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Choosing a Marketplace – Where to Sell Online

Choosing a Marketplace – Where to Sell Online

Thursday, April 26th, 2012 by admin

Having a web presence is essential in this day and age where ecommerce is such a prevalent part of business. One of the first steps to establishing such a presence is by having a website that showcases your products. However, simply creating a website does not mean that you are automatically going to have buyers flocking to your site and sales flowing in. Search engine optimization (SEO) and linkbuilding are important strategies to help you get some traffic, as is using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Another easy way to get your product and business brand in front of many eyeballs is to list products on online marketplaces.
When exploring which online marketplaces you might like to try, there are some essential criteria to look at. They are:

• Cost
• Traffic and Popularity Ranking
• Permitting links back to your website
• Public seller profile

There are over 60 marketplaces in our directory that are free to list products on, and of those, more than half are completely free (no selling commissions, monthly subscriptions, etc.). If you are on a tight budget or just starting up, cost may be the most important factor for you. However, not all free marketplaces are created equally. It is important to also check the sites traffic and popularity ranking, because if no one is browsing these marketplaces, what difference does it make if it is free or not?
Marketplacester shows you the Alexa ranking and the Google PageRank of each marketplace.This is the ranking from the Alexa service, which ranks the popularity of websites on the internet against each other. For example, an Alexa rank of 1 means it is the most popular trafficked site on the internet. The major marketplaces will be in the top 1000 Alexa rankings, while websites with medium levels of traffic will be much higher. This field can be used to measure the relative traffic and popularity of any particular marketplace as compared to any other. The lower the Alexa rank is, the better visibility and traffic the website has.
The Google PageRank is the ranking that Google gives to the specific marketplace domain name, and is a beneficial feature to know when evaluating a marketplace. It will range from 0-10, and the higher number indicates a higher value site with higher traffic volumes. If you are looking for more popular marketplaces with higher traffic volumes, or if you are trying to build your own Search Engine Optimization through your marketplace listings, look for those with a higher PageRank value.
Another factor to evaluate is whether or not a marketplace allows you to link back to your website from your product listings. This provides an advantage to you as a seller by directing buyers to your primary website to purchase from you directly. It also aids in your Search Engine Optimization and search rankings by providing a valuable link from a related site, further increasing your visibility in search engines through link building. Many of the larger sites, and any that have selling commissions do not allow this however, as it takes away from money they would otherwise be earning.
Many marketplaces will give you a public merchant profile page when you create your account as a seller. This can add value to you as a merchant in several ways, providing an additional web presence for your store and business as a reputable seller online. In addition, it can potentially give you a SEO advantage by providing content about your business name and other keywords on another external website. This field in the directory tells you quickly whether or not the particular marketplace provides you with a publicly available merchant profile that you can use and reference.
You will probably not find any sites that meet all of these criteria, but knowing the important factors to look for will help you determine which ones might be worthwhile for you and your business. Since long term commitments are not required, there is no harm in experimenting until you find the right fit for you.
Review all online marketplaces for free and easily see all of the above factors for every online marketplace with Marketplacester’s free directory of online marketplaces.

How to Find the Most Profitable Marketplace to Sell Your Items

Online retailers are experiencing a huge shift in moving from giant marketplaces like eBay and Amazon to smaller, more boutique and community-orientated marketplaces such as ArtFire, RubyLane, Addoway and Bonanza.

I’ve seen a lot of these spring up in the past few years, but only in the last two years or so, have I really started being impressed by some of the options these emerging marketplaces offer. Now is definitely a great time to check them out because a lot of sellers – including SaleHoo members  - are really hitting the right market and making an impressive amount of sales when they start selling on these sites.

So where can you find new marketplaces to try out, and how do you know if they are any good?

The Exciting New Tool Allowing You to Find the Best Marketplace

This month, eCommerceBytes launched a new feature called Ratings and Reviews for online sellers. The Ratings and Review feature provides a platform for you to get unbiased reviews on marketplaces before you spend time (and/or money) listing your items there.

The new rating system allows users to rate marketplaces and auction sites on performance, reliability ease of use, customer service and value. Reviewers can also leave written comments to tell you all about their experience using the marketplace.

eCommerceBytes’ Ratings and Reviews also allows you to review and view ratings for inventory management systems, payment services, storefronts and carts, shipping services, email list hosting, and consignment services.

Pretty cool, huh?

Now you can get a snapshot of what other users are saying about these service providers before you sign up to use them yourself!

The new ratings system is starting to gain traction and is getting more reviews every day so I recommend that you check it our yourself and review what others have to say, and rate your own experiences to share with others.

Want to know my pick for the very best marketplaces on the web? I recently went undercover and posed as a brand new seller: I created new accounts on 5 of the top marketplaces and tested them for profitability, customer services, fees and more. To find out which marketplace came out on top, you need to become a member of my new product, Online Selling Tactics by SaleHoo. Check it out here.

Dealextreme

What is drop shipping?
Drop shipping is a business model in which the retailer benefits from selling products to customers then ordering products from drop shipping providers (e.g. DX). The only thing you need to do is pass the orders to DX. Customers will receive the ordered products directly from DX. This process minimizes the risk to you, you don’t need to buy the product until it has been sold. DX takes care of the warehousing, packaging and shipping of products, saving you money and time. Your profit in the transaction is the difference between the DX and your retail prices of the items sold.

