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Welcome to FashionReps, the worlds largest online discussion board for all things related to replica goods but also other products from China such as electronics, food, and much more! Started in 2014, FashionReps has grown to become a leading community in the world-wide movement towards purchasing goods from China.

In the current world environment it is important to use an agent.

Agents offer additional security when ordering from websites such as Taobao, Weidian, 1688, and even direct sellers!

This guide will go over everything you need to know to start ordering products from China as soon as today.

Did you just recently decide you want to look better by dressing better? Maybe you checked out r/malefashionadvice and it wasn’t for you so you discovered r/streetwear. Maybe you like hip hop and follow your favorite rappers in IG and you want to look like them. Maybe you’re in high school and you’re sick of getting stunted on by rich kids. Whatever the reason, you found yourself on r/streetwear looking at inspo albums and WDYWT posts and getting really psyched about cool outfits. Then you found some pictures you REALLY fell in love with. You looked up the prices of the items in the outfit and immediately lost hope of ever looking like that. Then something led you to r/FashionReps. You’re pretty new to streetwear. Your daily outfit is jeans and a graphic tee with some tennis shoes. Maybe cargos and a zip-up hoodie. Whatever. Point is, you’re here to completely overhaul your wardrobe and not spend very much money.

If I just described you, this is the guide for you. If none of that hits home, you probably won’t get much out of this guide. There will be zero useful information here for people who have been on this sub for a long time.

For our purposes, we’re going to pretend that a few of the big web sites don’t exist. There are lots of sites out there that buy stuff from the web site I’m going to show you how to buy from and then sell for double the price. But you’re not a sucker. You’re going to buy from a weird ass Chinese web site and get shit for the low.

There’s Aliexpress which I do not recommend for several reasons. It’s very tempting to buy stuff from Aliexpress but you will get burned. First, the site is Western-facing which means the pressure is on the site’s operators to crack down on illegal activity. Aliexpress is widely used around the globe. When there’s good fakes on Aliexpress and the link gets shared, the link gets taken away. The administrators of the site need to cover their asses and take down things that get reported. So the stuff that stays up usually isn’t very good.

There’s DHGate which has a lot of good options for if you only want to buy one thing, especially “non-hype” shoes like Stan Smiths, Old Skools, Nike running shoes, etc.

There’s TaoBao. This is the site we’ll be talking about. Here’s the catch though, it’s going to be a little tricky. If you don’t want to put in a little work to save a lot of money, then give up on reps right now and save up for legit pieces.

Then there is Weidian. This site is very similar to TaoBao in the sense that they have replica goods and it is a bit tricky to get started. However, you can find many budget batches here.

Chill, we got this. For now, we’re not going to worry about navigating TaoBao much. That’ll come later after you’ve done a couple orders. Use Google Chrome while rep shopping and utilize the full-page automatic translation by clicking on the translate button in the URL bar. My goal right now, however, is not to overwhelm you more because you’re probably already overwhelmed so don’t worry if the site looks really confusing even after translating it.

An agent is a third party with a warehouse that orders things from TaoBao for you then repackages all the items you buy from different sellers into one package and sends it on to you. I’m going to recommend Superbuy. They make it pretty easy for new people to buy stuff from TaoBao. Go to the Superbuy home page and paste this link into the box. You’ll see that the page has been automatically translated for you via Google Translate and it looks a little less scary. Feeling calmer yet? Superbuy is going to make it almost as easy as shopping on Amazon.

You can sign up for Superbuy by clicking here upon signing up you’ll automatically receive $27 worth of coupons to aid you towards shipping out your first haul!

Here’s a video with a 1:1 cutie explaining Superbuy if it’s confusing for you.

Okay, so the catch here is that I’m going to give you the outline of a basic streetwear capsule wardrobe for you to build upon. A capsule wardrobe is a wardrobe made up of few pieces that are simple and can be combined in many ways to create many outfits. I’ll try to include a few simple hype pieces because, let’s be real, you want to get some hype shit. We all do.

Bottoms: Fear of God zipper pants & Represent distressed skinny jeans in blue and/or H&M skinny low jeans (as cheap as most rep jeans)

Tops: Layering tees in pretty much every color, Basic hoodies in black, beige (apricot), and gray, or Yeezy-style hoodies if you want to spend a little more for a different cut, Thin bomber in black and/or olive green (very thin, this is a windbreaker not a winter coat). The other tops I’ll recommend are Faded Glory flannels from Wal-Mart and Hane’s Beefy tees. These items are as cheap in the US as they are from TaoBao for the most part. If you’re not in the US I’m sure there is a local equivalent. If you need a winter coat, I don’t recommend finding a rep. Quality seriously matters if you live in the frozen north and you don’t want to take any chances.

Hats: Hat store. I own quite a few hats from this store and most of them are pretty good quality. Some have even survived an accidental cycle in the washer!

Shoes: Replica Shoes are one of the hottest categories of replicas right now. However, there are some dos and donts for replica shoes. Here is a list of sellers that currently offer a very wide variety of shoes and are trusted within the replica community. If you’re looking for some basic shoes I definitely recommend going for Boostmaster Lins Budget Ultraboosts. Lins Ultraboosts are a great shoe that costs on average $20~$30 and offers the very comfort of retails as well with a very close to retail look!

• Boostmaster Lin (BMLin)

• Cocosneakers (Coco)

• FlightKickz (LN5)

• JoyStudio (Joy)

• Kickwho.vip (H12/KW)

• Staysucc.net (Vicky)

• Tonysneakers.ru (Real Tony)

• Willsneakers.ru (Will)

Easy To Use Websites: Now you may be wondering if there is a ability to purchase goods from Taobao without a big hassle. Luckily in the recent year we had some new provisions made by sellers and they created sites that are easier to browse than Taobao. Now you aren’t able to get everything off of these websites but they offer a good starting level for those who are looking to not dive into Taobao just yet. I definitely recommend using Superbuy and their $27 worth of shipping coupons you’ll get from Superbuy by just signing up

• CNFashionPub offers a great deal of hypebeast & streetwear clothing.

