LitBuy Spreadsheet Guides — Everything Before Your First Order
By the LitBuy Spreadsheet team · Last updated: June 2026 ·
These guides answer the real questions buyers ask before their first LitBuy order: whether it's legit, how the process works step by step, how long shipping takes and what it costs, where to find a coupon, and how LitBuy compares to Kakobuy and Oopbuy. Every guide is written from 20,000+ orders of hands-on experience and updated monthly.
New to buying through a China shopping agent? Start with Is LitBuy legit? to understand the trust model, then read how to use LitBuy for the step-by-step flow. When you're ready to budget, the shipping time & cost guide and the shipping calculator give you real numbers for your country.
All guides
| Guide | Answers | Read time |
|---|---|---|
| Is LitBuy legit? | Is it safe, is it a scam, real reviews | 6 min |
| How to use LitBuy | Step-by-step ordering, QC, payment | 5 min |
| Shipping time & cost | How long, how much, customs by country | 6 min |
| LitBuy coupons | Invitation code, 40% shipping discount | 4 min |
| LitBuy vs Kakobuy vs Oopbuy | Which agent is cheapest & best | 6 min |
Why use a curated spreadsheet at all?
The rep market is enormous but disorganized. Product links live in expiring Discord invites, half-dead Reddit threads and Yupoo albums that vanish without notice. A curated spreadsheet solves three problems at once: it keeps only links that are alive, it groups them so you can find the right specialist factory fast, and — paired with an agent — it gives you a human who knows which batch of a given shoe is actually worth buying. That last part is what raw link-dumps can never provide.
Our catalog of 50 verified Yupoo albums is the product side of this site; these guides are the knowledge side. Together they're meant to take you from "I've heard reps exist" to "my tracking number just arrived" with no guesswork in between.
What these guides will not do
We won't pretend everything is perfect. Shipping fees are the most common complaint in this hobby, customs occasionally holds parcels, and some batches genuinely aren't worth buying. Where that's true, the guides say so plainly — because the fastest way to lose a customer is to oversell and under-deliver. Honest expectations are the whole point.
The buying-agent model in 60 seconds
A China shopping agent is a middleman who buys from Chinese marketplaces — Taobao, Weidian, 1688 — on your behalf, because those platforms don't ship internationally or accept foreign cards easily. The agent purchases the item, receives it at a warehouse, photographs it for quality control, lets you approve, then consolidates and ships it abroad. You pay the product price plus a service fee plus shipping. That's the entire model, and it's the same whether the agent is called LitBuy, Kakobuy or Oopbuy.
What separates a good agent from a frustrating one isn't the mechanics — it's the human judgment layer. Knowing which factory does the cleanest version of a given shoe, warning you when a batch isn't worth it, and quoting shipping honestly up front. That judgment is exactly what a curated spreadsheet plus a real person provides and a raw link-dump doesn't. Our how-to-use guide walks the full flow.
Who these guides are for
Whether you're buying your first pair of reps or your fiftieth, the goal is the same: spend less time hunting dead links and more time getting the right item to your door. Beginners should read top to bottom; experienced buyers can jump straight to the agent comparison or the current coupon.
The five questions everyone asks, answered fast
Before you read the individual guides, here are the short answers to the questions that bring most people here. Each links to the full breakdown.
- Is it legit? Yes — a working agent with QC video and buyer protection; the only real downside is shipping cost. Full verdict →
- How does it work? Browse, send the link on WhatsApp, pay, approve a QC video, receive tracking. Step-by-step →
- How long and how much to ship? DHL 6-12 days; free on 3+ pairs, otherwise ~$25-40. By country →
- Is there a discount? New users get a shipping coupon; product coupons rotate. Current codes →
- Which agent is best? Depends on your country and basket — we compare them honestly. Head-to-head →
How to get the most out of every order
A few habits separate buyers who love this hobby from those who get burned. Consolidate: order three or more items together so the per-item shipping cost drops sharply and free shipping kicks in. Ask before you pay: get the all-in quote — product, shipping and a customs estimate — so nothing surprises you at the warehouse stage. Use the QC video: it exists so you can reject a bad item before it leaves China, so actually look at it. And pick the right batch: the cheapest listing is rarely the best value on hyped items, but it's often perfectly fine on basics. These four habits are woven through every guide on this site for a reason — they're what turn a risky-feeling purchase into a routine one.
When you're ready, the fastest path is simply to open the catalog, pick what you like, and send it over. We'll handle the rest and keep you posted at every stage.
Further reading: Daigou buying agents · Consumer goods & customs (Wikipedia).