How does drop shipping benefit you?

Drop Shipping is an easy way for you to start earning profit by selling quality products. By listing our products on your website and taking advantage of Drop Shipping, you will:

• Become a worldwide e-commerce retailer at a low cost with no risk.
• Offer a wide selection of products without the need to purchase or store inventory.
• Select product types on DX.com and determine your own retail prices and profit.
• Have your products packaged and shipped to your customers by us at no extra cost.

How to do drop shipping with DX?

For Single orders:

• Sell DX products on your own webstore/eBay;
• Select product(s) on DX.com and add to shopping cart;
• Click “Add Drop Shipping Service ” on shopping cart page;
• Submit the order and finish the payment,remrember to set the shipping address as your customer’s;
• DX will prepare your order and ship out to your customer directly.

For Mass orders:

• Download the catalog from DX Dropship Partner:DXbay.com;
• Sell on your own webstore/eBay
• Create a CSV document (e.g) with necessary information that DXBAY requires;
• Upload your CSV file in DXBAY and finish the payment.
• DX will prepare your order(s) and ship out to your customer(s) directly.

如何获取一个免费的美国电话号码

一、目前你可以通过以下方式获取到一个免费的美国电话号码（可以免费收发短信）：
1、智能手机客户端：HeyWire 官网：http://heywire.com/
HeyWire支持Android、iPhone、iTouch、iPad和Windows Phone，支持免费给全球114个国家360家运营商发送短信，而且支持多种语言。发给中国手机用户需要在号码前输入86（中国的国际电话区号），如86-13812345678。注意提醒接收方不要直接回复短信，否则按国际短信收费。
2、智能手机客户端：TextNow 官网：http://www.textnow.com/
TextNow支持Android、iPhone、iTouch、iPad，可以免费给美国/加拿大的手机用户发送短信。如果超过十天不用TextNow电话号码会被回收，当再次使用TextNow时系统会自动分配一个新的电话号码给你。
3、智能手机客户端：Pinger Messenger 官网：http://www.pinger.com/content/pinger.html
Pinger Messenger这个服务还不支持中国地区，在手机上是无法使用的，除非使用中国移动、中国联通的服务来发送短信。
Pinger Messenger网页版客户端：Textfree Web 官网：http://www.pinger.com/tfw/
网页版本的免费美国电话号码Textfree Web，可以让你拥有一个你自己的美国电话号码（从提供的十个待选号码里选一个你喜欢的），然后就可以通过网络随意地发短信或email给全球任意地区了。长时间不用手机号会被回收，不过还可以申请新的手机号。
二、目前你可以通过以下方式获取到一个免费的美国电话号码（可以免费接听电话）：
第1步：注册iptel.org
网址：http://www.iptel.org/
iptel.org提供免费的SIP，建议使用Gmail邮箱，记住自己的SIP账号和密码。
第2步：注册IPKall.com
网址：http://phone.ipkall.com/
Ipkall提供免费的SIP映射成美国本地号码的业务，注册过程非常简单，建议使用Gmail邮箱，注册成功后，会在邮箱里收到一封邮件，里面有一个美国本地电话号码，此号码可以用来免费接听电话。30天内未激活和未使用的帐户将被终止。
第3步：在Android手机上安装SIP客户端
推荐使用SIPDroid，下载地址：http://code.google.com/p/sipdroid/，在Google Play中也可以免费下载。
软件占用比较小，使用简单，下载安装好，不用管界面上的电话号码和SIP地址，直接按菜单键，选择“设置”，进入配置界面。选择SIP账号设置，如果你有多个，可Line1与Line2一起设置，但是最多支持2个SIP账号。正常情况，你只要配置SIP认证用户名、密码、服务器地址就OK了（请注意这里填写的是iptel.org的用户信息），域地址一般情况与服务器地址相同，无需填写，如果不同请对照你的账号信息进行配置。
第4步：确认手机联网并登陆SIP客户端，这时候别人拨打你的从IPKall.com获得的电话号码，你就可以用手机免费接听电话了。

Find some DealExtreme alternatives

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www.davismicro.com
www.chinanewfashion.com
www.dhgate.com
www.aliexpress.com
www.tradetang.com
www.lightinthebox.com
www.chinavasion.com
www.focalprice.com
www.popbuying.com
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如何免费获得美国电话号码

在注册或使用一些国外服务时（例如VoIP），时常会需要美国电话号码。依照下文步骤，5分钟内即可利用CallCentric+IPKall注册一个虚拟的美国电话号码。

 

1.注册一个CallCentric.com免 费帐号。CallCentric会发送验证邮件，打开注册邮箱点击验证链接。CallCentric会提示要你填国家，城市以及区号。我第一次注册时写的 中国地址，注册后在帐号里出现个很大很大的欺诈提示，网站说暂时冻结了拨打电话的功能，只能接电话，后来我按提示发了个ticket，很快客服回复邮件解 除了限制。用美国地址是没有任何提示的，为免麻烦，就如下图写Google的地址吧 :)

  