• CNLuxuryPub offers a great deal of designer-wear clothing.

• CNFashionBuy offers a great deal of streetwear shoes and accessories.

The beauty of creating such a simple wardrobe is that you can mix and match in almost any possible combination and end up with a decent looking outfit. 1 or 2 pairs of pants, 5 or 6 tees, 2 or 3 hoodies, a couple of flannels, 1 pair of shoes. Lots of combos. And you’ve spent less than $250, maybe a lot less. For the price of one Supreme hoodie, you just built an entire wardrobe. It’s basic, yes, but it’s a start.

This is a VERY important question. Some products will be reproduced with the same original size designations. Others will be shifted to better accommodate their Asian clients. Some items purchased from Tao could be a Large that fits like a US XS. So you really need to pay attention.

When you find a piece you like, it’s time to pick the correct size. Most of the time, sellers will have a size chart towards the bottom of the item page. You’ll have to scroll down a bit to find it.

Shipping works a bit differently than you’re probably used to. You will pay a small fee (5-10yuan) for shipping when you first order the item. Then, once your agent has all the items and weighs them, you will pay them for the final shipment of everything from them to you. It is not uncommon for a $150 haul to cost $50 to ship. Keep this in mind when you are budgeting your order.

Some agents will offer a service called rehearsal shipping. Rehearsal shipping is when an agent will reweigh your package (for a small fee) to get you the true exact weight. If you feel as if your package weighs too much this is a great option to add on.

There are 3 main shipping options that are frequently used by the FashionReps community and are considered the “go-to” options.

• DHL – Fast shipping times (average at 3~7 business days) DHL is great for EU packages as it tends to have a lesser seizure rate. US can use DHL too.

• EMS – Fast shipping times (average at 5~9 business days) EMS is great for US packages.

• China Post – Slow shipping times (average 15~30 business days) China Post is great if you’re looking to ship for a low price and are fine with your items taking a while to arrive.

I know, me too and so does everyone else who is new to r/FashionReps. As a general rule, get all the basics before you get any hype. If you wear too much hype or wear hype shit before you figure out how to match and create a good outfit, you’ll look bad. I know it’s tempting to just put on a full Supreme outfit but you will look like an idiot.

However, I can’t stop you from needing to satisfy your itch for cheap hype. Start with just tee shirts. Seriously. With stuff other than tees (jackets, pants, embroidered items, etc.) there’s a lot more that can go wrong and you don’t have a trained eye for details yet. It will come with time and with looking at posts on this sub.

Nelly offer a variety of basic wear and is one of the best sellers to go to for non-hype streetwear.

CWhat has a great selection of clothes that are low-key and aren’t shouting out “Hey, look at me I wear high end streetwear!”

Trusted Taobao Store List you can find a large variety of sellers who offer a large amount of clothing brands here.

Currently there are a few top sellers that offer the top batches for Supreme BOGO Hoodies! Luckily, I’ve done the research for you so here they are

Kingshark is definitely on the top of the game right now with his quality.

Mirror has been a long time seller in the r/FashionReps community and definitely is up to par with Kingshark quality.

Teenageclub offers a decent variety of Supreme BOGO Hoodies from the other sellers listed above.

The easiest way to find a specific item is to use the Search Bar on this subreddit. Check out links, reviews, etc. If you don’t see it, your instinct is probably to create a new thread and ask for links. Please don’t do this until you have already tried to find it for yourself. It is so rewarding to hunt down and find an item that no one has posted before. It also helps keep the front page of the sub unclogged with repetitive posts.

As you know, TaoBao is mainly in Mandarin Chinese. So typing in “Supreme red tee shirt” won’t get you too far. So we use a function on TaoBao called the reverse image search. Here’s a nice simple guide to using reverse image search by our mod /u/mikeygigs18. Only addendum I make to that guide is that sometimes to change TaoBao to “Mainland China” it’s in the upper left corner of the page rather than the bottom bar.

CNFactory – Shoes

Repcourier – Arcteryx

0832Club – Clothing

Brother Sam – Bags

Queenie – Bags

Fakelab – Offwhite

Chaosmade – Clothing

Alex – Luxury

EMsneakers – Shoes

Emma – Designer

Trusted Store List

These websites are known to the Fashionreps community and are regarded as safe places to shop. Sites involved in repeated instances of poor service or fraud may be removed from the list. If you have an issue with one of these sites, post a thread on the subreddit, and/or notify a moderator. Some Yupoo’s/private websites are also on this list, as many sellers have switched to these mediums in 2020.

Agent Guide

PandaBuy Agent Guide + Infinite 5% Off Discount

WeGoBuy Agent Guide + Discounts

If you are interested in buying “direct” (no agent), see The Official Fashionreps Direct Buy List.

Trusted Agent List.

Click here to see the Blacklisted Seller List.

Streetwear

ACW A-COLD WALL

Acne Studios

Adidas

Alexander McQueen

Amiri

Anti Social Social Club

Astroworld Merch

Arc’teryx

Bape

Balenciaga

Burberry

Calvin Klein

Canada Goose

Cav Empt

Champion

CDG / CDG Play

Chrome Hearts

Common Projects

Dior

Queenieluxury|https://queenieluxury02.x.yupoo.com/albums|

Eric Emanuel

Essentials

Fear of God

Golf Wang

Gosha

Goyard

Gucci

Guess

Hats

Heron Preston

Ih Nom Uh Nit

Jerseys

Kitsune

Kid See Ghost Merch

Kith

Louis Vuitton

Lululemon

Mastermind

Moose Knuckle

Moncler

New Balance

Nike

Off-White

Pablo Merch

Palace

Palm Angels

Patagonia

Places + Faces

Prada

Ralph Lauren

Represent

Rick Owens

Rhude

Saint Laurent

Stone Island

Stussy

Supreme

The North Face

Thrasher

Tommy Hillfiger

Tom Ford

Travis Scott Merch

Vetements

Vlone

Yeezy

Non-clothing stuff below

Bags

Jewelry

Perfume

Shoes

Sunglasses

Disclaimer I: When buying direct, there is always the CHANCE that you could get screwed over. Using an agent gives you an extra layer of protection. You should do your own due diligence before spending your hard-earned money.

