BBDbuy spreadsheet FAQ: four steps from row to doorstep

Ordering the item, inspecting it, packing it, then shipping it. Keeping them mentally separate is what makes problems easy to locate when they occur.

Because the gap is the reason a row exists. If the advantage disappears after freight and fees, the row has earned its honesty rather than your money.

No. Rows are free to compare; payment only appears inside BBDbuy once you decide to act on one.

Typically several standard shots — enough to judge condition and obvious flaws — with further angles available on request for rows where detail matters.

A long free window, commonly cited as around ninety days, gives you room to accumulate. Exact terms sit in your BBDbuy account.

Taobao, Weidian, 1688 and JD. Rows note which marketplace they came from, because identical items can differ in factory and finishing.

Arrival condition, visible defects and whether the variant matches your note. Ask for anything extra before packing is finalised — that is when fixes are cheap.

Filter by destination and parcel profile first, then weigh cost against realistic days. Cheapest rarely wins once volumetric weight is applied.

Yes, provided they arrive inside the same storage window. Consolidation is the single easiest way to lower cost per item in a mixed haul.

Sometimes entirely, sometimes barely. Item price, service portion, freight and duty decide; rows advertise the gap so you can do the arithmetic first.

Buy it for fragile or oddly shaped rows and skip it for soft goods. Reinforcement is cheap insurance on anything that can crack.

Raise it before shipping: domestic exchanges are straightforward. Once goods have left China, the arithmetic usually argues against returning them.