How to review QC photos without guessing
Build a reference first, choose category-specific angles, separate visible evidence from assumptions, and record the issue you still need answered.
Read the QC photo guide →Longer answers for real decisions
Cocbuy Spreadsheet Articles
Use these field notes when a spreadsheet row leaves you with a specific question. Each article gives you an observation method, a comparison rule, and a point where it is reasonable to stop.
Choose by uncertainty
Open the guide that matches the part you cannot judge yet: photos, fit, the source trail, or total cost. When another agent name appears, check the source and link type before assuming the same product page will work elsewhere.
Start with the next unanswered question
Five articles that change what you do next
These are not shopping stories or product endorsements. They are reusable methods for evaluating information that can change or remain incomplete.
How to read a Chinese size chart
Compare garment measurements with a known item, spot width-versus-circumference mistakes, and treat familiar size letters as labels rather than universal standards.
Read the size-chart guide →What Taobao, Weidian, 1688, and Yupoo links tell you
Identify whether you are looking at a marketplace listing, catalog, translated page, or copied URL—and what still needs checking in each case.
Read the source-link guide →Estimate landed cost before price wins
Separate known charges, working estimates, and unresolved costs so two spreadsheet finds can be compared on a more realistic basis.
Read the landed-cost guide →How to compare agent-named spreadsheet results
Interpret Pandabuy, Mulebuy, CNFans, Kakobuy, and other agent spreadsheet searches without assuming that rewritten links, source pages, or account workflows are interchangeable.
Read the agent comparison guide →A better article earns its space
What you should get from every field note
Useful guidance should make the next decision smaller and clearer. If a page only repeats “research carefully,” it has not done enough.
A concrete observation
You should know which photo, measurement, source clue, or cost component to look for—not merely that you should “check quality.”
A fair comparison
You should be able to place two similar finds beside one another without letting one low price or attractive image dominate the decision.
A stopping rule
You should know when the available evidence is sufficient for a shortlist and when missing information makes the row too weak to keep.
Prefer a shorter workflow?
Use the seven-point checklist
The checklist condenses category, photos, sizing, price context, weight, row clarity, and your reason to save into one pass.
