Taobao is a real giant in Chinese Internet. The number of goods and their range is so large that there is no point in attempting to list them. There you can by everything that can be delivered by mail. And the main advantage is extremely low prices that sometimes can be even lower if you bargain with the salesman. The main difficulty in purchasing is that the interface is in Chinese. Salesmen at Taobao mostly prefer talking in their native language. But Taobao is popular not only because of the low prices, its reputation steadily promotes Taobao all around the world. As Taobao is not a store but a reseller, it cannot go without ratings. Owing to the well thought-out rating system, you will easily understand what kind of salesman you are looking at, how long ago did he/she register, how many deals has he/she already completed. Rating is calculated depending on the following criteria:

• Attitude of the salesman to his/her customers.
• Time taken by salesman to send your order.
• Statistics of deals completed by the salesman depending on the Taobao registration date.
• If the product satisfies given description

It's useful to know that low rating is marked with hearts. It's better to avoid contacting such salesmen. Salesmen that have 5 blue crystals or better crowns in their rating will be more reliable.

If you want to be sure that you can trust the salesman, you should pay attention to the Tmall section. This section is a separate resource that has the same range of products and higher prices. But unlike Taobao, only trusted salesmen with perfect reputation can work there.

You can find a lot of positive and negative comments concerning Taobao. But one cannot deny the fact that prices there are very attractive, and, in spite of critics, millions of goods are sold through Taobao every year. Keep in mind that the success of delivery depends on the fact that you can choose the right salesman. In its turn, Taobao did everything to help you do this.