#Tao bao coupons registration
#Tao bao coupons verification

I mean, you wouldn’t want to be paying $50 for something that only cost $20 in other shops. I would normally compare the prices between several shops/sellers (scroll down and go to the next page, etc) so as to get an idea on the ‘standard price’ of the product. Under every product image, you will see the price (in RMB) on the left in orange colour and the number of people who have ordered/paid for the product on the right. Researching is probably one of the most important aspects while shopping on Taobao as there can be hundreds or even thousands of different shops/sellers that sell the same product. Next, just cut and paste the Chinese characters into the search box on Taobao homepage to see what are all the available flour sifters for sale. Type in the Google searchbox ‘translate english to chinese’ to get this online translation tool.įor example, I want to find out what a ‘flour sifter’ is in Chinese. Otherwise, open a new tab on your browser. If you know what the item you want is called in Chinese, use your existing Chinese input editor and type in the Chinese characters in the search box on Taobao homepage. Select 海外其他 (Overseas/Others) from the 所有地区 (Region) drop-down menu and input your address and contact number. Next, click on 我的淘宝 (I Taobao) on top and click on 我的收货地址 (My shipping address) to come to this page:

#Tao bao coupons verification

– Key in the verification code that is sent to your mobile via sms – Input your mobile number and drag the slider to the right Just follow the instructions and proceed as follows:

#Tao bao coupons registration

The registration process from here onwards is pretty straightforward. Click ‘Consent agreement’ (to agree to the terms & conditions). Web page may look a little funny but that’s fine.Ĭlick on ‘register free’ on the top left.

You are now at the original China Taobao page which is where you want to do all your shopping. On the top left corner, point your mouse cursor over 新加坡 (Singapore) and then select your region as 中国大陆 (China) from the drop-down menu. Go to When you type the URL (on your browser, you might be redirected to its global platform because your IP address is based in Singapore. Otherwise, just use Google translation all the way.ġ. While this is quite a detailed tutorial (I hope so), it is probably still easier to grasp the know-hows if you can at least read some Chinese. If Chrome is already your default browser, please clear your history and cache before proceeding with this tutorial. Spoon is read as 汤匙 (‘tang chi’) here but 勺子 (‘shao zi’) in China.īefore we begin, I would suggest that you use the Google Chrome browser as it provides an option for web page translation which will come in handy while shopping on Taobao.

For example, potato in China is called 土豆 (‘tu dou’) but here we call it 马铃薯 (‘ma ling shu’). Also, the Chinese language in China and what we have learnt here in Singapore since young are a little different. I couldn’t find the right words to use and then it dawned on me that perhaps I didn’t have a good grasp of the Chinese language especially after leaving school for too long. Even though I can speak and read Chinese, I did encounter a lot of difficulties initially while navigating through the website, trying to look for the products I want and contacting sellers (and conversing with them in Mandarin on chat) when I had questions.