USFans Spreadsheet — FAQ

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The questions that come up most often about the USFans Spreadsheet and about ordering through USFans, answered plainly. If this is your first order, the step-by-step guide is the better place to start.

The name is a leftover from how these lists started: literal Google Sheets passed around Reddit and Discord, columns of links to sellers who'd actually ship abroad. The format stuck and so did its weakness — most of those sheets rot, because nobody goes back to check whether a link still resolves. USFansSpreadsheet.gg is the same idea rebuilt as a site: 2,200+ finds across 11 categories, each one a photo, a USD price and a link straight to the item on USFans, re-checked as things sell out or get added. Nothing is sold here and nothing is gated — every card hands you off to USFans' own checkout.

The question has two halves and they have different answers. On the service: USFans is an established shopping agent, meaning a paid middleman — you pay it, it buys from Weidian, Taobao or 1688 on your behalf, receives the parcel into its warehouse and forwards it on. That role exists because those sellers almost never ship abroad or take foreign cards. Payments, order stages and the warehouse inspection all run inside USFans' own system, and you see photographs of your actual item before anything leaves China. On the other half — what you're buying — nobody vets it for you. USFans doesn't inspect the sellers behind the listings or stand behind claims made on them, so the judgement call on any given item stays yours. This site is a catalog pointing at USFans; the order, the money and the parcel are all handled on their side, never here.

Yes. Every find, photo and link here is free to browse — nothing is gated, and there is no account, paywall or newsletter in the way.

You can browse this spreadsheet without one. To place an order — and to view the full QC gallery on USFans — you'll need a free USFans account. Worth creating it before your first order rather than at checkout, since new-user coupons are applied at registration.

They're the photographs USFans' warehouse takes once your item has arrived from the seller and before it's packed for the trip to you. The point is that you're looking at the specific unit that will end up in your hands rather than a seller's studio shot, so it's the moment to check stitching, logos, materials and colour — and to say no if something's off, since your approval is what releases the parcel for international shipping.

The same design is often produced in different runs ("batches") that vary in materials, finishing and accuracy. Sellers sometimes label them explicitly; often they don't. Community comparisons and Yupoo albums help you choose the better batch before ordering, and your own QC photos confirm what you got.

Sizing is standard and generally true to size, so order your usual size. That said, the size letter on a Chinese listing is less reliable than the chart next to it, so open the chart if you're between sizes — and you can always leave a note with your measurements for the agent.

Two things drive it: how much room your parcel takes up — weight and dimensions both count — and which line you put it on. Express costs more and lands sooner; economy costs less and takes its time. You don't have to guess, because the estimator lists the available lines side by side with a price and a delivery window before you commit to any of them. A few decisions move the number more than people expect: dropping retail packaging like shoeboxes removes volume you'd otherwise pay to ship, and putting several items in one box spreads the fixed part of the cost across all of them. New accounts also carry 40% off shipping, and this is the step where it comes off. There's no flat rate to quote — a tee and a boxed pair of shoes aren't in the same bracket — so run your actual order through the estimator.

Delivery time depends entirely on which shipping line you pick, and USFans offers several with different speed-versus-cost trade-offs — an express line arrives quicker but costs more, while an economy line costs less and takes noticeably longer. Neither is fixed; you choose per order based on how urgently you need it. On top of that, allow a few days for the domestic leg, since the seller has to ship to the USFans warehouse first. Once you've approved your item after the QC step, your parcel is packed, handed to the line you selected, and you get a tracking number to follow it the rest of the way. If you're ordering several items, they ship once everything has arrived and been approved — which is usually both simpler and cheaper than paying for separate shipments.

Weidian, Taobao and 1688, among others. Paste a link from any of them into the USFans search bar and the product page builds automatically — which is exactly what every link on this site already does for you.

Top up your USFans balance and pay from stored funds at checkout. Available payment methods vary by country and change over time, so check what's live in your account.

Yes — new users get 40% off shipping, which is where the saving actually matters, since freight is usually the bigger half of an agent order. The catch is timing: the code is applied when the account is created and can't be added afterwards. Register through our signup link to have it applied automatically.

Continuously rather than on a schedule. Dead listings get pulled as sellers run out, new finds go in as they surface, and what's on screen is whatever survived the most recent pass. If you only want to see what's moved since your last visit, the newest-first section on the homepage is the quickest way to spot it.

Accurate as of the last refresh, not as a live feed. Everything is converted to USD so the catalog reads in one currency and a haul totals up without doing arithmetic in three of them. In practice that means marketplace prices on Weidian, Taobao and 1688 drift over time, so treat the figure here as a close guide and let the listing on USFans be the final word. It also covers the goods only — freight is worked out separately from the size and weight of your parcel and the line you choose, so budget the item plus shipping rather than the item alone.

No — nothing is sold on this site and no stock is held here. Every card is a pointer to the item on USFans, and the order, the payment and the shipping all happen on their side.

Yes. USFans offers optional insurance at the moment you submit a parcel for international shipping, and it is worth adding once the contents are worth meaningfully more than the premium. Loss in transit is uncommon, but the claim sits with USFans either way — the order, the packing and the carrier booking are all on their side, so that is where you raise it.