Short answer
ACBuy supports Taobao purchasing, QC photos, storage and parcel shipping. Confirm current eligibility and charges before payment.
ACBuy is a China-based buying and shipping agent for overseas shoppers, handling purchases from Taobao, Tmall, JD, 1688, Pinduoduo and Vipshop, QC photography, warehouse storage and international parcel forwarding. A spreadsheet link for its site niche is normally opened through ACBuy's product page for checkout.
- Editorial rating
- 3.5 / 5 — strong sourcing reach, free QC and storage, but the 2026 order-intake suspension is unresolved
- Standard-platform commission
- No agent commission on Taobao, Tmall, JD, 1688, Pinduoduo or Vipshop
- Special-platform sourcing
- Flat 10 CNY per item (Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Xianyu, Paipai, Zhuanzhuan)
- QC photos
- 3–5 free photos per item, with paid detailed or customized photo services
- Free storage
- 90 days from check-in, with paid extension up to a 180-day cap
- AC Care insurance
- Up to 10,000 CNY cover (7,000 goods + 3,000 shipping); 20 CNY flat per item up to 667 CNY, then 3% of value; claims within 30 days
- Shipping surcharges
- 10–30 CNY customs declaration fee plus an 8 CNY handling fee, quoted per parcel
- Shipping lines
- 150+ lines; shipping is paid as a deposit against estimated weight and overpayment is refunded
- VIP programme
- 7 tiers giving up to 6% off international shipping, stackable with coupons
- Traffic scale
- About 1.9 million monthly visits; the United States is the largest market at roughly 16%, so no single country dominates
- Interface and payments
- 8 interface languages, 10 checkout currencies, cards plus Apple Pay, Google Pay, iDEAL, BLIK, Pix, EPS, Bancontact, Skrill and Trustly
- Exchange-rate markup
- Reported at about 17.6% over the interbank rate — confirm the live top-up rate before ordering
- Order intake status
- Order placement was suspended from May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade and had not resumed in the latest data we hold (September 2026)
About ACBuy
ACBuy is a cross-border buying agent that helps overseas shoppers buy from China, covering the full chain from purchasing and quality inspection to international logistics and after-sales. It runs in two modes — purchasing agent and parcel forwarding — and defaults to English and USD. According to Similarweb, ACBuy draws around 1.9 million monthly visits, and its traffic is unusually balanced: the United States is the largest market at just ~16%, followed by Canada, the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany, with no single country dominating. A bounce rate around 24% and ~9 pages per visit point to a sticky, engaged user base. ACBuy's standout trait is reach. It officially supports more Chinese sources than almost any competitor — Taobao, Tmall, JD, 1688, Pinduoduo and Vipshop for free, plus paid sourcing from social-commerce platforms like Douyin and Xiaohongshu, and second-hand platforms like Xianyu. Standard-platform orders carry no agent commission; special platforms add a flat 10 CNY per item. ACBuy also offers the broadest local-payment support of any agent we have cataloged: alongside cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, it accepts iDEAL, BLIK, Pix, EPS, Bancontact, Skrill and Trustly — matching its genuinely global user base across 8 interface languages and 10 currencies. Items are inspected with 3–5 free QC photos and stored free for 90 days, with paid extension available. ACBuy's branded AC Care service insures against shipping delay, loss or damage, and customs seizure, paying out up to 10,000 CNY (7,000 for goods plus 3,000 for shipping). A 7-tier VIP programme gives up to 6% off international shipping, stackable with coupons. Weidian and Yupoo links route through ACBuy's product page even though they are not on its headline source list — though the platform has since stopped accepting reps and Weidian purchases, so those rows should be sent to another agent. The one fact that overrides everything above is timing: order placement was suspended from May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade and, on the latest information we hold from September 2026, had not resumed. Treat every feature below as a description of how ACBuy works when it is accepting orders, not as a promise that it is open today.
What works well
Top-tier agent by traffic and track record, with a large and unusually international user base rather than one dominant market
Widest free source-platform coverage we have catalogoed: Taobao, Tmall, JD, 1688, Pinduoduo and Vipshop at zero agent commission
Paid special-platform sourcing reaches Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Xianyu and other social and second-hand platforms at a flat 10 CNY per item
3–5 free QC photos and 90 days of free storage let you inspect and consolidate before paying international freight
AC Care is a branded insurance option covering delay, loss, damage and customs seizure up to 10,000 CNY
Broadest local-payment support of any agent we have reviewed, including iDEAL, BLIK, Pix, EPS, Bancontact, Skrill and Trustly
A 7-tier VIP programme takes up to 6% off international shipping and stacks with coupons
What to check
Order placement has been suspended since May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade. Our most recent data (September 2026) shows no resumption, so confirm intake status in your own account before topping up a balance.