Disclaimer II: Mods do not guarantee that your experience will be seamless or problem-free because we can’t. It’s erroneous to assume that the very existence of this list somehow eliminates all aspects of risk and unpredictability associated with this industry. In an ideal world, we’d be able to ensure everyone gets exactly what they want, but that is impossible. We will not mediate every transaction that goes wrong and we won’t assume blame when a seller is behaving in a way that you deem inappropriate.

Disclaimer III: This isn’t Amazon, so please do not expect Amazon-level service when ordering from these sites. Patience is a virtue. Do NOT spam the sub regarding a direct buy order. It will be removed.

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Important Notice:

The re-introduction of this list is going to be very small at first. To start, it will only include websites where you add to the cart and check out. It is your responsibility to contact the seller about their order process and payments.

Transparency:

The reason that I am hesitant to add Yupoo sellers to the list is that they have no way of keeping track of orders. No order numbers or systems to help them manage their businesses. Most Yupoo sellers simply try to fulfill orders based on memory, chat logs, or an Excel sheet. This was a major factor that contributed to the downfall of the 2020 Direct Buy List.

March 2022 Update:

Logistics companies are very backlogged right now. I have said it 100 times and I will say it again. AGENT AGENT AGENT. If you choose to go direct, anticipate delays, and DO NOT complain on r/fashionreps about your direct order being slow. Your post will be removed.

0832Club: https://0832club.com/

Contact Info: Whatsapp +1 716238000 | Reddit /u/0832club

Discount code: No

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CNFactory: https://cnfactory.shop/

Contact Info: Whatsapp: +8618944369096 | Wechat: cnfactory6

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Dorakicks: https://www.dorakicks.com

Contact Info: +8618057002143

Discount code: Ask

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Puerhomme (Korean): http://puerhomme.com/shop.html

Contact Info: Email puer9@naver.com

Discount: 15% off your first order

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Rebecca: https://www.myfashions.vip/

Contact Info: Whatsapp +8618458713042

Discount code: No

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Survival Source: https://www.survivalsource.store/

Contact Info: Whatsapp +8615869038282 | Reddit /u/survival_source

Discount code: No

For these sellers, you need to contact them and send the links you want. From there, you will pay, and they will ship the items. This system is obviously less efficient, but it is what it is.

Aadi: Link

Contact Info: Wechat: Aadi8898 | Whatsapp: +86 181 3894 3875

Discount: No

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CNFactory: https://cnfactory-top1.x.yupoo.com/

https://cnfactory-top3.x.yupoo.com/

https://cnfactory-ljr.x.yupoo.com/

Contact Info: Wechat: cnfactory6 | WhatsApp:+8618944369096

Discount: No

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Fakelab: https://fakelab.x.yupoo.com/

Contact Info: FLAB2018 | Whatsapp: None

Discount: No

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Jelly: https://zengshuaige.x.yupoo.com/

Contact Info: Wechat: q98634974234 | Whatsapp: +8613060719983

Discounts: No

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Joy: https://joystudio.x.yupoo.com/

Contact Info: Wechat: joystudio10 | Whatsapp: +18959536043

Discounts: If you ask

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Lordkicks: https://lordkicks.x.yupoo.com/albums

Contact Info: Instagram: joyc.e3lordkicks | WhatsApp:+8618606810295

Discounts: Usually if you ask

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Repcourier: https://repcourier.x.yupoo.com/

Contact info: Whatsapp: +8615851485243

Discounts: No

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Repsbrothers: https://repsbrothers.x.yupoo.com/

Contact info: /u/Repsbrothers

Discounts: Ask

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Weng: https://8618588998232.x.yupoo.com/

Contact Info: Wechat: 18588998232 | Whatsapp: +8618588998232

Discount: No

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Final thoughts:

Here is a small list for now. Again, I will update the list a lot as the weeks go by. Bookmark the list, or better yet, learn how to use Reddit properly. This list will be on the sidebar of Reddit for PC. Consequently, if you are on mobile, go to r/fashionreps and select “about.” I will sticky this post somewhere there.

If you are looking for more shoe sellers, you can find a bunch of websites on the r/repsneakers Established Sellers List.

• Yupoo sellers often close their homepages for a variety of reasons, ranging from them being on holiday to being raided by the police. Your first reaction to this should be to try again a few days later before asking ‘why does X’s page say closed?’ – if it’s still closed, search the sub to see if there is any news on that particular seller. Don’t ask in this thread as ain’t nobody got time to answer your question.

• On that subject, don’t post questions in this thread a year after it was posted – nobody will be scrolling the comments and it’s a waste of your time.

• In general, these are sellers who are well reviewed so you can buy with confidence but your experience may differ. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND USE AN AGENT. REPEAT – USE AN AGENT. Caveat emptor if you don’t.

• As most agents no longer charge service fees to order from Yupoo, I debated removing the Taobao field – but for the newbies I’ve updated it to say ‘Taobao / Weidian Ordering’ as it’s an indicator that ordering is super simple when you go to somewhere like Pandabuy that has direct ordering from both sites. Read the guide, paste Taobao link into agent, select size and profit.

• The ‘product expectation level’ field was the most controversial part of the previous lists, so these have been removed and comments made instead.

