How this comparison surface is built
This board exists to set options side by side, so it is worth knowing how the rows are assembled. Each is a real listing from one of four marketplaces, priced against the others rather than presented alone. Below: how rows are chosen and kept comparable, how to judge one, and what comparison cannot do for you.
← Back to overviewPriced against each other
Genuine English rows from Taobao, Weidian, 1688 and JD, with prices set against one another rather than in isolation. A surface for comparison that never asks for payment.
- Priced comparativelyrows are set against each other rather than alone
- Source recordedneeded for any comparison to mean anything
- No checkoutyou take the row to Orientdig
- Kept currentstale rows removed
Rows are assembled so that comparison is possible; fulfilment belongs to Orientdig.
How the surface is assembled
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Judging a row comparatively
Most products appear under a cluster of links at a spread of prices. Comparison only helps if you are comparing like with like, so check the variant first.
Comparable versus confirmable
The first column is everything comparison can establish. The second is everything that needs a warehouse — and comparison is not a warehouse.
A price in isolation tells you almost nothing. Good photographs behind a number that matches the others: proceed. Identical photographs for less: worth a look. One poor photograph at a confident number: keep looking.
Compiled from public material so agents can be compared. Each agent's fees and lanes sit on its own pages.