Product page
A product page should identify a specific item or option closely enough to compare the title, photos, measurements, price, and availability. A broad collection page is less useful.
Read the handoff, not just the URL
lovegobuy Source Link Guide for Taobao, Weidian, 1688, and Yupoo
A source term tells you where more information may live. It does not certify the row, the seller, or the product. Your job is to check whether the destination actually supports the spreadsheet entry.
Before you trust the link
Open the source page and compare its title, images, selected option, size information, price context, and current availability with the spreadsheet row. Treat a converter or raw link as navigation help, never as proof.
Three kinds of links
Know what should happen after you click
Seller page
A seller page can provide store context and other listings, but it may not identify the exact item. Use it to understand the source, then look for the item-level page.
Spreadsheet row
A spreadsheet row helps with discovery. Its link should open a current destination that still matches the title and image you started with.
What each source usually helps you find
Image catalog
Yupoo
Yupoo may open an image album with grouped collections or source clues. It may not be a transaction page, and an album title alone does not connect every photo to the current spreadsheet row.
Useful question: Do the album, option, and source details clearly describe the same item?
Marketplace listing
Taobao
Taobao may provide product options, images, seller information, size charts, and listing details. Confirm the selected option rather than reading only the default image.
Useful question: Does the option match the row’s title, color, size, and displayed price?
Marketplace listing
Weidian
A Weidian link may open an individual item, seller page, or a listing whose available options have changed. Check the current images and choices after the page loads.
Useful question: Is this a direct item page, and can the spreadsheet item still be identified?
Sourcing and specifications
1688
A 1688 page may include variants, quantity language, specifications, packaging details, or seller-supplied images. Do not assume every displayed price applies to one unit or every option.
Useful question: Which option, quantity, and specification does the row actually refer to?
The seven-field handoff check
Compare the row with the destination
1. Item identity
Does the title and main subject describe the same kind of item?
2. Variant
Can you identify the same color, size, version, or option?
3. Images
Do visible details connect the listing and spreadsheet thumbnail?
4. Measurements
Is the relevant chart tied to the selected item and option?
5. Price context
Could the displayed amount refer to another option or quantity?
6. Weight or packing
Does the page provide any current clue worth verifying?
7. Page condition
Is the page available, current, and free from unexplained redirects?
Decision
Keep, research more, or remove—based on the fields above.
Raw links and original links
A raw or original link usually points closer to the underlying source page rather than a copied description or intermediate view. That can make comparison easier, but it does not make the destination official, safe, accurate, or current.
Use the link to inspect the source details, then record whether the page supports the row.
What a link converter does
A converter may extract, normalize, or reformat a URL for another service. It changes the address or handoff, not the product information behind it.
Converter limit: a successfully converted link can still lead to a mismatched, unavailable, incomplete, or changed listing.
Common mismatch patterns
Same category, different item
The row and destination are both jackets, but the closure, pockets, or shape differs. Category similarity is not an identity match.
Same item, different option
The source page contains the right product family, but the row’s color, size, or version cannot be selected. Mark the candidate unresolved.
Price without option context
The lowest displayed amount belongs to an accessory, deposit, quantity tier, or another option. Compare only after the relevant choice is clear.
Album without a product handoff
Images look relevant, but there is no clear path from the album to the exact source listing. Do not fill that gap with assumptions.
Redirect chain
The URL repeatedly forwards or lands on an unrelated page. Return to the spreadsheet and look for a cleaner destination.
Clear handoff
Title, option, images, measurements, and source context agree. Keep the row as a research candidate and continue with QC and weight checks.
A small source note is enough
- Source type: Yupoo, Taobao, Weidian, or 1688
- Direct item page or broad catalog
- Matching option confirmed
- Useful measurements present
- Price context understood
- QC set connected to the candidate
- Unresolved question named
Keep official support separate
Source pages and spreadsheet guides do not replace the official account, platform, seller, carrier, or payment channel connected with a transaction. Use those channels for availability, ordering, payment, refund, shipping, and tracking questions.
Do not submit account credentials, addresses, payment details, or order identifiers to unrelated converter or guide pages.
A source link is a clue. The match is the evidence.
After the handoff check, review QC photos and add the row to your shortlist only if you can explain why it remains.