• Lots of Yupoos have passwords that change. Ask on the sub if you can’t access an album.

OK LETS GO >>>>

REPFAM ADDITIONS (sellers I haven’t bought from but others have vouched)

An agent is a middle-man service provider that allows you to purchase goods from numerous websites such as Taobao, Weidian, 1688, Yupoo, and many more. Much like how Amazon works with third party sellers, an Agent will do the same. Products will be purchased through your choice of agent (I recommend PandaBuy due to their unique features & pricing), sent to a warehouse, pictures taken of the product and uploaded for you to see, then shipped to you after payment.

The main website used by the community is Taobao.com and Weidian.com. Think of it like Amazon or eBay for China – solely for China. The problem that results in is that we need to establish a connection between your country and China. This is where an Agent comes into play.

You browse through your favorite Taobao shops and find some items you want to buy. Now you do not buy it through Taobao but through your agent (in our case, PandaBuy). PandaBuy now buys this exact item and lets it deliver to their warehouse. You ask for pictures, measurements, exchanges, returns etc. When everything is fine PandaBuy will package everything and deliver it to you. They are the connection between you and Taobao.

The community is filled with many options of agents. Due to this, it’s best to understand why specific ones are better than others. Over the years, I have used several agents and many of them have been out-ranked by others due to their lack of features, high shipping prices, and lack of customer support as new agents come along. This is why I highly recommend using PandaBuy. PandaBuy offers the most honest, swift, and most importantly professional customer experience you can get. They’re also creating unique features that no other agent is offering. This is why a majority of the community is starting to move towards PandaBuy. In this guide I will continue to make examples and tutorials only about PandaBuy’s information. I am sorry if you use another agent but just keep PandaBuy in mind when you plan your next haul.

Use any agent you want, there are many out there.

There are other reliable agents beyond Wegobuy and Superbuy. which may offer more favourable shipping rates or lines to your part of the world. Check with other rep subreddits ( r/FashionReps, r/DesignerReps, etc.) for a more comprehensive list of trusted agents, as they do fall in and out of favour periodically, but right now Pandabuy, Sugargoo and CSSBuy are also popular.

Once you’ve purchased an item through an agent, it will be sent from the domestic seller to their warehouse. You’ll receive QC pics and be afforded the opportunity to exchange or return an item if it’s not satisfactory (usually within a 7 day period). Some agents offer free additional QC pictures, others charge a nominal fee but you can request additional photos of any aspect you wish.

All agents have a grace period where items will be stored free of charge. This varies from agent to agent, so if you foresee this being a concern, make sure to check how long the storage period is for the agent you’ve chosen. Storage periods can be extended beyond the free allotment for a nominal fee, or otherwise your items will be disposed of if you let the storage period lapse.

International shipping is not included in the initial price you pay to purchase the item and have it sent to your warehouse, and it can be a substantial portion of the total cost of your package, depending on which shipping line you choose and how much you’re attempting to ship. Typically with other subs that deal with heavier, larger general use items like clothing or shoes, a “haul” is usually multiple kilograms. Dealing with watches I think most people will find the shipping rates aren’t quite as exorbitant since even buying a few watches at a time won’t amount to much, weight-wise.

Much like all TDs can source the same watches, all agents can buy from the same variety of domestic Chinese marketplaces. Most commonly you’ll encounter Taobao, Weidian, or Yupoo links, but odds are if it’s for sale in mainland China, and agent can buy it for you.

Source

To receive your unlimited 5% off Signup Bonus you need to sign up HERE. After successfully creating your account, you’ll receive an infinite 5% off coupon in your account automatically.

When shipping, click discount code

Add fashionreps code for 5% off total shipping

I recommend as a precaution to use a unique password that isn’t used for any websites. This is a precautionary measure that should be done on all websites, not just China-related sites. Also don’t worry about your payment information such as Paypal – You never enter your Paypal email + password on the PandaBuy homepage, it always redirects you to Paypal’s official website where you log in as usual. PandaBuy also uses a secure connection between you and them (https).

1. Go to Pandabuy.com after signing up here for your 5% off Discount

2. Find the item you want on Taobao and paste in the link OR if you know the name of your seller, type it into the product navigation bar

3. You will be taken to a page like this. Here, PandaBuy translates the color and size options for you, and all you need to do is select the color and size you want. After, you can either Add to Cart or Buy Now. For this example, we’ll assume that the sock is the only thing you want.

4. You will next be taken to this page. Here, you have to select your country from the Choose Destination Country box, then hit submit to be taken to the payment screen.

5. If you have an existing balance in your PandaBuy account from previous purchases that you have returned, you can use that to buy the product.

6. Here, just select Balance or your choice of Payment Processor and pay for your order unless you have an existing balance. Sometimes PandaBuy will not allow you to use PayPal and that is when you need to simply top up your balance instead of doing a direct order with PayPal.

7. Now, just wait until the seller ships his order. Once it arrives in the PandaBuy warehouse, you will receive a notification.

8. Once your product arrives, hover over your username in the navbar and select My Warehouse. Here, you can view QC, or quality control, pictures that PandaBuy takes.

9. If you’re satisfied with your order, select it and click Submit in the lower right corner. Here, you can choose your preferred shipping method. The fashionreps favorite currently is EMS, but it’s up to you what line you would like to use. Just select the shipping line, then click Submit Delivery Order to have PandaBuy pack up your products and send it to your door.

10. Post your hauls!

Shop Search Function

Traditional Taobao Link Search Function

Product Page on PandaBuy, full of features to help you browse products easily. Click “Buy Now”

Click Submit Order whenever you make all your chosen selection of upgrades & filled in information

Choose your choice of payment then click “Confirm Payment” Recommend Wise due to the currency exchange rates being better than Paypal.

