an item, press that.
  4. If there isn’t an option to cancel an item, click on add note.
  5. Tell your agent that you’d like to return the item, ask him to tell the seller that you will pay for return shipping. This will make them more likely to agree.

How to Quality Check an Item.

  1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage, click on My Cssbuy in the top right corner, then click My Cssbuy again.
  2. On the left side, under Buy for Me, click on My Orders.
  3. Find the item you bought, and if you opted to purchase QC pics when purchasing, there should be a button that says “QC PIC”
  4. Click on that button.
  5. If you didn’t purchase QC Pics at the time of purchasing, don’t worry. It’s not too late. Click add a note instead and ask your agent to take some pictures. They will ask if the 1.5 RMB charge is fine. Tell them yes. In a few days, you should have pictures, which you can access using the method above!

Finaly, how to ship your stuff!

  1. From CSSBuy’s Homepage, click on My Cssbuy in the top right corner, then click My Cssbuy again.
  2. On the left side, under Buy for Me, click on My Orders.
  3. Select the box of the item(s) you’d like to ship.
  4. Click submit to ship.
  5. Click Add New Address, and insert your information.
  6. Select the shipping method you want.
  7. In the customs invoice section, you’ll enter product names, quantity and “prices” for customs. We recommend looking up at what point you’ll get faced with import taxes for your country, and declaring your package lower than that.
  8. At the bottom of the page, select shipping insurance if you’d like it.
  9. Finally, click the green submit to ship button and follow any prompts it presents you with.
  10. Check back in a few days on the my parcels tab to find your tracking number!

Ytaopal

Signing Up

  1. Click this link: https://www.ytaopal.com/User/Register
  2. Enter all the information needed to make an account (Username, Country, Email Address and Password
  3. That’s it, you’re done!

Recharging Balance

  1. First click on the my account link on the upper right hand side of the site.
  2. Once you’ve done that, you’ll see your account summary page, and you’ll see the available account balance section on it. On that section there’s a link that says “Recharge” Simply click on this and you’ll be redirected to a recharge page.
  3. Choose what method you’d like to recharge with, and then enter however much you’d like to recharge in the box below. Keep in mind, there are different handling fees for different recharge method, and that you should look at the recharge amount to see how much is actually being loaded onto your account.
  4. Click pay and you’re good to go.

Purchasing An Item With Ytaopal

  1. Copy the taobao link of the item(Tmall links also work)
  2. Go to ytaopal.com and paste the link in the searchbar at the top of site that says “Please enter taobao URL here..” and click search
  3. Select the size, quantity and color of the item you would like to purchase, leave any extra remarks about your order in the remarks box and click add to cart.

Submitting to Purchase

  1. Once you’ve filled your cart to heart’s desire, you’ve got to submit to purchase. To do this, start by simply clicking “Cart” on the upper right hand side of the screen.
  2. Next choose what in your cart you’d like to submit to purchase by using the boxes on the left collum. Check the boxes of stuff you want to submit to purchase and click submit.

Viewing QC Pics

  1. Once your items arrive to the Ytaopal warehouse, QC pics will be uploaded. To view them, click on “My account”
  2. Then click on “My QC Pictures”

Returning Or Exchanging Items

There are two ways you can return an item:

  1. The first way is that you contact their live support on their site. All you do for this is go to ytaopal.com between the hours of 9:30-18:00 Bejing Time and click on the chat now tab on the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Tell them what item you want to return and they’ll take care of it.
  2. The second way to return is by emailing service@ytaopal.com with your ORDER ID & PRODUCT ID.

How To Ship Your Stuff

  1. Go to “My Account”
  2. Click the box that says “Ytaopal Warehouse”
  3. Check the boxes of the items you want to ship and click “add new package”
  4. Choose your shipping address, shipping method, and whether to keep your shoeboxes or not and lastly click submit!

Useful tools:

Taobao Link Converter – Converts long, stringy Tao URLs to the mainland version. Useful for converting mobile and international Taobao links.

Taobao Image Search Extension – Adds a right-click option to images on Chrome to use the image to automatically search for items on Taobao.

17track – Universal tracking service. Also has an app that saves tracking numbers and notifies you for updates.