Weidian Spreadsheet QCReading the inspection photos

The route

Two payments, one warehouse, one photo stop

An agent order splits into two halves that people often expect to be one. First you pay for the goods and their domestic shipping inside China. The seller posts to the agent warehouse, the item is checked and photographed, and it waits. Later, when you decide what goes in the box, you pay for the international leg.

The gap between those two payments is where the inspection lives, and it is why nothing ships the moment you pay. Rates for the second half are set by the carriers and quoted at the time, so no figure for it belongs on this page.

Where the photos sitWhere the photos sitThe inspection is one stop on a longer route, which is why nothingships the moment you pay.BeforeYou find the item and the agent buys it. Money leaves, nothing ischecked yet.The stopThe goods reach the warehouse, get checked and photographed, andwait for your answer.AfterApproved items are consolidated into one parcel and handed to aninternational carrier.Sequence from the agent beginner guide and inspection rules, read 4 August 2026.

Step by step

Six steps. Only the fifth needs anything from you once the money has left.

  1. Find the item and hand over the link

    Browse the listings site, or paste a link you already have into the agent search box. Where to browse.

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  2. Pay for the goods

    Item cost plus domestic shipping. The listing is rebuilt on the agent side with the variants it found, so check the colour and size you picked really are the ones you meant.

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  3. The seller ships to the warehouse

    Timing here belongs to the seller, not to the agent. On a multi-seller order the slowest shop sets your schedule.

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  4. Arrival, screening, check, photos

    Prohibited item screening, a basic information check, an appearance check, the standard photo set, then repacking into storage. What the check covers.

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  5. You read the set and decide

    Approve, ask for one more angle, or raise a problem while the item is still on the shelf. The reading checklist.

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  6. Make up the parcel and pay the freight

    Select the items you want in one box, submit it, and pay the international leg at the quote you are given.

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What the order list looks like while you wait

Orders move through named states rather than a progress bar: unpaid, paid, purchased, seller shipped, partially received, warehouse received. Partially received is the one worth understanding, because a multi-item order can sit there for a while and that is normal rather than broken.

The agent order list with tabs for unpaid, paid, purchased, seller shipped, partially received, warehouse received and cancelled
The agent's own screenshot of the order list. The amounts and the add-on service visible in it are their interface examples, not our quotes and not a price list.

Making up the parcel

Once items are inspected and approved they sit in the warehouse view with checkboxes next to them. You tick what goes in the box and submit it, which is the moment the international quote appears. Items you leave unticked stay where they are for the next parcel, subject to the storage terms on the agent site.

Consolidating is the main reason to use an agent for several sellers at once, and it is also the main reason people wait longer than they expected. Both things are true.

The warehouse list with tick boxes beside each stored item and an orange submit button at the foot of the list
The agent's own annotated screenshot. Ticking and submitting is what turns stored items into a parcel; the arrow in the frame is theirs.

After you submit

The parcel gets its own progress track: submitted, shipping paid, dispatched, delivered. From here on you are following a courier rather than a warehouse, and the delivery estimate belongs to whichever service you chose.

Nothing about the inspection can be revisited at this stage, which is the practical argument for reading the photos properly while the item is still on the shelf.

A parcel progress track with four steps, above a parcel information panel listing parcel number, time, status, declaration, weight and shipping
The agent's own screenshot of the parcel track. Figures inside it are their example values from their own interface, not a quote. The delivery address line has been covered over by us.

Agent order or forwarding: pick before you buy

If you buy from the seller yourself and post it to the warehouse, that is a forwarding order, and it is a genuinely different service.

Agent order

  • The agent buys on your behalf
  • Opened and photographed by default for most categories
  • Style, colour, size, model and quantity checked against the order
  • A standard photo set before anything ships

Forwarding parcel

  • You bought it, you paid the seller
  • Received, screened for prohibited items, weighed and stored
  • No product verification unless you add an inspection service
  • No product photos by default
A black mechanical keyboard laid flat on a green inspection bench, with a centimetre ruler below it and a data strip giving weight and box dimensions
This frame only exists on the agent lane. Send the same keyboard in yourself as a forwarding parcel and it is weighed, screened and shelved without anyone opening the box.

What we cannot tell you here

Service fees, freight rates, delivery windows, coupon values and storage limits are all set by the agent and by third-party carriers, and all of them change. Any number of that kind on a guide site is out of date the week it is written, so this site quotes none of them.

The official beginner guide and the storage page are the right places for those, and both are public.

Official beginner guide

Four places to lookFour places to lookThe position moves between the desktop site, the app and newerlayouts, so an empty view is not proof that nothing was shot.Shopping ordersAgainst the order itself, which is where most people find themfirst.My warehouseWhere inspected items wait to be made into a parcel.Pending shipmentThe in-stock list, same set of photos.Order detailThe fallback view when the others look empty.List from the agent inspection page, section on viewing results, read 4 August2026.

What goes into the total cost?

Budget for the product, domestic shipping, any service or payment charges, currency conversion, selected warehouse services, international freight and possible destination charges. The first product payment does not cover every later step.

At parcel submission, review measured weight, dimensions and the line’s chargeable-weight rule. Ask for a new quote if packing changes. Check customs and tax terms for your destination before submitting the parcel.

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