Once payment is completed, wait a few days for the product to arrive in your warehouse and pictures to be uploaded to your account. From there, you submit your haul for shipping to you.

PandaBuy is set to be different than other agents by creating unique features for the community to use. Below are some of the key features that made my experience far better and put them a mile ahead of other agents.

Navigating directly through their site, not requiring a taobao account.. you can view all the products from a seller. This allows me to be better use my time instead of wasting it with the pesky taobao UI that is clunky.

Directly enter shops through the roduct page & also favorite them for future use. No longer requiring you to have a taobao account to browse stores!

After entering a shop you can browse all the seller products with ease

After favoriting a product or shop, it gets put under your favorites on your profile for easy navigation in the future.

When you favorite a product or store it is placed in this location for future usages

Lets you search for shops similar to the one you’re browsing.

QC: Quality Control (QC for short) is talking about pictures that are posted from an agent of an item that was ordered. Users will post these if they’re unsure about the quality and would rather have someone else take a look at them if they’re good enough.

LC: Legit Check (LC for short) This is a tag used for posts requiring a legit check. Legit checks are a great way of finding out if a item you’re purchasing is authentic or not.

GP: Guinea Pig (GP for short) You will be the first person to order a sellers new item. This means you’ll be the first to get pictures of their product and often times you’ll post them to be checked for quality by the community.

FIND: Much like the name states. Posts with this flair are often linked to new products that haven’t been posted before.

W2C:: Where To Cop (W2C for short) W2C refers to the search for a desired item. Often times will be linked with retail images for an example.

1:1: One to One (1:1 for short) 1:1 refers to a perfect replica. However, not many exist and often times you won’t be able to get these as they’re sold out.

GL: Green Light (GL for short) GL Refers to a user who has given their approval of a QC post.

RL: Red Light (RL for short) RL Refers to a user who has given their disapproval of a QC post.

B&S: Bait & Switch (BS or B&S for short) B&S Refers to a seller who has advertised their product and sent goods that are different from advertised.

2. Tops

尺码: Size

领宽: Neck width

领长: Collar length

肩宽: Shoulder width

袖长: Sleeve length

袖围: Sleeve circumference

袖口: Sleeve/Cuff opening

肘宽: Elbow width

胸围: Bust width; Chest width

3. Pants and Trousers:

腰围: Waist

臀围 or 坐围: Hip width

衣长: Length

松量: Relaxed (measurement)

拉量: Stretched (measurement)

前直档长: Front rise

后直档长: Back rise

裤长: Trousers length

拉链长: Zipper length

内长: Inseam

大腿围: Thigh width

裤脚围: Leg opening

裤脚宽: Trousers width

身高: Height

长度: Length

宽度: Width

4. Shoes

脚长: Foot length

美国: US

英国: UK

欧洲: EUR

中国: China

厘米: cm

毫米: mm

英寸 or 寸: inches

Taobao for the average consumer may be hard to grasp and often times users may be hesitant to dive into Taobao’s ever-growing catalog of products. Taobao offers a feature called Search via Image. This allows users to easily find items related to the image they upload.

Start here: https://s.taobao.com/search?

Unfortunately, my video guide below would not process on reddit, so please watch this Youtube video.

1. Click on the camera icon 📷

2. Upload the image of the product you want to search for

3. Wait for the product to finish uploading

4. Select the appropriate category

5. Done! Now find a reasonably priced and good looking product for your needs!

1. Intro Revised

Ok this may be the most important part of my Guide. How to avoid customs – especially when you are living in Europe (s/o to Germany). Not everything changed, but there are some IMPORTANT steps that I added to the checklist. DHL is the way to go for Germany, Austria and many more European countries. Do not use EMS in Germany or Austria.

If you live in the US or Canada you can choose EMS, DHL or GD-Sal. Customs are pretty relaxed in these countries. For the US and Canada, shipping hauls up to 10kg generally isn’t a problem. Some people even do more. Do so at your own risk. For the USA, the declaration value doesn’t matter much, as you are unlikely to be taxed. For Canada, declare the package 10-14USD. Also, If you live in Canada, it is advised that you use EMS or GD-SAL. If you use DHL, you will be taxed upon package arrival.

2. Checklist For Europe

You may have to look up laws for any import fees or regulations. These numbers are an example for PandaBuy shipping to Germany, it should work for any country though.

[ ] Stay within .9 of a KG. Read here for more information

[ ] Try to stay at a maximum of 4kg. Do not go over this for the safest rate.

[ ] If possible ask for no cardboard wrapping, let them package in DHL plastic bag

[ ] Ask for vacuum sealing (Possible in the fewest cases)

[ ] Ask them to wrap up your whole package with tape, a lot of tape.

[ ] Let them put a Commercial invoice on the outside (!)! of your package

[ ] The commercial invoice should have a value UNDER $24 including shipping costs

[ ] The commercial invoice has to be readable, if it has printing errors it has to be printed again

[ ] The commercial invoice has to state the shipping costs with a value >$0

[ ] The commercial invoice has to have a sender address

[ ] Your telephone number has to be stated on the commercial invoice

[ ] Let them send you a copy of the commercial invoice to your email (Will come back to this)

It is strongly advised that you go to Google and type in “[Your country] customs fashionreps”.

By doing this, you will get a good grasp of what others have done. Trust me, your situation is not unique.

• Use Rehearsel Shipping to avoid paying too much shipping costs

• You can ship shoeboxes – Do not ship more than 2 shoeboxes in one package

• You can ship as many packages as you want simultaneously (Keep calm tho)

• Think twice before shipping shoeboxes, if you don’t need them, don’t ship them and let PandaBuy throw them away. They’re heavy and require volumetric weight.

• If you have a non-Rep haul then you can probably use other shipping methods. Decide on your own.

• I recommend you to use the service called 17Track to track your packages. No matter the tracking number 17Track usually can decipher it and track it for you.

