Get Everything You Want on SGshop!

With SGshop, you have no more excuses to say you can't find something. SGshop, your gateway to international shipping, gives you access to shop in the world's largest online marketplaces and they recently revamped their interface to add extra features to make your shopping experience smoother! P.S I got the above dress on taobao too!

Your Guide to Taobao/Tmall 11.11 Singles' Day Sale!

It's 11.11 in a few days time, so here's a quick guide to help you with your Taobao (淘宝) and Tmall (天猫) 11.11 Single's Day shopping! For those who didn't know, 11.11 - also known as Single's Day - was popularized by Alibaba, the parent company of Taobao and Tmall. Many shops around the world have then jumped onto the bandwagon and it's like the Asian version of Black Friday Sale. Warning: Expect a slightly longer waiting time to receive your items though.

11.11 with Skycart!

Hello all, anyone shopping on Taobao lately? Have you heard of Skycart? Skycart is not a Taobao agent, it is a concierge-like service helping customers to buy safely and easily from Chinese on- line shops like Taobao.com. Customers can approach Skycart on its live chat to help with reading Chinese descriptions and providing search terms, even requesting for Skycart staff to help source for things.

[Review] Cheaper Shipping with 65daigou!

I'm back with good news for all - 65daigou reduced their shipping fee! With effect from 29th July 2015, all China shipment (Express Air, Economy Air, Sensitive Air and Sea / Sensitive Sea) for both Buy-For-Me and Ship-For-Me will be revised. For a similar price you used to pay in the past, you can now get your items faster!

[Review] Shop Taobao on 65daigou

Why shop on 65daigou?
I did a comparison of 65daigou shipping vs Taobao direct before so if you are interested, you can check out the blog post. To sum it all up, at 65daigou you can expect fuss-free shopping, cheaper shipping cost (due to repacking), a wide range of delivery methods, english site for taobao shopping, and lastly see what others' bought recently! But till date I've actually not shipped directly from Taobao before so I didn't compare their customer service hehe.

Shopping at 65Daigou!

Well well, how can anyone ever stop shopping online.

Been shopping a little on taobao lately and I always use 65Daigou to get my stuffs from taobao!

I've blogged about why I use 65Daigou instead of taobao direct some time back.

If you are interested in reading, here is the post: 65Daigou vs Taobao Direct.

So what do I usually buy from taobao?

Shoes, bags, clothes, and a couple of random stuffs like dairy and shoe expander ;)

The jelly flats are like only $6 per pair! I've got 3 pairs there cause 2 are for my sisters!

The good thing about 65Daigou is that your cart items get saved automatically
(as long as you are logged into your account).
So I can always leave things in my cart and keep adding more the next day.

For those who are planning on buying shoes on taobao,
cause shoes are rather bulky and they come with shoe boxes,
the shipping weight is about 0.6kg (for most of the shoes I bought).

Tip: You can write in to 65Daigou to have the box removed
BUT you might risk having your shoes damaged during shipping.

I usually ship around 10+ items at one go and shipping + agent fees cost about $30+.
However do not that it all depends on the weight and size of items you are buying!

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Here are two outfits that I put together!

P.S Same skirt cause I realize I buy a lot of tops on taobao but only one bottom lols.

Outfit #1

Top $4.23 // Skirt $14.68 // Jacket $13.55 // Heels $12.55

Outfit #2

Top $8.21 // Skirt $14.68 // Bag $15.79 // Heels $16.77

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They are all online apparel shop quality but at half the price or less! :)

Also if you've realized, I don't exactly buy the cheapest stuff on taobao :/

I usually shop by design then try to find the lowest price for the particular one that I want.

There are definitely cheaper stuffs on taobao, e.g. $2 for a pair of shoes.

But it depends on whether you like it or not and... do read reviews before purchasing!

Tip: When you see a design that you like, always copy and paste the name
in the search box to see if there are cheaper alternatives available!
Usually they have a couple of shops selling the exact same product at different prices ;)

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Now time for me add more stuffs to my 65Daigou cart
and start shipping again! :)

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[Review] 65Daigou vs Taobao Direct

Most of you know I shop a lot from USA websites.

