Taobao Spreadsheet: Which Agents Buy From Taobao for Free

Which agents charge 0% to buy from Taobao?

Agents make money in three places: a service fee on the item price, the exchange rate, and shipping. On Taobao specifically, several now take nothing on the first of those:

Superbuy is the only one that publishes a full fee table, which is why it's been the default Taobao agent for English speakers for years — "superbuy taobao" is searched about 1,000 times a month. JoyaGoo matches it on fees with a larger review base today (4.6/5 from 2,921 Trustpilot reviews).

Verdict: For Taobao orders, Superbuy and JoyaGoo are the two safest 0% choices. Compare their shipping quotes for your country; that's where the real difference is.

What does an agent actually do on a Taobao order?

1. Buys the item. The agent pays the Taobao seller in yuan, using your size and colour choices and any note you add for the seller.
2. Receives it in China. The seller ships domestically to the agent's warehouse, usually within a few days.
3. Photographs it. The agent takes QC photos so you can check the item before it leaves China — free at most agents, a small fee per extra photo at Superbuy.
4. Stores and combines. Items from different sellers wait in the warehouse — 60 to 100 days free depending on the agent — so you can ship them together.
5. Ships internationally. You choose a line, pay by weight, and the agent handles the customs declaration.

The service fee, where there is one, pays for steps 1–4. That's why a 0% fee on Taobao is meaningful: the agent earns only on the exchange rate and shipping, so a Taobao order through JoyaGoo or Superbuy costs you the item price plus postage.

Taobao vs Weidian: where are the finds now?

Taobao, launched by Alibaba in 2003, is China's giant consumer marketplace — clothing, homeware, electronics, almost everything. Weidian is a mobile storefront platform that many small sellers use to run their own shops. Rep spreadsheets started on Taobao, but the finds have moved: of the 550 finds we kept for this site's catalog, every one is a Weidian listing.

For you, the practical difference is small. Every agent on this site accepts Taobao links, and nearly all accept Weidian. What matters is keeping the marketplace link — not an agent's wrapped link — so it keeps working if an agent closes.

Verdict: Use Taobao for everyday shopping and Weidian for spreadsheet finds; route both through the same agent to share one parcel.

How to read a Taobao link

• Desktop links look like item.taobao.com/item.htm?id= followed by a long number. That number is the item ID — the only part an agent needs.
• Tmall links use detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=; agents treat them the same way.
• Mobile share links are often short m.tb.cn addresses. Open one in a browser first so it expands to the full listing, then copy that.
• Agent links wrap the Taobao address inside their own. If your spreadsheet has these, extract the id= number and paste it into your agent.

The same rule holds for old spreadsheets built on closed agents such as CNFans or AllChinaBuy: the Taobao item ID inside the link still works.

What do people look for in a Taobao spreadsheet?

Google's suggestions for "taobao spreadsheet" are a good map of demand: clothes, women, archive, shoes and, less expectedly, room decor. Bing adds watches. The first four are exactly what spreadsheet finds cover — our catalog has tees and shirts, hoodies and knitwear, shoes and outerwear as its largest categories. Room decor is different: it's where Taobao itself is strongest, and where you're better off searching Taobao through your agent than relying on a spreadsheet.

Bing also suggests "taobao spreadsheet 2024" and "2025". Year-labelled sheets go stale as listings are removed; a sheet re-checked monthly, like this one, avoids most dead links.

Verdict: Use spreadsheets for fashion finds and search Taobao directly for home goods and everyday items.