• If PandaBuy does not let you pay for your replicas directly through Paypal, just top up your account balance and then pay through your balance.

Outside of United States

Keep. The. F***. Calm. This can have so many reasons. And I want to correct myself: It is a difference between your parcel is held up by customs and your parcel being seized by customs. Let me take all the fear from you.

If your parcel is held up DHL probably just messaged/emailed/called you and they told you some long story about some value declaration and so on. To keep it short: DHL does not trust your invoice/can’t read the invoice/is bored af and wants a proof of payment to declare the value of your haul. For DHL Germany it is really easy to do this. You go to this DHL Link fill out the information and upload a Paypal/Bank wire/Western Union/Payment Screenshot. For any other country: Search for the email address of DHL Express Customs (not normal DHL) in your country. You can also call the DHL Express hotline and ask them. Email them the same proof of payment screenshot.

The bad side is that you will probably have to pay some importing fees (EUSt in Germany are 19% + 12,50€ DHL fees). I can tell you that DHL Customs will not check if you send them an authentic screenshot of your Paypal transaction or if you managed to change up some digits in order to stay under $24. To save the importing fees. I cannot tell you how to do it, though of course. Google inspect element… This is why it was important, that PandaBuy sent you the Commercial Invoice they put on the parcel – You know exactly how high they declared it and what they stated is inside.

The Tracking status should be “Clearance Event” when they want the proof of payment and should change to “Clearance processing completed” when it is done. This can take up to several days after you send them the screenshot.

If your haul really got seized (Tracking status “Please contact DHL”) there is nothing you can do. DHL will send you a letter where they will ask you for your permission to destroy the items. Just ignore this letter. It will automatically count as a permission (in Germany). There is nothing else. You don’t go to jail, you don’t get a Million $ fine. Some DHL Customs worker told me that if you stay under 3 shoes per package they will not contact the brand. But keep in mind, this is TOTALLY random. If you follow the checklist there is a micro chance that you package will even get inspected. Because inspecting alone is not enough, so many DHL workers just don’t care and pass Nike, Adidas, Gucci Fakes. And if you really are that unlucky, just deal with it. Some sellers send out a replacement for free, some don’t. You, Your family and your future kids will be safe, don’t worry.

Inside the United States

If your package was seized within Chinese borders often times the Agent will refund you the full parcel price. Meaning if your haul went to the value of ¥2,000 then you will be reimbursed ¥2,000 directly to your PandaBuy account.

If your package was seized or taken in for inspection by United States Customs then you will be given a call or a notice that DHL, EMS, or your selected shipping company has took in your package. Do not panic. Often times when they take your package in for inspection they will ask you to provide a receipt or invoice for the declaration of value for your haul. Seizures and inspections are 100% random and aren’t able to bypassed through any method. To keep it short: DHL does not trust your invoice/can’t read the invoice/is bored af and wants a proof of payment to declare the value of your haul. For DHL Germany it is really easy to do this. You go to this DHL Link fill out the information and upload a Paypal/Bank wire/Western Union/Payment Screenshot. For any other country: Search for the email address of DHL Express Customs (not normal DHL) in your country. You can also call the DHL Express hotline and ask them. Email them the same proof of payment screenshot.

After this step you will need to wait for the review period to end and if everything went well then your package will be released to you. If your package was seized and they send you a letter than it is best to say you didn’t order the item and take the loss on the haul.

This rarely happens.

Ok this was the Big Customs/FashionReps Newbie Guide/PandaBuy Guide v6.0. If you have any remarks/questions feel free to hit me up. I will add some links that are quite useful and try to update it as often as possible:

• Use Taobao Image Search

• FashionReps Newbie Guide

• How to properly measure

• Trusted Seller List (Low Risk)

• How much will my haul cost?

• Massive List of Shops

Credit to reddit user. /u/125ba. Please note these are just averages. Depends on sizing and quality.

You will need to do rehearsal shipping once you have all your items in your warehouse. In short, you pay a small fee (around ¥20) for someone to package up all of your stuff, weigh it, measure it, and put these figures into the shipping calculator for a final cost.

There are two ways to do rehearsal shipping and you do this from your warehouse in PandaBuy.

1. With PandaBuy, they are more or less spot on with their revised methods of weighing.

2. You can still opt for Rehearsal Shipping but it should not be used every order.

Typically, you will see a new reduction by doing this.

Q – How long should my parcel take to arrive?

China Post’s tracking service documents the average arrival times of all parcels for some frequent countries as follows. If your haul has not arrived and the “longest” number of days has not elapsed, you should not be concerned.

Country – Average Delivery Time – Longest Time – Shortest Time

• Australia / New Zealand : 12 – 15 – 9

• Canada : 30 – 60 – 10

• EU : 17 – 44 – 7

• United Kingdom : 12 – 40 – 6

• United States : 16 – 62 – 4

As you can see, a delivery time of 40+ days for Europe and North America is frequent. (source: China Post)

Q – What does “shipping notice received” (or similar) mean?

This means the agent has put a tracking number from China Post on your parcel (i.e. a sticker with a barcode and scanned it), but has not shipped the goods yet. It can take two to three business days for the goods to be shipped as the agent will be waiting for China Post to collect the goods. In most cases, sellers will take immediate action to ship the goods to avoid disputes and reputational damage.

Q – It’s been a couple of days since I finalized my haul, why hasn’t anything happened?

In general, to avoid disappointment you should start counting days from when the parcel is collected (it says this specifically on your agent’s site and on 17track) rather than the date you submitted the parcel.

Paying for your parcel today doesn’t mean it will be in the hands of China Post tomorrow – it takes time to physically bundle up the parcel, allocate a tracking number and get China Post to physically collect at the warehouse. It can often take two to three business days for this to happen and your haul to update that the tracking number has been activated.