点继续后，会跳出来很黄很黄的一个提示问你是不是新来的？直接选择“Go to My CallCentric” 注册完成后大致如下图

在这个界面的左上角Username下面有一行Callcentric #，以1777开头的数字，复制这串数字，接下来还需要这串数字。 

2.打开IPKall网站，Choose your account type选择SIP；Choose Area Code for your IPKall Number就是选择电话区号，我选择了425，这里自己选择即可；SIP username粘贴上一步中最后复制的数字；Hostname or IP address填in.callcentric.com；Email Address和Password就填上一步注册CallCentric时用的邮箱和密码。然后点Submit。一分钟内就能收到IPKall的邮件，邮 件里面的IPKall phone number就是你申请到的美国电话号码。

3.IPKall发来的电话号码还需要SIP客户端激活一下才能使用。到Express Talk官方网站下载并安装Express Talk。下载时注意点击下图位置的链接，下载免费版本，其他链接都是商用版，试用期过后就无效了。

接下来安装Express Talk。安装时会弹出下图提示是否安装其他程序，全部去掉勾即可。

 

 

 

接下来的安装选项全部默认下一步即可，到SIP帐号设置这一步时，第一行昵称随便写；第二行服务器地址写callcentric.com；第三行SIP号 码写第一步中得到的1777打头的号码；最后一行密码也填第一步时注册用的密码。继续点下一步，Express Talk会配置客户端网络连接。一分钟后即会弹出拨号框。这时你的美国号码已经配置完成，刷新CallCentric的后台页面，你会发现左上角出现 Your Phone is Registered的提示，如下图。



你可以通过Android手机配置SIP客户端来免费接听网络电话，你甚至可以利用这个美国虚拟号注册Google Voice，来免费与美国和加拿大通话及发短信。

注意：

1. Ipkall美国虚拟号是使用人数最多的虚拟号，可以无限免费接听电话，而且每个月只要能打通它一次，就可以长期免费使用。
Ipkall号码回收政策:
1. 如果号码在30天内未有任何应答通话
2.如果注册邮箱返回无法投递错误
3.如果你恶意滥用Ipkall号码

2. 这个美国号码只能通过配置网络电话客户端来免费接听全球电话，不能拨打电话。你可以通过这个号码申请Google Voice。Google Voice无限免费拨打美国及加拿大号码，无限免费发送短信给美国和加拿大号码，无限免费接收全球电话及短信。膜拜Google～

 

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30 Photoshop secrets to improve your skills

Power up your skills as we reveal 30 Photoshop secrets that will increase your productivity overnight.

Photoshop is an amazing bit of software that many designers use on a daily basis. It's such a flexible bit of kit that you could spend a week learning new features, and still have only scratched the surface of what's possible.

Once you've overcome the beginners' learning curve, however, there are some real gems hidden inside Photoshop that can help you speed up your work and get more out for less effort. Here we've rounded up 30 of the best Photoshop secrets to help sharpen your skills and improve your productivity.

• See all our Photoshop articles here

01. Control your panels

Did you know about this hidden menu?

In the top right hand corner of every panel is a little icon that reveals a fly-out menu, giving additional options that you might not have seen before. You can use this menu to set your layer panel thumbnails to be larger, crop to artwork and much more - experiment!

02. Paste in Place

Paste in Place is one of those functions that you'll use all the time if you know about it, but if you don’t it will come as a revelation! After you’ve made a selection either in your current document, or in a second document if you’re combining artwork, copy as usual by choosing Edit > Copy, or by using the shortcut keys Ctrl+C (Windows) or Cmd+C(Mac). Once you’re viewing the document you want to paste into, use the shortcut keys Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+V (Mac).

03. Bird's Eye View

If you’re doing detailed work such as cloning or edge refinement, it can be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Equally, if you’re working at a high zoom level, navigating around the document can become tiresome when you need to get back to your high-level zoom. With the Bird’s Eye View feature, when zoomed in you can press and hold the Hkey on your keyboard, and click and drag with your mouse to temporarily zoom out to a bird’s eye view. When you let go, you’ll zoom back in to the level you were working at.

04. Interactively set styles

Move the shadow around by clicking and dragging on the canvas

When you’re adding a drop-shadow layer style, move the dialogue box to one side. By clicking and dragging on the canvas you can use your mouse to interactively move the shadow around relative to the layer casting the shadow.

05. Repeat Transformations

Once you’ve made a transformation to a layer or object using Edit > Transform, you can very quickly repeat that same transformation on another layer or object. Simply press Cmd+Shift+T on a Mac, orCtrl+Shift+T on Windows, and Photoshop will repeat the same transformation on the currently active layer.

06. Solo your layer

Here's how to preview a single layer

If you’d like to preview a single layer, you can quickly get a look at it on its own by Alt+clicking on the layer’s eye icon in the layers panel.Alt+clicking on the eye icon again will return you to the previous layer visibility state. Note that if you accidentally click on another layer’s eye icon you’ll lose the ability to revert back to the previous state.

07. Enable visibility history

Enable the history state for layer visibility

If you want to avoid the problem of losing layer visibility settings while previewing individual layers, you can tick a setting in the History Panel options dialogue box that will enable history state for layer visibility. Once checked, you can use Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Z to step backwards through your history as you always have, but you’ll find changes to the visibility of layers is now included within that history.

08. Merge vector shapes

Merge two vector shapes together and keep the result as an editable vector

If you’re lucky enough to have Photoshop CS6 at your disposal, you can merge two vector shapes together and keep the result as an editable vector. Simply select the two shape layers and hit Cmd/Ctrl+E on your keyboard to merge them together. In previous versions this would have resulted in a rasterized layer, but Adobe have updated the functionality for CS6.

