Orientdig spreadsheet FAQ: four marketplaces on one desk

Because the same item can sit at four different prices across Taobao, Weidian, 1688 and JD. Comparing all four is usually where the real saving comes from.

It does the boring comparison work first — picking a source, checking seller history, noting version differences — so you start at rows rather than at a blank search box.

Not at all. Browsing rows is free; the account matters after you decide to buy, because that is where QC images, dispatch and shipping decisions live.

You can ask for many more angles than a fixed-quota system allows, which suits patterned or constructed items. Requests stay reasonable — ask for what helps you decide.

Dispatch typically happens within a handful of working days of your instruction — a three to five day window is common — after which the line's own clock starts.

The free window is long enough to accumulate a real haul. The habit to build is shipping before you forget the parcel exists, not shipping immediately every time.

Anything where construction decides value: stitched panels, printed graphics, zips, hardware colour. Those details are cheap to photograph and expensive to discover late.

Discard shoe boxes, flatten soft goods, and ask for the parcel to be packed tightly. Volume, not weight, is what quietly inflates most freight bills.

Technically yes, but value concentration matters for declarations. Very high-value hauls are better split so one parcel never carries all the exposure.

As a stack: item price, domestic leg, international freight, service fee, then customs and extras. Reading them together prevents the classic mistake of judging on item price alone.

They get flagged at the warehouse and either returned domestically or discarded, depending on policy. Checking the restricted list first costs seconds and saves weeks.

Start in your Orientdig order — the item record carries payment and QC evidence. Platform-side seller disputes are a separate, slower track.