What is Taobao?
Taobao is, simply put, a Chinese eBay! Taobao stores can sell just about anything, just as you’d expect on any digital marketplace. On Taobao, there is a healthy number of Lolita brands that you are able to purchase from. The purpose of this document is to help explain how to buy items from Taobao stores, and how to keep an eye out for new items coming out.How do I order from Taobao?
Most Taobao stores do not ship outside of China. Because of this, you need to use a Shopping Service or a Reseller to order from them. These are services that will forward the package from the Taobao shop to you. There are plenty of Taobao Shopping Services. Most people will shop around until they find a service that they like! Below are a few links to potential Shopping Services and resellers.- ClobbaOnline (Pros: Knowledgeable staff, very good English; Cons: expensive)
- Qutieland (Pros: Easy to use Cart System, decent English; Cons: Can have a long wait time, expensive)
- TaobaoSpree (Pros: Decent English, cheaper fee, fast communication; Cons: Somewhat complicated ordering form)
- TaobaoNow (Pros: Decent English, cheaper fee; Cons: Complicated ordering form)
- TaobaoTrends (Pros: Decent English, reasonable fee, quick communication; Cons: Fussy shopping cart system (doesn’t always show available options; does have comment section).)
Do you always need a Shopping Service to order from Taobao?
Not always! A few shops have the option of emailing them in order to directly buy from them, and skip the Shopping Service middleman! This does not include every shop, so keep that in mind.- 69th Department: 69th.dept@gmail.com
- An*Tai*Na: missyoyo0510@gmail.com
- CEL Crusade Evangelical Lutheran: shiyapang@gmail.com
- HMHM: bunny11111@gmail.com
- Infanta: lemon0_0sha@hotmail.com
- Ista Mori: http://istamori.storenvy.com/
- Laurence: laurence_0@163.com
- Long Ears & Sharp Ears Studios: LnSears_overseas@outlook.com
- R-Series: homemiro@hotmail.com
How do I know what’s coming out?
There are a few blogs on Tumblr (such as yetanotherjfashionblog) that follow Taobao releases. Following or keeping up with these blogs is a good way to see prints and releases as they’re announced, as well as finding out crucial details such as sizing, cost, etc.So where do I start shopping?
Taobao has an extensive list of shops that specialize in Lolita! Here's a list to get you started.
NOTE: Plus-size friendly brands (most of which allow custom sizing) are marked with a (+).
~Accessories~
~Shoes~
~General~
- 69th Department (+)
- Akane and Alois (+)
- Alice Garden
- AmaStacia (+)
- Boguta (+)
- Broken Doll
- Cake House
- CEL Crusade Evangelical Lutheran
- Chess Story
- Cinderella Fantasy
- Classical Puppets (+)
- Dark Box
- Dear Celine (+)
- Dream Garden
- Ecailles de Lune
- Elpress L (+)
- HMHM (+)
- Ichigo 15 (+)
- Infanta
- Ista Mori
- Jewelry in Sunrise
- KidsYoyo (+)
- Krad Lanrete (+) (Only during reservation in certain series)
- Lace Story
- Ladylike Melody
- Last Country
- Laurence
- Little Angel
- Little Dipper
- Lolita Princess
- Long Ears & Sharp Ears Studio
- Luna Rossa
- Magic Cat Street
- Magic Potion
- Magic Tea Party
- Miss Point (+)
- Moon Falling (+)
- Olive & Ting (+)
- Princutess
- Pumpkin Cat
- R-Series (+)
- Rococo Cage (+)
- Rose Melody (+)
- Secret Shop
- Shirley Deer
- St. TearS (+)
- Strawberry Witch (+)
- Surface Spell Gothic (+)
- Surface Spell
- The Girl in the Picture Book
- Tragedy Night
- Watermelon Field
- White Moon Lolita
- Yolanda
- Yotsuba’s Home
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