After the taobao hauls #1 post, I've had feedback telling me that they do not know how to buy things on Taobao. For the benefit of those people, this post is for you! BUT, even if you are a Taobao professional, you can still benefit from this post because I will be listing down the popular keywords needed to search for awesome things on Taobao!
*This is going to be quite a long & details post cause I want to give you guys as much details as possible, if you just want the keywords, scroll down*
*This post will cover the 'traditional way' of getting things on Taobao, look out the Taobao Hauls #2 for the new and easier method*
FIRST, create a 65daigou account. We can't go on after you've done that so please do so, I will wait for you here patiently..
Done? Okay, now let's go on!
Type in your search into the search bar at the top of the Taobao webpage.
If you look carefully, above the items displayed, there will be this bar. It filters out your search, normally I will always search accordingly to the one in the red circle which means 'number of items sold' because I believe that if a lot of people bought that item from that shop, it means that it should be good or at least have more reviews for me to look at.
If you look even closer, you will see the price limitation filter, I rarely use this but it will be useful if you are on a tight budget, note that rmb is about 5x of SGD so just divide by 5 (approx).
Scroll down & look through your search. For example, I want this so I will click it..
It will then bring me to the main item page which contains the pictures, details (measurements), etc. You will just be looking through at this stage, you won't have to make any selection just yet.
Here is an important point that all of you have to take note of! THE REVIEWS! This can affect if you will get a lousy buy or a happy buy. I have translated the reviews header for you so you can refer to that. If you can't read chinese, try to Google translate it. & make sure to look at the real life pictures that the buyers posted to see if the real image looks like the ones in the webpage.
If you see the item and think you want to add it into your 65Daigou cart, copy the address link.
Go to the 65Daigou site, you will see the bar with 'EZ-Buy' on it. Paste the address link from Taobao there & click 'EZ-Buy'
After you click 'EZ-Buy', it will bring you to this page where you have to start selecting the details of the item. Like colour, sizing, etc.
You will also have to choose the warehouse and shipping method (those can be changed at a later point or in your account, you can set a default one) - a lot of people will asked if Shanghai or Guangzhou is better but frankly speaking, there's not much different. JUST make sure that all your items in your order have the same ware house of you will have to two different shipping fee.
After you have everything in your cart, you can see the conversion of currency. They will convert it for you so you can see how much you are spending. You can also check and uncheck items if you do not want it.
When you have finalized your orders, click check out. At the top when you choose the items in Daigou, you will have to select the shipping method, normally I will choose economy air cause it's cheap and fast! You can take a look at the different shipping methods and choose from there!
There will be steps after checkout like payment (i-banking, atm transfer, paypal) and stuffs that the website will guide you on. After all that, when your parcel arrives, they will ask you to arrange delivery.
There are a lot of collection method - MRT, neighbourhood, self collection at ware house & home collection. There are a lot of collection point all over Singapore so no worries even if you stay in the East or West! Go over to the website too see all the available location.
For me, I chose to do a MRT collection at Choa Chu Kang so below is what the collection point looks like. Sorry if the picture is blur and small (Had to secretly take a photo of them)
After you have arranged delivery, you will have to do a second payment (for shipping) - if you do not want to pay online, you can pay cash at the collection point.
After everything is confirmed, 65Daigou will send you a message few hours before the collection to remind you. When you arrive at the collection point, you will see people with blue boxes and you know that is it!
Don't worry if you arranged a delivery and couldn't make it last minute cause you can arrange another delivery another day! (not applicable if you arrange for self pick up at warehouse!)
Taobao Keywords
American/Europe Fashion [欧美]
Japanese/Korean Fashion [日韩]
Top [上衣]
Off-shoulder [一字领]
Chiffon [雪纺]
Daisy [雏菊]
Skirt [半身裙]
Shorts [短裤]
Dress [连衣裙]
Romper [连衣裤]
Statement necklaces [毛衣链]
Wedged Heels [松糕鞋]
Stationary [文具]
Phone casing [电话壳]
Sling Bag [斜挎包]
Bag pack [双肩包]
Okay, I think that's all I have for you but if you have any questions, feel free to comment below and I will try my best to help :)
Hope you enjoyed the blog post and please stay tune for more!
xoxo.
