Taobao Tips

Saving more $

Buying on Taobao is already considered pretty cheap for many, but there are still a few things you can do to try to save a little bit more.

In TaoBao, there’s this thing called the 淘金币, where you can check in everyday to get some coins. These can be used in some listings that state for example金币抵2%. In this case you can use your淘金币 to pay up to 2% of the price of the items provided you have enough. Furthermore when you 确认收货 for your items, you are able to collect more淘金币.

For Tmall, there is the 积分 that can be used to offset some of the cost when purchasing in Tmall. When you walk 5 thousand steps(or more) in a day, you can collect积分.


Some sellers would reward you for giving a good review. They’ll normally include a slip of paper with the item you purchased that say if you give good review you can contact them for a few RMB. They’ll then credit it to your alipay account. However your Alipay account needs to have ID Verification, where you’d need a China bank account and/or phone number, which is very troublesome. I normally get the sellers to send the money to the person that usually helps me with payments, then use it to offset the price for future purchases.

You can also use ShopBack for cashback on eligible items you've purchased. This works on Lazada, Shopee, Qoo10 etc. too! I've managed to cash out once so far and in my opinion there's no harm to using it. Just make sure to disable your adblocker to ensure the purchases get tracked. You can sign up with my referral link and get $5 instantly too!
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Refunds


Should you be unhappy with your item, or it arrived broken etc., you can contact the seller via Aliwangwang(in Chinese only though) to reach an agreement on a refund. You can inform them that you’re not in China and used 集运 to ship the items overseas so sending back the item will incur high shipping costs, which could encourage the seller to give a partial refund without you sending back the item.


Lastly for the latest happenings related to Taobao, you can follow the HardwareZone forum here.


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