Taobao Guide PCC2014

J Fashion on a Budget

Certified Pre-Owned Clothing

Lolita: Second Hand Shops

• ClosetChild• MaidenClothing• Alice Fururun• Tokyo Alice• Usagiyouhinten• Lace Market• Lolita Sales in

English

General: Second Hand Shops

• Rakuten!• Ship international• Great Selection• Even Better Prices• Harder to find• High Fashion

Brands• Must follow trends

Japanese Auctions meet mbok

• Best Deals• Rarely Sells to

Foreigners• Need Shopping

Service• No Snipe Bidding• Biggest Selection

Japanese Auctions: Meet Y!japan

• Open to foreigners• Less selection• Lower Prices• Snipe bidding okay• Shopping services

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Japanese Auctions: Meet Y!japan

• Open to foreigners• Less selection• Lower Prices• Snipe bidding okay• Shopping services

usually will do this• Rarer items usually

here

Japan Buying Guide

• EMS shipping is $30 minimum

• Need a Shopping Service

• Must pay domestic + international shipping

• Easiest way to shop!

Japanese Shopping Services

• Chibi_Tenshi• Tokyo Pirates• Tenso • From Japan• Japonica • Noppin• Celga

Taobao and You!

What is Taobao?

Why should I care about it?

This is taobao with mark up

Store Envy vs Taobao

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Store Envy vs Taobao

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When to use taobao

• Big Orders• Group orders• Literally all the time

Finding stuff on taobao

• Google Translate• /cgl/ spreadsheet• Tumblr taobao blogs• Taobao Haul Videos

Taobao Ratings• 1 Heart = Lowest• Gold Crowns are the

highest• Be wary of anything under

a diamond when first starting

• Take more chances as you become experienced

• Click shop ratings to see if they have any black flowers, if so, avoid.

Seller Ratings

Taobao Buying

Select your Item

Go to your Shopping Service

Create New Order

Add Products & Specifics

Payment

• Most Shopping Services Use Paypal• You Pay:Item Cost + Shipping to Warehouse + Shopping Service Fee + Shipping Internationally

Pros and Cons

• Cheap Clothing• Well Made• Wide Selection• More Jfashion• Replicas• Custom Made

Clothing

• High Shipping Costs• Freesize• Replicas• Cheap isn’t always

good• Takes a lot of time• Shopping Service Fees• Engrish

Advanced Taobao Shopping

Custom Made

• Measure yourself all over

• Add 1-2cm of breathing room

• Convert TO cm• More Fabric Higher

Cost• Takes 15-40 days

Getting Around Customs

• Try to Avoid Replicas• Avoid big name

western brands• Remove packaging

and tags• Put in bags• Put in the bottom of

box

Taobao Terms

• Spot – Ready to go • Baby – bao is chinese for baby and package• 9999CNY – Sold Out• 10CNY – Reserve• Free Size – US Size 6 A/B Cup• Make Time – How long it takes to manufacture• Original - never trust this term on taobao for

real.

What you can and can’t buy

• Good Clothing• Cosplay• Wigs• Accessories• Electronics• Eyeglasses• Furniture• Swords

• Make up• Pets• Food• Ice Cream Cakes• Batteries• Guns• Friends

Lolita taobao

• Surface Spell• Elpress• R Series• Classical Puppets• Infanta• Antaina• HMHM

General Jfashion

• Mysis• Stylishdolls• 109gal• Unicorns shop• Stars rainbow• 52fzl • Bobon21• artka

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• thepinksavior• Lovehatekisskill• stylishdolls• Miyoshi• Mew shop

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Follow for more taobao

• http://yetanotherjfashionblog.tumblr.com• http://taobao-finds.tumblr.com/• http://gyaru-taobao.tumblr.com/• Taobao tag on tumblr• 4chan cgl taobao thread

More Resources

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