Agents and (more frequently) direct sellers will tell you “the item has shipped, but the shipping company hasn’t given the tracking information yet” when in reality your parcel is still in the warehouse

Q – There seem to be a lot of delays, should I ship my parcel now or wait?

This is similar to driving to a friend’s house cross-country when the traffic is awful all the time – the sooner you leave, the sooner you’ll get there. Things won’t be any faster by delaying your haul.

Q – Has my haul been seized?!

In all likelihood, no. Your parcel status will update saying it is being inspected by customs at the point of seizure. A lack of status updates is probably a good thing in that sense.

Q – Is my parcel lost?

In all likelihood, no. These things are very rare and if you are worried about this happening you should purchase the relevant insurance protection from your agent before finalizing your shipment.

Q – My parcel has been scanned by customs but it hasn’t been updated to say customs has been cleared. Has my haul been seized?

In all likelihood, no. The scan to confirm the parcel has cleared customs doesn’t necessarily take place in the warehouse and often takes place while the parcel is being loaded into a lorry or when it arrives at your local sorting office.

Q – What can I do to hurry things up?

Literally nothing. This is how international shipping works, so get comfortable with it.

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“I don’t care about fashion and just want to fit in”

If you don’t care about fashion and just want to fit in to high-school, just go to h&m (whatever store everyone goes to in your area) with your mommy or daddy and get whatever fits just like everyone else. Get stuff that you see at your high-school. Honestly though, it’s high-school, no one really cares what you wear unless it’s expensive hypebeast stuff like Jordans or Supreme. If you’re dressing to impress, remember some people like preppy clothes and others like streetwear. A good balance is blank stuff without graphics, huge branding or any trendy stuff like side zips or rips.

“I actually like fashion”

If you want to learn to dress well, read these guides and look at some style inspiration albums for the different styles.

Here are some guides that actually teach people how to get into fashion not how to dress like a generic, unfashionable teen mashing all the latest trends together.

Note: Some guides are from other subs but they are still very relevant because streetwear is still just fashion at its core. Yes, button ups and non-bomber jackets can be “streetwear.”

How-2-Streetwear, a Guide by Waversack

A Guide to Color Matching

Creating a Dope Fit with Colour

A Rudimentary Guide on Creating Outfits That Work

Simple Step-by-step Intro

How Clothes Should Fit

Building a Basic Wardrobe

Understanding Color

Building Outfits That Work

I’ve got $X. How do I spend it?

Developing Personal Style

Understanding Unconventional Fit

INSPO MEGATHREAD

List of a Couple of Inspo Albums

The side bar to the right has useful links to stores and blogs.

If you see a good guide that’s not on here, feel free to post it. If it’s terrible and is suggesting beginners all buy some basic starter pack of memes, keep it to yourself.

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Do you want to avoid the PayPal (your currency) to USD exchange fee when topping up your agent balance via PayPal? Well this guide is right for you dear!

So lets say you live somewhere in Europe and want to top up your agent balance with PayPal. PayPal converts your Euros (€) to US Dollars ($) and takes a conversion cut, even more than some banks do.

This is an example of my latest top up on my Agent (CssBuy) wallet balance

I topped my Cssbuy balance with 219$ on 24th of October, at that second the EUR to USD rate on my card issuer i.e. Revolut was 1€=0.9876$ which means i paid 221,74€ for the top up including exchange fees etc.

Now if i would have topped up same amount but directly with PayPals conversion rate it would have charged me 234,50€ to top up the same 219$ on my balance. PayPals exchange rate was 1€=0,93392$.

So by using my card issuers conversion rate i saved 12,76€ aka. 12.61$

Find a bank/virtual bank that has 0% or close to 0% currency conversion fee. For most European users Revolut is a good choice, its available in almost all EU countries. They allow 1000€ of exchange every month with 0% fee, after that a exchange usage fee of 0,5% applies till end of the month.

After you have found your card issuer and applied for a card and you have all the information you need. Log in to your PayPal account, go to Wallet and add your new card

Add your new card to your paypal

Now that you have your card added, head over to your agents website and top up balance via PayPal. Once you hit this window search for SEE CURRENCY OPTIONS and click it

A window like this will pop up, now you will CLICK the USD and then click PAY IN USD. Since you have 0% exchange rate you dont pay ANY conversion fees and get a better deal vs. using PayPals exchange rate.

^{Disclaimer: Before switching ANY PayPal settings read your card issuers TOS and the exchange fee listing on your banks/card issuers website. All banks have different exchange fees, some might take over5% and some little as 0.01%, i am not responsible if you end up paying more just because you didnt do your quick 5 minute research. Financial isntutution rules may differ from country to country, not all virtual banks are available in every country. Use your discression when buying those Bape hoodies, you will cringe at your self with in next 5 years if you wear those hoodies. Note that due to currency fluctulation the exchange rates are updated every second and some banks have flat once a day changing currency exchange rates. Note that some financial institutions might require parental permission for customers under 18 when applying for a card/opening an account, please follow local laws and guidances.}

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• Head to CSSBuy’s site and click “Register” on the upper right of the screen, or use someone’s referral link. Image

• Choose a username and password, enter the email you’d like to use, a referral code if you have that, and click Register, then check your email for a confirmation link. Image

• Once confirmed, return to CSSBuy and log in normally.

• Using an agent may seem overwhelming, but in reality you’ll be using the same few pages that you’ll quickly understand. These pages are as follows: Image

• My Orders: This is your warehouse. (A)

• My int’l Parcels: This is where you see the hauls you’ve shipped out—you check tracking, ask questions, get after sale service from here. (B)

• Address Book: This is where the addresses you’ve sent hauls to are saved. (C)

• Submit Ship: This is where you submit hauls to ship (D)

• Recharge: This is where you top up. There’s a button next to it called “Withdraw” to withdraw funds (E)

• Asking Question: This is where you ask an agent to ask a seller a question for you or find something out for you. (F)

• Search Bar: This is where you’d put a Taobao link to order it, or, if you want to search for an item, you can also do that here(G)

• Expert Buy: This is where you’ll place non-Taobao orders (H)

• Image This is just as simple as any other agent. There’s a search bar at the top that you can just input your link into. (A)- Enter your link and submit it. You’ll be redirected to the item page.