What you all might not know is that... I shop on Taobao too!
P.S If you don't know what is TaoBao, it's a Chinese website for online shopping!
Those who follow my Dayre would know that this girl here has been shopping quite a bit :/

Anyways, I have been using 65daigou to get my taobao stuffs!

Bag and Parka which I wore in HongKong was bought from taobao (through 65daigou).

Got the bag at ~$15, Parka at ~$23.

Prices excluding shipping and agent fee.

My most recent buys from Taobao :)

The flats are ~$6 each! Mad worth it! Super comfy too =P

Sadly those are my sisters'. I'm gonna buy a pair for myself too!

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Okays, I am aware that you can now buy directly from taobao but I still use 65daigou because...

1. Fuss-free shopping with good services!
All the ordering will be done by 65daigou. Also, after you receive your items, if there are any issues with your order, 65Daigou will help you liaise with the shop too! Fuss-free shopping for me! Yay!

And if you have any enquiries, 65Daigou replies enquiries within one working day! When I first used 65daigou, being a crazy shopaholic, I shopped on two consecutive days :/ So in the end, I wanted to check if I could combine the shipment to save some money. I didn't really know how 65daigou worked then and I was lazy (opps) and a little too busy that day to read all the instructions so I contacted their customer service straight lols. I always shop without reading instructions one. Don't ask me why. Btw I am not recommending this. They have every bit of detail that you require on their website so please do read the details. But anyways, guess that? THEY REPLIED ME ON THE DAY ITSELF! Okays sometimes in one working day, maybe cause they were too busy? But it really surprised that they actually replied on the day itself cause most customer service that I've seen actually takes 3 working days to reply. Their customer service representative taught me how to combine my shipments in the future, and even fixed it for me (placed everything on hold) without me asking! Good service I would say :)

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2. Repacking (save shipping costs)

It is true that on TaoBao direct you can save the agent fee but they have credit card surcharge! In addition, on 65Daigou you can save shipping costs as they will repack your orders. For instance you buy stuffs from 5 different shops. This means you will have 5 boxes regardless of how empty the boxes are. Shipping costs are charged based on volumetric weight. Imagine 5 boxes which are rather empty, won't the shipping fee cost quite a bit?! But at 65Daigou, they will repack it for you into one plastic bag, unless goods are fragile or easily damaged, they will keep it in the original box). This way, the volumetric weight will be much lesser and that can save you quite a bit of money! Volumetric weights are usually more than actual weights unless your item is mad heavy. Without boxes, only actual weights will be considered.

This is how my items usually arrive - in one plastic bag :) In addition, since it is pack in a plastic bag, it is really easy for me to self collect and carry it home.

P.S If you notice, there is a box in my plastic bag. That's cause the bag which I ordered is prone to scratches, so they kept the box. 65Daigou will check all packages to see if they are suitable to be packed in plastic bags or should be kept in box.

Tip: If you don't mind risking having your items damaged, you can put everything on hold, don't ship it yet, send them an enquiry asking them to remove the box. There's definitely some risk. So it depends whether you want to save the money and risk it or not. For me, I could have saved ~$10 without the box :/ But that bag was rather ex so I didn't want to risk it.

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3. Lots of methods of delivery
They have courier services to your doorstep, self collection at MRT stations, self collection at their place, and even self collection at neighborhood areas! If you want to save a little bit of money, you can opt for self collection! I always opt for self collection cause there's one just a 3mins walk away from my place =P

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4. TaoBao direct is in chinese!

I know sometimes they have options to change the language to English but for some strange reason that option is not always on (or it is only my computer?). It's already a chore having to search for items in chinese. Checkout my cart in chinese? No thanks! I have problems figuring out which field is for what :/ For those who don't know, I read chinese words really very slowly hahahas. 65Daigou on the other hand is in english! So if there are any issues, you can communicate with the customer service easily too :)

TaoBao Direct

No joke to cart out in chinese -.-

65Daigou

Fully in english! :)

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5. Find other customers' recent purchases on 65Daigou!

I know TaoBao allows you to see what's popular. But they don't categorize it by country! On 65Daigou, you can find recent buys by those people living in Singapore! 

Why is this important? Cause what's suitable for one country might not be suitable for another. For example it's winter in China but Singapore is summer all year round. Their top selling products might be winter wear but what we need is summer clothing!

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Now time for me to go and buy stuffs from taobao using 65Daigou again! :)

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