• Also read: Make interesting vector shapes in Photoshop CS6

09. Quickly finish editing text

Press Cmd+Return on your keyboard to finish editing text and move focus outside the text field

When you’re working with text boxes in Photoshop it can be frustrating to move between tools as your shortcut keys won’t work. A great little secret tip is that you can press Cmd+Return on your keyboard to finish editing text and move focus outside the text field. This allows you to quickly select other tools using their shortcut keys as appropriate (e.g. V for the move tool).

10. Organise your files properly

It's easy to become sloppy with the way you name and organise files. But if you have to hand over your work to others, this can rebound on you, giving you a bad rep as people struggle to work out what's going on. Follow our advice on how to organise your files properly here.

11. Draw dotted lines with the brush

Drawing straight dotted lines with the brush tool is a neat trick

A common Photoshop technique is to use the brush tool to draw straight lines. With the brush tool selected click to place a point, then hold down Shift+click at a second point to draw a straight line between the two points. You may not know that you can open the brush panel and set the brush spacing to 150%+ to draw a dotted line instead of a solid one!

12. Change brush size and hardness

It's quite well known that you can use the square bracket keys [ and ]to change the size of your brush inside Photoshop. What you may not know is that if you hold down the Shift key while tapping these same keys, you can also affect the hardness of the brush without having to visit the the brush panel!

13. Reset dialogue boxes

When you're using a dialogue box with a pair of buttons that read OK/Apply and Cancel, it can be frustrating to undo changes you've made. Often you'll want to hit Cancel and then re-open the dialogue. Many of these modal pop-ups allow you to hold down the Alt/Opt key on your keyboard to change the Cancel button to a Reset button, returning the settings to how they were when you opened the dialogue.

14. Scrub values

One of the best time-saving features in Photoshop is the ability to scrub your mouse over input values. If you want to change the opacity of a layer, for example, rather than click into the opacity field of the layers panel, click and drag on the value for opacity. A scrub to the left reduces the opacity, a scrub to the right increases it.

15. Copy layer styles quickly

As well as copying a layer to a new layer, you can do the same with layer styles

If you've been using Photoshop for a while you'll know you can copy a layer to a new layer by holding down Alt/Opt and dragging a copy of the artwork across the canvas. You can use this same trick for layer styles: simply hold down the Alt/Opt key and drag the FX icon in the layers panel from the layer with the styles to the target layer - the styles will be copied right over!

16. Open a document quickly

Rather than navigate to File > Open to open a document, double-click on the pasteboard inside Photoshop (the bit outside the main canvas) to automatically bring up the Open dialog box. Inside recent versions, this trick only works when you don't have another document open.

17. Close documents quickly

You can also close your documents quickly. You're probably familiar with the shortcut combination Ctrl+F4 (Windows) or Cmd+W(Mac). This closes the current document, but if you add a second modifier key you can automatically close every document. Hold downShift+Ctrl+F4 on a PC, or Alt+Cmd+W on a Mac to close all open documents. If you have multiple documents with changes you'd like to discard, check the Apply to All box when choosing Don't Save to avoid having to confirm each document.

18. Share with friends and colleagues

Share your screen with colleagues or friends easily in Photoshop

One of the nicer features that arrived recently in Photoshop is the ability to share your screen with other users. Choose File > Share My Screen and log in with your Acrobat.com username/password. Your web browser will open and a new online meeting will be set up automatically to which you can invite friends and colleagues. You'll be able to chat, share webcam footage and your screen to make for productive collaboration - even if you're the opposite side of the globe to your friends.

19. Quickly change measuring units

When you open a new document in Photoshop you can set the measuring units to match your needs, but sometimes you'll need to switch between different units. The normal way to change is to select the options Photoshop > Preferences > Units & Rulers (or, on a PC, Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers). But there is a quicker way! Just right-click on a ruler (Cmd+R/Ctrl+R will show your rulers if they're not already visible) and choose the new measuring unit you need.

20. Fill with scripted patterns

Pattern fill includes handy Scripted Pattern option

Photoshop CS6 introduces a new pattern fill option based on a script. First isolate an object on a transparent background and define it as a pattern (Edit > Define Pattern). Next, access the fill command as you normally would (Edit > Fill or Shift+F5). Choose Pattern as the fill type, then select your isolated object from the patterns drop-down.

Finally, tick the Scripted Patterns checkbox and choose one of the options from the predefined scripts. All bar spiral will add a colour and brightness shift randomly to your object as part of the fill operation. You can also write your own scripts to use in this dialogue!

21. Insert Lorem Ipsum

Use placeholder text to help utilise text boxes

A small new feature that will help save time when you're producing mockups inside Photoshop is the handy new Lorem Ipsum function. Select the type tool and draw an area type box by clicking and dragging out a selection. Now choose Type > Paste Lorem Ipsum to automatically fill your type area with faux Latin text.

22. Use space to move selections

Once you've made a selection inside Photoshop using any of the standard tools, such as the marquee tools, you can easily move it around on your canvas. Simply hold down the space bar and use the selection tool you've got active to move the selection around.