ACBuy no longer supports reps or Weidian purchasing; Taobao and 1688 are unaffected. Community guidance points buyers who need Weidian links to other agents, such as Kakobuy or Oopbuy.
Reported exchange-rate markup of about 17.6% over the interbank rate makes the effective item price higher than the listed CNY figure.
ACBuy runs a top-up or deposit model: you load a balance first and buy from it, so money sits in the account while you shop.
Shipping is charged as a deposit against estimated weight and reconciled later, so the first quote is not the final figure.
Community spreadsheets are not produced or vetted by ACBuy. Rows go stale, prices drift and dead links are common, so verify each listing before paying.
US de minimis duty relief for low-value parcels ended in 2025; budget for import duties on top of the freight ACBuy quotes.
Is ACBuy legit?
ACBuy is a real, operating shopping agent — not a scam clone. It has a long shipping record, a large and geographically spread user base, an official site at acbuy.com and a branded insurance product, which are the signals we look for before recommending anyone. Two caveats matter more than the positive signals. First, order placement was suspended from May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade and had not resumed in the latest data we hold (September 2026); confirm status in your own account before topping up. Second, ACBuy no longer supports reps or Weidian purchasing, so spreadsheet shoppers who rely on Weidian links should plan for another agent.
Where ACBuy buyers come from
Traffic is unusually balanced for a Chinese agent: the United States leads at 16.09%, followed by Canada at 11.19%, the United Kingdom at 9.52%, Poland at 9.2% and Germany at 6.29%. No single country comes close to dominating, which is consistent with 8 interface languages, 10 checkout currencies and local payment rails such as iDEAL, BLIK, Pix, EPS and Bancontact. If you are ordering from Europe or Latin America rather than the US, ACBuy is one of the few agents whose defaults were clearly built with you in mind.
Using ACBuy with a rep spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a directory of links, nothing more. ACBuy does the buying, the inspection and the shipping. Paste a Taobao, Tmall, JD or 1688 URL and it extracts roughly 99% of the product detail automatically; Weidian and Yupoo rows used to route through the same product page, but ACBuy has since stopped accepting reps and Weidian purchases, so those rows now need a different agent. Because sheets are community-maintained and monetised in various ways, treat "verified" or "best batch" labels as marketing until you can see who checked the listing, what was checked and when. Spot-check five links for dead or repurposed listings before you commit a haul to one sheet.
Shipping costs, deposits and duties
ACBuy charges no agent commission on standard platforms (Taobao, Tmall, JD, 1688, Pinduoduo, Vipshop); special platforms such as Douyin, Xiaohongshu and Xianyu add a flat 10 CNY per item. The outbound parcel carries a 10–30 CNY customs declaration fee and an 8 CNY handling fee, and international shipping is collected as a deposit against estimated weight, reconciled afterwards with any overpayment refunded. Rates moved sharply in 2025 when the United States ended de minimis relief for low-value parcels, first for China-origin goods and then for all countries. Older guides that promise duty-free delivery under $800 no longer apply, so add an import-duty estimate to the freight quote before deciding whether a haul is worth it. For cheap, light items, the shipping share of total spend often dominates the item price.
How to use ACBuy
Step 1 — Pick an ACBuy spreadsheet and confirm intake is open
Community ACBuy spreadsheets circulate on Reddit rep communities (about 94% of ACBuy's social traffic) and dedicated ACBuy sharing sites. Click any row to open ACBuy's product page. Taobao, Tmall, JD and 1688 links load automatically; Douyin, Xiaohongshu and Xianyu use ACBuy's special-platform or DIY order flow. First check that new orders are being accepted — intake has been suspended since May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade.
Step 2 — Place the order and pay from a topped-up balance
ACBuy auto-extracts about 99% of product details from Taobao, Tmall and 1688 links. Choose colour, size and quantity, then pay. ACBuy has the broadest payment menu of any agent — international cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, plus local rails like iDEAL, BLIK, Pix, EPS, Bancontact, Skrill and Trustly. Note ACBuy uses a top-up model: you load your balance first, then buy from it, so check the live exchange rate before loading.
