The shape of an Oopbuy order
You are looking at a shelf, so it is fair to ask what happens after you pick something. The answer is a five-stage shape that is nearly identical across every agent in this category: buy, receive, photograph, hold, dispatch. What differs between agents is the middle — how long goods are held free, how good the photographs are, and which lines are available. This page describes the shape; compare the middle against other agents.
← Back to overviewFive stages, three worth comparing
Buy, receive, photograph, hold, dispatch. The first and last are the same everywhere; storage length, photograph quality and line coverage are where agents separate.
- Buymarketplace price and domestic hop
- Receivescanned into the warehouse
- Photographimages before packing — compare quality between agents
- Dispatchlane picked, freight billed on chargeable weight
Timings below are Oopbuy's published figures. Your order page governs your order.
How an order gets placed
Four moves from shelf to paid order.
Taobao, Weidian, 1688, Tmall and Pinduoduo links are accepted, or search by name.
Size, colour and count are locked in when you submit.
Shelf price and the domestic hop now; freight is charged at dispatch.
Domestic tracking, the warehouse check-in and then the images.
Nine stages, comparable across agents
Nine stages, which is the same sequence most agents follow — that is precisely what makes them comparable.
- 1
SubmittedMoney reaches the seller and the order exists
- 2
PurchasingOopbuy completes the purchase
- 3
Seller dispatchedDomestic tracking appears
- 4
ArrivedScanned into the warehouse
- 5
InspectedPhotographs posted for approval
- 6
In storageHeld free until you submit
- 7
Parcel submittedContents and lane selected, extras ticked, freight paid
- 8
DispatchedThe carrier collects it and tracking wakes up
- 9
DeliveredReceived at your address
Condensed from Oopbuy's published flow. Your account and Oopbuy's notices govern.
What the warehouse does with it
Around two days after dispatch the parcel is scanned in; inspection takes about one more. It then waits without charge until you ask for consolidation.
Logged to your shelf account before the box is opened.
Posted for approval; quality varies between agents, so judge it.
Compare the window before committing — it is a real differentiator.
Contents and timing are your decision.
Dispatch, and where agents differ
Three moves; the line catalogue is the comparison point.
- 1. Choose contents
What leaves now, what waits.
- 2. Compare the lines
Coverage is the differentiator — more lines means a better fit for awkward parcels.
- 3. Declare and pay
You choose the declared figure; the parcel is billed on chargeable weight.
- 4. Track
Tracking appears once the carrier scans, usually the next day.
You submit, the warehouse packs, the carrier collects, and tracking appears on your parcel page. Freight follows measured weight and the line, so the figure can drift a little from the estimate — your account balance absorbs the difference.