23. History Snapshots

Snapshots ensure you can return to any point in the history of your work

If you're accustomed to using the history feature in Photoshop when you've made a mistake or want to back-track a few steps, this tip will allow you to take complete control of your artwork. Open the history panel, and click on the camera icon each time you reach a milestone in your artwork. This will create a history snapshot that you can return to at any point. Snapshots can also be used as the source for the history art brush!

24. Style text easily

If you're lucky enough to be using Photoshop CS6, you can take advantage of a great new feature that makes it simple to achieve consistent text styling. The latest version of Photoshop introduces paragraph and character styles. Choose Window > Paragraph Styles to open the panel, then click on the new style icon to create a new style. Double-click on the style to set font, colour, leading, kerning, open type features and hyphenation options. To apply to text, simply highlight the text and click on the desired style.

25. Apply blending modes simultaneously

If you're rocking CS6, a new feature that can save a bit of time is the ability to set blending modes for multiple layers simultaneously. You could always do this with opacity, but it's only with CS6 you can select more than one layer (by holding down the Cmd/Ctrl key and clicking on each layer in turn inside the layers panel) and change the blending mode for all selected layers at the same time.

26. Crop non-destructively

Your cropped areas need not vanish into the ether with CS6

Another nice addition to CS6 is the ability to crop without throwing away the bits of image outside your crop area. Choose the crop tool and uncheck the new Delete cropped pixels checkbox. Now when you apply your crop, the areas of image outside the crop will simply be hidden for later retrieval. To get access to the area outside your crop, simply choose the crop tool again and change your crop accordingly.

27. Hide other layers quickly

You can quickly get a preview of the current layer by turning off all other layers without losing track of which layers were visible and which were hidden. To do so, hold down the Alt/Opt key and click once on the eyeball icon in the layers panel for the layer you want to isolate. When you Alt/Opt and click again, the other layers will switch back on again, remembering which you had hidden.

28. Quickly create 3D extrusions

3D extrusions can now be easily added using CS6's new tool

You can now add punch to your titles using 3D extrusions in Photoshop CS6. The 3D interface has been overhauled to make it more friendly to non-3D modellers, and it's now really easy to create high-quality, textured 3D type by simply creating a type layer and choosing 3D > New 3D Extrusion from selected layer. Shadows and reflections are easier to control too, making it a great way to create engaging display type in a hurry.

29. Use actions for common tasks

One of the most powerful features in Photoshop is its ability to record macros of common tasks, allowing you to automate mundane manipulation work. Open the actions panel to see a list of pre-defined actions that can be run. Click the New button at the bottom of the panel to record your own action!

30. Add selective focus

Blur gallery in Photoshop CS6 has made adding focus easier

With the new blur gallery in CS6 you can selectively blur and, by extension, add focus to your image. Individual focus points can be added to your image, with the amount of blur, fall off and iris size all edited directly on the canvas using the HUD. You can also add special effects such as lens bokeh with ease, making it simple to draw attention to the parts of an image you're interested in.

Words: Sam Hampton-Smith

海外购常见尺码对照表

海外购经常会遇到尺码问题，海外购不像国内的B2C商城可以货到付款，无理由退货。买错尺码的话基本上只能送人了。“什么值得买”整理了相关资料，以帮助网友们下单时尽量正确的选择自己的尺码。需要注意：1、同国内情况类似，国外的尺码也比较混乱，各个品牌的尺码换算不尽相同，本文选取的是互联网上较为流行的版本。2、无论是参与国内的抢购还是参与海外购，熟知自己的身高（衣码）、腰围（裤码）、脚长（鞋码）是必须的。

1、牛仔裤尺码

牛仔裤尺码通常会标识W**L**字样，前者表示腰围，后者表示裤长，例如W29L30，通常可以按腰围选购。有一个简单的计算方法：女性的腰围两字+6，例如1尺9，即19+7=26码。男性的腰围两字+7~9，例如2尺6，即26+8=34码，腰围越大加的数字越大。更新：还有个精确的算法，用你的腰围*13.1再四舍五入即可得到准确的尺码。例如2尺2的腰，2.2*13.1=28.8=29码。具体的换算见下表：

2、衣服尺码

美版的衣服尺码使用了和国内相同的S（Small）、M（Medium）、L（Large）+X（eXtreme）的标识方法，但其代表的衣服大小与国内的惯例不同，通常会大一个甚至几个号。不同类型的服装尺码会有所不同，不同品牌的尺码也有较大差异，下面是较为通用的尺码表，网友们可以根据自己的胸围或者腰围选取最接近的尺码：

3、鞋子尺码

鞋子尺码是最为混乱的。中国尺码和欧码是一致的，可以使用公式计算出来，具体为脚长值（mm）/5-10。例如230/5-10=36码。美码没有一个完美的公式可以计算，各个品牌均有自己的转换表，不同品牌的差异可能非常大。基本的规律是，美码和英码每0.5为一档，同一尺寸英码比美码小1-2号，美码大致上可以用0.75*欧码-23来计算。

名鞋库网站上有部分品牌的尺码转换表，可以对号入座试试看。但此表不完全与其他鞋类B2C网站提供的尺码表完全一致，因此还是仅供参考。表格较大，点击后可在新页面查看大图。