Step 3 — Review QC photos, storage and insurance
Goods arrive at ACBuy's warehouse for inspection and 3–5 free QC photos, then 90 days of free storage (extendable to a 180-day cap). Before shipping you can add AC Care insurance — covering delay, loss or damage and customs seizure up to 10,000 CNY — and reinforced packaging options. Reject or query anything that looks wrong while the item is still in the warehouse.
Step 4 — Consolidate and ship out
Consolidate items from one or more spreadsheets into a single parcel and pick from 150+ shipping lines. Shipping is paid as a deposit against estimated weight and refunded if you overpay. ACBuy's 7-tier VIP programme takes up to 6% off international shipping, and discounts stack with coupons. Add the 10–30 CNY declaration fee and 8 CNY handling fee, plus estimated import duties, to your landed-cost calculation.
Shopping-agent guide
<p><strong>How a buyer uses ACBuy with a spreadsheet.</strong> A spreadsheet is only a list of links; the buying, inspection and shipping are handled inside ACBuy. Typical workflow: open the sheet, copy a product URL, paste it into ACBuy's search or product page, choose colour, size and quantity, pay from a topped-up balance, wait for warehouse check-in and QC photos, then consolidate your items into one parcel and pick a shipping line.</p> <p><strong>Step one is verifying that ACBuy is open.</strong> Order placement was suspended from May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade and had not resumed in our latest data (September 2026). Before you top up a balance, log in and confirm that new orders and top-ups are being accepted. If intake is still closed, the same spreadsheet links will usually open on another agent after a link conversion, so nothing is lost by waiting or switching.</p> <p><strong>Budget for more than the item price.</strong> On standard platforms there is no agent commission, but account for the top-up exchange rate (reported at roughly 17.6% over interbank), the 10 CNY per item charged on special platforms such as Douyin and Xianyu, a 10–30 CNY customs declaration fee and an 8 CNY handling fee on the outbound parcel. Shipping itself is charged as a deposit against estimated weight, which is reconciled and partly refunded if you overpay — so the first quote should be treated as an estimate, not a final bill. Since 2025, US-bound parcels no longer enjoy de minimis duty relief, so duties are a real additional cost.</p> <p><strong>Use QC before you ship.</strong> Warehouse inspection covers appearance — style, colour, size, quantity and model — with 3–5 free photos; detailed or customized photos cost extra. Free storage runs 90 days from check-in and can be extended up to a 180-day cap, which is what makes consolidation realistic. If something is wrong, raise it while the item is still in the warehouse: returning after international shipping is far more expensive.</p> <p><strong>Insure when the value is high.</strong> AC Care covers shipping delay (20% of shipping refunded), loss or damage, and customs seizure, up to 10,000 CNY. Pricing is 20 CNY flat per item for coverage up to 667 CNY, or 3% of value above that, and claims must be filed within 30 days. For cheap, lightweight items the shipping share of your total can dominate, so compare lines on total landed cost rather than headline freight alone.</p> <p><strong>Cautions.</strong> ACBuy has stopped supporting reps and Weidian purchasing; Taobao and 1688 orders are unaffected, and buyers who specifically need Weidian or Yupoo sourcing are usually advised to use another agent such as Kakobuy or Oopbuy. Spreadsheets are community-maintained, so spot-check links, dates and prices before paying, and never treat a row marked "verified" as evidence without a checker name and a check date.</p>
Sources and notes
Frequently asked
Can I still place an ACBuy order?
Our latest data (September 2026) shows order placement suspended from May 2026 for a warehouse upgrade, with no confirmed resumption. Log in and check intake status before topping up a balance. If it is still closed, most spreadsheet links can be converted to run on another agent.
Does ACBuy charge a commission on Taobao and 1688 orders?
No. Standard platforms — Taobao, Tmall, JD, 1688, Pinduoduo and Vipshop — carry no agent commission. Special platforms such as Douyin, Xiaohongshu and Xianyu add a flat 10 CNY per item. Your total is item cost plus freight, a 10–30 CNY declaration fee and an 8 CNY handling fee.
How should I use an ACBuy spreadsheet safely?
Treat it as a shortlist, not a catalogue. Check each row's last-checked date, open the live listing to confirm price and seller, and verify the item is a platform ACBuy still accepts — Weidian and rep items are no longer supported. Confirm QC photos before paying for international shipping.