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Pikobuy Spreadsheet shelves for browsing past the pull list

Every shelf below opens one category of the product catalogue in a new window, ready to browse by category, sort and search. Copy a listing link you like and paste it into Pikobuy.

Shelf photos linking into the catalogue

Shelf photos are real product photos taken from each category. Some show brand marks; they illustrate the shelf and are not recommendations.

How a shelf differs from the pull list

A shelf is wide: hundreds or thousands of listings, sorted by how often people open them. The pull list is narrow: sixteen items, each read line by line. Use the shelves when you know the category and want choice; use the pull list when you want someone to have looked at the menu before you do.

Nothing stops you mixing them. Plenty of readers pull one find from our list, then fill the rest of the parcel from a shelf, because the freight is paid per parcel and an extra cap barely moves the weight.

Flow from the catalogue to the pull list to Pikobuy — The catalogue is the wide end, the pull list the narrow end, Pikobuy the buyer.

Anatomy of a catalogue product card

Each card shows a cover photo, an English title written for the catalogue, and a price in yuan. Open the card and you get more: the seller's original Chinese title, the option menu with a price for every option, and the link to the marketplace listing. The Chinese title is the one written by the seller, so when the two titles disagree, believe the Chinese one.

A card shows the cheapest option's price. If a listing shows a range, the cheap end may be a small accessory or a single letter, as with the crowned pendant on our list.

Table of four option menus and what they really mean — Four menus from our own list where the headline price or title misleads.

Catalogue search words that return results

The search box takes English words. Plain garment words such as zip hoodie, straw hat, waist bag or open ring return useful results. Brand names return branded listings, which we do not cover. Colour plus garment narrows things quickly: black long sleeve, washed denim cap.

If a search returns nothing, try the singular form, drop an adjective, or browse the shelf instead. When you find something, paste the listing link into the Pikobuy search box; Pikobuy reads Taobao, Tmall, 1688, Weidian and Yupoo links, and its home page search also lists second-hand Xianyu as a source.

Search the catalogue again here:

Pikobuy product page in the tutorial video showing colour options and the purchasing hours note — After you paste a link, Pikobuy shows the listing with its own notes: purchasing hours, the seller-to-warehouse fee and an estimated arrival date. Frame from the official video.