• Choose the size and color by selecting the corresponding buttons(B)

• ImageYou can view the additional item information by scrolling down the page.

• Input any additional information the agent needs to know in the note box and add to cart. The item is now ready for purchase in your cart.

• To check out items from your cart, go to your cart by clicking the cart button with a number on it in the upper right corner of your page. Image This will take you to your cart.

• ImageYou can delete(A), favorite(B), and most importantly select to purchase(C) the items in your cart that you’d like to purchase. Click the corresponding button to do so.

• Image Once you select items to purchase, you will be redirected to a new page where you select the country that you will ultimately send these items to in a haul (A). For each item, you can optionally choose to remove packaging , order a full QC album for 1.5Y an item, or order a set of measurements for 4Y (B). Finally, you can choose to apply any available coupons (C)

• Once you have done all of this, click “Submit to Buy”, and you will be redirected to a payment pageImage.

• Select your method of payment and click “Go to Pay”, then follow the prompts for payment. Please note that if you plan on using PayPal, the PayPal billing address must match the address you will eventually ship your haul to.

• Use CSSBuy’s Expert Buy system for products not on Taobao. This includes Weidian, Yupoo, 1688, anything. An agent will purchase it on your behalf and it will go to your warehouse. is incredibly simple and intuitive to use.

• CSSBuy charges no additional fees for ordering through Expert Buy

• To use, click the Expert Buy button at the top of the desktop page.

• Image Fill out the fields as follows: “Item URL” with the link, “Fill Title” with the title of the page, “Note” with the color and size, along with any additional purchase information (such as if the seller gave you a special code), and “Price”, “Domestic Shipping”, and “Quantity” are self- explanatory. Then add to cart. The product is now available to check out in your cart. Example

• Here’s where all your stuff goes. [6] To view your stuff, go to “My Orders”.

• Every order you’ve submitted, or attempted to submit, is here, and will have statuses and categories you can sort by Image

• All: every order

• In Warehouse: Things that have arrived will wait here until you submit them to ship.

• Submitted to Ship: Things that you have shipped out in hauls

• Pending: Orders you’ve paid for but haven’t arrived in the warehouse yet. You can cancel orders from this page if they have a status of “Pending”

• Invalid Order: Cancelled orders. You can delete these orders by clicking “Delete”, thus clearing up your warehouse of entries.

• Unpaid: If you submitted stuff in your cart to be ordered but didn’t pay for them for whatever reason, they’ll appear here instead of your cart. Pay for them here.

• Image For each order, you’ll see the following

• ID: This is your order number, reference this when talking to customer service. (A)

• Title and link: This is what you bought in the order; you can click it to go to the product page (B)

• Order stats: See how much you paid, item weight, and order status. (C)

• View Logistics: If this button appears, then domestic tracking has been provided by the seller

• QC Pic: If this button appears, then you paid for QC pictures and they are now available to view.

• Add Note: This is where you ask an agent to do or ask something for you (retake a QC picture, get a refund or exchange, ask the seller a question, etc.)

• Shipping is easy as long as you don’t get overwhelmed.

• Head to your “In Warehouse”. Image First, using the checkboxes, select the items from “In Warehouse” from “My Orders” that you’d like to submit to ship(A), then click “Submit to Ship”(B) and confirm that you’d like to do so. You’ll be redirected to the international shipping page

• Image The international shipping page gives you the option to double box individual items and/or add air cushions to your package for a small fee. Select what items you’d like these services done for if you desire

• Image Select, or add the address if you haven’t added it before, where you’ll be sending your haul. Please note that if you plan to pay for haul shipping using PayPal, the PayPal billing address must match the address you are shipping to.(A)

• Once you select an address, you can see the available shipping lines and their rates. Selecting a line will show you their restrictions. CSSBuy by default does not stop you from submitting a package that ignores these restrictions, but don’t be surprised if you do and you have problems later on (B)

• Image Fill out your invoice for your package here, or alternatively you can choose to have CSSBuy make one for you. Be aware of the import restrictions of your destination country and fill out accordingly (A). You can add additional lines for more items if necessary by clicking “add” (B)

• Finally, you’ll see the final cost of shipping (C), along with another set of value- added services you can opt for, and a note box for any special instructions. (D) Review this, click submit to ship, and if your balance is insufficient to pay for the haul you will be brought to another page to pay the difference. If this is the case, simply do so.

• Image You can view your shipped hauls under “My Int’l Parcels”. You’ll see the parcel ID (A), your tracking number once it is available (B), parcel stats (C), and a few more buttons.- From this page, you can add a note to ask a question, mark your haul as received, see photos of your haul with all the items that should be packed it AND its recorded weight, and a copy of the attached shipping invoice, which also includes the address you shipped to (D)Example

• If you’re getting “verify code#### is uncorrect” error, try clearing your cookies or changing browsers or going incognito.

• Don’t want to see the live chat popup on the side? Just hover over it and click the X to make it disappear.

• Your balance will automatically be used to pay for haul shipping if you have enough to cover the cost

• You can be as vague as you need to be in your invoice. Don’t feel the need to be descriptive to customs officers. Instead of saying “Yeezy Boost 350 V2” instead put “shoes”

We hope this guide helped you become familiar with the CSSBuy site. Please give feedback if we have forgotten something, or if you have any questions.

We will be making these guides for each agent on our trusted agents list to allow new members to order easily directly from China.

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