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
usually will do this• Rarer items usually
here
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
$4.00
Store Envy vs Taobao
$13.00
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
FEHONGDABUWAWA
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
http://is.gd/taobaoguide
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