Sage-Tips

Can I use international credit card on Taobao?

We accept Paypal, Visa, MasterCard and other credit and debit cards payment for Taobao agent service, items and international shipping. To pay Taobao items, you can use your international or local credit card.

Can I use my Visa card in another country?

Visa and Mastercard are widely accepted worldwide. If an establishment takes credit cards, it’s a good bet that your Visa or Mastercard will work. American Express and Discover have an international presence, too, but they are accepted by fewer merchants.

Can you use USD on Taobao?

As for items, agent and shipping fees, we currently use only US Dollar. Our currency rate is based on interbank currency rate, currently it is 1RMB=0.163USD, it might change from time to time along with the changing live currency, which we will always indicate to you.

Can I use Taobao outside China?

Yes. Taobao supports shipping to 10 areas outside of mainland China. As long as you reside in these 10 areas, you can register for a Taobao account and order directly from it.

Does Taobao require Alipay?

Select “海外国家/地区” (Overseas Countries/Territories) and look for “新加坡” (Singapore) in the list. Once you’ve selected Singapore, you’ll also be prompted to key in the generic area of your delivery address. Note that this may not be the most accurate, but Taobao still requires you to select an area.

Can I use Alipay to pay Taobao?

Alipay will also now be an automatic option for payments within mobile apps like Didi, Meituan, and of course, Taobao.

Can I use a Visa gift card for international purchases?

Most Visa cards that you purchase are US-bound. However, Visa does offer some gifts cards that can be used abroad through banks, such as the PNC Bank Visa Gift card. You can find a variety of prepaid cards online that can be used internationally. Be sure to check the fine print to be aware of any transaction fees.

Can Visa card be used for online payment?

You can use your Visa Debit card to: Place an order online, by phone or mail. Get money out of an ATM using your PIN. Swipe or insert (chip)² your card at merchants that don’t require a signature.

Does Taobao charge transaction fee?

Considering how many transactions Taobao handles on an annual basis, the platform does not charge sellers or buyers a transaction fee. Instead, it makes money by offering SEO-like advertising to sellers in much the same way that Google does.

How can I buy Taobao from USA?

How To Shop On Taobao: A Detailed Step-By-Step Taobao Guide 2020

1. Allow Page Translation On Google Chrome. Can’t read Chinese?
2. Register For An Account.
3. Fill Up Your Shipping Address In Your Settings.
4. Time To Shop.
5. Evaluate Items And Add To Cart.
6. Confirm Items In Cart.
7. Check Out.
8. Shipping Fee Payment.

How does Taobao international work?

All your items will be sent to Taobao’s warehouse in China to be registered, consolidated and repacked for optimal shipping, and then sent to you via sea freight. You’ll only know the shipping fee after the items arrive at the Taobao warehouse. Plus, there are some sellers who will refuse to personally ship overseas.

Is Taobao worldwide?

Taobao Marketplace facilitates consumer-to-consumer (C2C) retail by providing a platform for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs to open online stores that mainly cater to consumers in Chinese-speaking regions (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) and abroad, which is made payable by online accounts.

Can you buy on Taobao with a bank card?

This means that as long as you are from these 10 regions, you can register for a Taobao account and buy the goods you want on Taobao.com using your bank card. Taobao offers different shipping solutions for each area, I will explain later in Part 5 how to choose and use Taobao’s official shipping.

Can I use vpayfast to pay on Taobao?

But you have to pay with Alipay or mainland China bank accounts on Taobao, if not, you can pay with international credit cards on Vpayfast, make the order of Taobao, and then Vpayfast will pay for you directly. Hope it can help you. Certainly.

Does Taobao ship to the US?

Though overseas delivery service is available to all the sellers on Taobao, not all sellers ships to the US. It is also product dependant as not all products (or services) can be shipped to the US. I suggest that you consult the shop you want to buy from on Taobao if they ship to US.

How to place an order from Taobao or Tmall?

You have to do preparatory work before placing orders from Taobao or Tmall. First, you need to consider factors like whether the platform you choose to make an order from supports international credit cards or not, how to translate the website from the Chinese language to English, the shipping cost to my country, how to get discount codes… etc.