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4、眼镜尺码

眼镜通常会使用三个数字标识尺码，例如55/14/135mm，这三个数字分别代表镜框尺寸、鼻梁尺寸和镜腿尺寸。镜框尺寸：镜框所在平面垂直线中点处，镜圈两边内侧之间的距离。鼻梁尺寸：镜架鼻梁所在水平线上的最宽距离。镜腿尺寸：从镜架铰链中心到镜腿末端的伸直距离。大家经常网购的墨镜/防风镜/蛤蟆镜没有度数，是不需要瞳距的。网购选择眼镜尺寸时可以根据自己现有的眼镜和想要达到的效果进行计算，到实体店试戴也是个不错的方法。

以上内容整理自互联网，若有不当之处，欢迎留言指出。若有其他产品需要尺码换算，也欢迎留言告知，“什么值得买”会做进一步整理。

与海外购相关的其他教程文章请查阅海外购攻略一文。

日本海淘介绍 及 日本亚马逊海淘转运教程

什么值得买的热心网友“coolmanman”为我们提供了一份详尽的日本海淘情况介绍及日本亚马逊海淘转运教程，与大家分享：

海淘已经不算新鲜事物了，但大部分网友应该没有尝试过从日本海淘。相比于从美国海淘，从日本海淘的优势在于，物流时间更短，转运公司为日本股份制公司，更加严谨正规，更由于汇率原因，花日元比花美元划算。

背景：

随着日本前首相安倍再一次上台，为了在今年7月参议院选举之前，完成竞选期间提出的振兴经济目标从而获得选民的信任并巩固自民党的执政基础，不惜“挟持“日央行通过了最新的货币政策，将CPI的目标从1%上调至2%，日本央行无限购买日本国债，导致日本汇率一路走低，日元兑人民币汇率已经达到了6.7左右（100日元兑换6.7元人民币），结合预期后续的一系列宽松货币政策，日元汇率有望在以后较长的一段时间内继续保持在下行通道。也就是说，针对去日旅游、以日元为结算货币的消费等，广大群众将获得更大的实惠。

作为美国、欧洲海淘的补充，简单介绍一下如今日本海淘的基本流程。

1、日本转运公司的选择

熟悉国内ACG（动画漫画游戏）界的各位，应该对萌购和摩西并不陌生，但由于这两大网站实质上先代购后转运的流程，时效原因（委托购买与网站购买下单之间存在一定时差）很大程度上造成某些热销品或库存不足的商品根本来不及购买，再加上禁运电池物品与转运时间过长，故本人并不推荐。除掉以上两个网站外，传统意义上的转运公司近几年也逐渐壮大，如TENSO、JSHOPPERS、ETD等，此文主要介绍TENSO与JSHOPPERS两家。与美国、欧洲小作坊式的华人转运公司不同，日本的这些转运公司都非常正规，大多为日本股份制有限公司，加上日本人严谨、认真的民族个性，在转运物品的安全性、时效性上可以基本放心。

TENSO和JSHOPPERS，两家都是日本股份制有限公司，JSHOPPERS做代购起家，中文名叫即尚网，转运为其新开辟的业务，TENSO成立较晚，但网页操作上较为友好，两家网站都有简体中文页面。





转运费用上，显然JSHOPPERS免手续费和5%的ems优惠更有优势，但根据其他网友反馈，JSHOPPERS的称重上有时比较飘忽，TENSO在转运时效上更加稳定，两家都可以寄带电池的一般物品，特殊物品需咨询客服（禁运品当然不能运，如工口）。两家公司周末、节假日不发货不收货。收货时效上，TENSO大致为日本发出后2—4天，JSHOPPERS稍慢，国内小城市可能还需多加几天，by the way，EMS春节是不休息的。货款支付上TENSO支持信用卡和PAYPAL，JSHOPPERS更可以支持支付宝。

比较（30KG以内）



JSHOPPERS运费表





TENSO运费与手续费







2、转运流程

购买网站及流程上，和美国、欧洲海购没有区别，购物网站原则上只要接受国内信用卡与转运地址，就都可以买。用美元双币卡注意会收取1%—1.5%的货币转换手续费，各银行会有所区别，如工行为1%，招行为1.5%，日元双币卡无手续费。









3、Amazon Kindle Paperwhite购买示例：

Kindle Paperwhite是最畅销的电子书阅读器了，国内淘宝价格在千元左右，从Amazon美国海淘至少800元起，而Amazon日本海淘多少钱？7980日元折合人民币不到550元，加上转运成本也不超过700元。下面以购买Kindle Paperwhite为例：

首先打开日本Amazon，因为日本amazon与美国和中国帐号不通用，所以需重新注册，不会日语的各位可以切换成English，界面和美国amazon完全一样。接下来的手把手从Amazon下单流程，就可以参考之前的美国亚马逊攻略了。



然后就是注册填写相关信息、收货地址（转运公司的地址）、账单地址（写国内真实英文地址），信用卡信息，注册完成，记得开启prime会员1个月试用，可以享受当日上午购买当日寄到的服务，1个月后不想续费的关闭prime会员自动续费即可，tenso网站提供了amazon地址示例服务，非常人性化。











