CNshopper Spreadsheet catalogue: shelves to browse before an order

Photo shelves for finds you can order through CNshopper, with the path from an entry to a shipped parcel and the checks worth making on the way.

Every shelf of the CNshopper Spreadsheet catalogue

Additional checks apply to the following categories:

The women’s tile runs a keyword search, so expect coats and bags mixed in with dresses and knitwear.

How a catalogue entry becomes a CNshopper order

A catalogue entry is a pointer to a listing on a Chinese marketplace. The catalogue itself sells nothing; the order happens on CNshopper, which buys from the original seller for you.

Open a shelf and pick an entry. Its page shows photos and the marketplace listing it points to.
Copy the listing link. CNshopper’s header has a Paste Link box that names Taobao and 1688; its How to Order page also mentions Weidian and Tmall links.
Choose size and colour on CNshopper, then pay for the item together with whatever the seller charges to post it across China.
Wait for the item to reach the Chengdu warehouse and for the QC photos.
Submit a parcel, pick a shipping line, decide on Package Protection, pay freight.

Step five is where the porch questions start. The porch profile is built for the minute before you press pay on that screen.

Five steps from a catalogue entry to a shipped CNshopper parcel, with the protection choice at the last step — The order path, with the step where Package Protection is offered marked in brick.

From a promising photograph to a traceable purchase

Open the source listing, select your exact option and save its current price, seller and quantity. Keep the measurement chart for clothing and the component list for a set. A starting price or category image may describe a different version from the one you intend to buy. Similar photos from two shops do not establish equivalent goods.

This Spreadsheet is a catalogue, not a checkout or a warehouse. CNshopper purchases the chosen item, receives it and later prepares the parcel you request. Keep the original link with the agent’s order and item reference. Add the parcel number when shipping is arranged; that connection is useful if a delivery issue later requires proof of what the box should have contained.

Four catalogue photos: slip dresses in soft colours, plain crewneck sweatshirts, tees on hangers, and plain tees laid on a wooden floor — Four catalogue entries shot the way sellers usually shoot them: flat lays, rails and plain backgrounds.

Weighing up a find before it goes in the basket

Deciding what to order is mostly about the listing: photos that look like the seller took them, a size chart in centimetres, a fabric or material line, and buyer photos if the marketplace shows them. None of that changes with an agent in the middle.

Two things do change. CNshopper says its QC photos are a visual check, so they confirm what arrived, not what it is made of or whether it is genuine. And if something goes wrong in the last mile, Package Protection pays on product value only: the card for a partly missing order caps it at the discounted product value of that order, and no card covers the international shipping you paid.

Bulky finds can also change how an order ships. CNshopper decides the packing; whether several items travel as one box or several is something to look at on the parcel screen, because the split shape matters on the Partial Loss card.

Telling a kept-up catalogue from a stale one

Product catalogues for agent shoppers are easy to start and hard to keep. A few checks separate one that someone maintains from one that was generated once and left. Our checklist for how to choose a spreadsheet catalogue that someone still maintains:

Links that open. Tap five entries on different shelves. Dead marketplace listings are normal; a shelf of them is not.
Dates you can find. With no visible check date, you have nothing to measure the catalogue against.
Who runs it. A named operator and a contact address beat an anonymous page with an affiliate code.
Honest category labels. If a shelf called bags is half shoes, the sorting was automatic and nobody looked.
No promises about the agent. A catalogue cannot guarantee delivery, quality or a refund. Read the applicable agent, carrier and protection terms and the seller’s conditions before paying.

We hold this site to the same checks: the date each page was read sits in its captions and footer, and the about page says who keeps it.

Checklist for judging a product catalogue: working links, visible dates, named operator, honest labels, no agent promises — Five checks for any product catalogue, this one included.