每人限购3部，恐怕这也是最近amazon针对国内倒爷的无奈政策吧，下单后一般情况下，1小时内扣款，然后状态会变成shipping soon，如果是当日上午下单，prime会员享受下午送到的服务，下午晚上下单则次日送到，周末及节假日不发货不入库，入库根据情况可能需要1—2天，订单审核亦需要1—2天，货物发出后，大城市2-4天可以收到，缴纳关税的话，需自行前往邮局办事处（如上海的武定路，北京的建国门）缴费取货，根据其他网友的反馈，税金多为80元人民币，含关税总成本约为700元，相比美版119美元的税前价格，优势还是非常明显的。虽然EMS春节无休，但海关春节放假，也就是说如果需缴纳关税，可能需等到春节后海关上班后才可以拿到，请根据自身情况，选择合适时间下单，其他商品购买流程同上，敏感物品建议咨询客服是否可发。

继美国、欧洲海淘之后，可以预见，日本海淘即将进入高速发展期，作为全球经济一体化的今天，能够以低廉的价格享受世界各国的优秀商品，这才是现代化的生活方式，也请广大爱国人士理性看待本文，毕竟我们不是政客，生活才是我们的全部。

Amazon.com 美国亚马逊 直邮中国 手把手教程

相比德国、英国亚马逊，美国亚马逊的大部分商品不支持直邮，需要通过转运公司寄送到中国。但相比转运，直邮周期较短，物流过程更加可靠，部分性价比较高、可直邮的产品（如手推车、某些电子产品）选择直邮运输，不失为更好的选择，如之前网友爆料的BenQ投影机（内含直邮成本与转运成本对比，及网友经验）。

本文针对这样的产品进行直邮手把手教程，希望能帮助初次进行海淘的网友安全的迈出第一步，“什么值得买”网站愿更多的网友能够享受到海淘的实惠和乐趣。本文最后有小编个人直邮的一些体验感受，非常希望大家互相交流学习，小编也会定期更新教程的。

前几个环节与《Amazon 美国亚马逊   手把手教程（最新版）》前6步骤相同，初次海淘的朋友可以先按照前6步注册新帐号。

1、商品页面：

直邮商品时，需先确定该商品是否支持直邮中国。

在商品页面下方商品描述（Product Details）处，如果显示：Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.  即表示该产品支持直邮。

商品页面通览：

商品描述（Product Details）：

同海淘其他商品一样，购买时需要注意自己选择的型号/款式/颜色，避免下错单产生不必要的损失。

绿色的“In Stock”表示目前有现货。Amazon不止自营商品，也有类似“店中店”的概念。“Ships from and sold by”后面如果跟的是“Amazon”或“Amazon”打头的文字，即表示该商品是Amazon自己销售的产品，是初次海外购的首选。第三方商家经营的商品，可能收取运费，发货时间与亚马逊规则不同。

什么值得买在推荐海外的货品时，会注明推荐的是哪个商家的在售商品。对于初次海淘的朋友们，小编建议不要选择其他未推荐的商家，尤其不要因为价格略低而去选择第三方商家或购买二手（Used）货品。

2、添加购物车：

确定所选商品的型号/款式/颜色/数量等属性，点击“Add to Cart”将商品加入购物车。此处需注意的是，购买数量等信息需要根据商品描述中的“Shipping Advisory”来参考确定。

添加完成后显示下图：

若继续购物，直接点击页面左上角的Amazon图标跳回主页即可。

3、结算：

可从首页导航栏右侧的点击“View cart”查看购物车信息，如下图：

购物车页面通览：

核对所购商品无误，点击“Proceed to Checkout”进行下一步；

4、确认购买需再次登录确认身份：

5、填写收货地址（注意，直邮此处需填写中国收货地址，汉语拼音填写即可）：

所谓直邮的最关键步骤就是正确的填写中国收货地址，虽说可以用汉语拼音填写地址，但是还是有几点需要特别注意的:

1、英文地址由小写大，务必用汉语拼音填写，第一行写不下了可以折到第二行进行填写；

2、首先要将国家选择为China，这要是选错了可就远了。。；

3、尽可能的输入正确的邮政编码，以方便快递公司确认收货城市；

4、务必保证手机号码正确，并在号码前加中国区号86，美国亚马逊一般采用UPS/DHL运输，货物到达中国后，会有物流公司（UPS/DHL等）工作人员（中国人）电话与您联系进行清关等相关手续的办理，故正确的手机号码很重要！

英文地址填写参考：

北京市崇文区天坛东里西区**楼3单元101

Room 3-101 building No.**,TianTan-DongLi Residential ChongWen District

江苏省扬州市宝应县泰山东村***栋***室

Room *** building No.***, East TaiShan Residential BaoYin County

室  Room

号  No.

单元 Unit

楼号 Building No.

街  Street

路   Road

区   District

县   County

镇   Town

市   City

省   Province

6、选择送货方式，再次确认商品是否支持直邮：

至此步，如果所购商品不支持直邮，会出现如下图情况：

可直邮商品则直接出现确认/选择送货方式页面，如下图：

亚马逊提供Expedited Shipping / Priority Shipping 即普通/优先两种直邮方式，价格不同，运送时间也不同。至于美国亚马逊采用什么快递，是亚马逊系统分派的，通常为DHL、UPS。有网友说通常Priority Shipping 方式多采用DHL承运。

网友根据个人需求选择所用送货方式，点击按钮Continue，进行下一步。

7、付款：

输入信用卡卡号、持卡人英文姓名及有效期，如有gift card或优惠券码可在下面输入。点击按钮Continue确认，进行下一步。

此时，若第一次输入信用卡信息，会要求输入账单地址（Billing Address）选择刚输入的收货地址即可，也可重新填写真实的账单地址。

注意1：国内的双币信用卡在Amazon消费是不需要CVV码的，只需要卡号、姓名和有效期三样即可。所以要保证自己的信用卡安全，近期没有美国亚马逊购物打算的时候可以先将自己的信用卡信息删除。

Your Account（需登录）–Payment–Credit Cards & Gift CardsPayment Methods里删除即可。

注意2：添加好信用卡后，亚马逊会尝试扣除1美金验证信用卡是否有效，这是国外商家的惯例。这1美金会在验证完毕后返还到信用卡账户中，不会体现在账单上，类似的扣款不必担心。

注意3：Amazon的订单是发货才正式扣款。但部分银行会使用参考汇率计算你的信用卡是否有足够的额度。参考汇率会比正常的汇率高，甚至达到1美元：6.5人民币。但不要担心，正式扣款的时候是按照实时汇率计算的。6.5只是个虚拟的数字。

8、浏览订单详情、确认下单：

最后一次检查收货地址、所购买商品详情、金额、运费等信息是否正确。此处需要说明下，直邮中国会预收中国关税，清关后会根据实际情况，多退少不补（退的是亚马逊预收的与实际发生的之间的差价，预收的包含中国增值税、关税和商检费用）一切以税单为准。税单可向物流公司咨询索要。如果产生税费，依法纳税是每个公民应尽的义务。

亚马逊直邮中国运费计算方式：

 

确认无误后，点击”Place your order”按钮确认下单。

9、成功下单：

如看到下图说明，表示您已下单成功。下单成功后，亚马逊会冻结账单相应的金额，发货正式扣除货款。所以通常会收到两条手机短信提醒。同时注册邮箱也会收到自动确认邮件。

 10、跟踪订单：

亚马逊发货后会发送邮件提醒，告知您的包裹号，以便通过物流公司网站追踪货物。网友还可通过账户订单详情中的Track Package跟踪货物。

最后再唠叨几句：首先要注意以下三个步骤，因为这些是直邮海淘的关键环节。另外，每个网友的海淘过程都不太一样，大家互相交流学习，小编也会逐步的丰富此教程，感谢大家的宝贵经验。

小编近期于Amazon直邮购买xbox360 假日套装（带体感装置），12月13日下单，预计12月24日收货，实际12月28日签收，采用Expedited Shipping运输方式，UPS运送。途中赶上北京海关搬家等原因延误，整个直邮过程12个工作日完成。个人认为以下三个环节至关重要，希望网友们耐心看完，互相交流。

11、协助物流提交清关所需资料：

所购商品到达中国之后，由DHL/UPS等物流公司会负责协助清关工作，物流工作人员会主动联系您。经过电话沟通，工作人员通常会将清关申报所需的表格通过发送到您提供的邮箱，按要求填写好之后回传给工作人员即可。通常需要回传身份证扫描件，可拍照上传，如果介意的网友，可以加上“清关专用”字样的水印，但尽量不要大面积挡住照片和身份证号等信息。部分商品缺失商品详情的可能还需要提供电子订单以确认商品内容，如有疑问，还可向工作人员继续咨询。

12、清关过程：

如果清关过程中出现税费，美国亚马逊会自动使用预付关税支付，相关内容物流公司的工作人员通常也会通过邮件告知用户。如果预付关税多于实际关税，美国亚马逊会在6周之后左右自动返还多支付的部分。根据以往海淘经验，扣除关税后，预付关税退税比较慢或者所退金额较少，此时需要可以和物流公司或者亚马逊客服进行沟通。

13、收货：

完成上述工作，就可以等待收货了。待货物到达地方，物流人员会再次与您确认收货地址，及收货时间。签收时检查包裹是否完好，开箱检查核对商品完毕后，就可体验自己直邮到手的海淘商品了。

由于行文仓促，如有疏漏之处请您谅解，欢迎反馈并提出改进意见。本篇教程已汇总至什么值得买海淘全攻略中。

什么值得买网友“啤酒熊”的补充：

补充。因为我也是刚刚直邮买了xbox360套装。套装是299刀，直邮运费是38刀多（我选的是2-4天到的那种，还有一种是5-10天到的，运费是18刀多），预交的税是55刀。走的是DHL，用了6天时间，我在湖南长沙，包裹是先到香港，然后到广州海关然后再到长沙的。北方的同学应该是到北方的海关。dhl显示的关税是270块人民币，预交的55刀关税按6.22算折合342块钱人民币。也就是说美国亚马逊收的预交关税，肯定是会超过实际缴纳的。并且看某海淘论坛的帖子，同样的套装，不同地方的海关收的税各不相同，最高有388的，最低有157的。所以这个看人品和海关的具体情况了。至于收货地址完全可以用纯拼音，文中的中英文对照地址完全可以忽略。因为美国亚马逊只看是发到中国的，就发了。到中国后是中国这边的工作人员来看具体地址的。比方我的地址是车站北路xxx号兰亭峰景x栋x楼的地址，我直接写的是就是：che zhan bei lu 306#, lan ting feng jing x dong x lou。。。。。这样够直观了吧。并且交关税那边也没文中那么麻烦，压根就没有传什么身份证之类的，完全没有DHL人员和我联系，直接就扣掉了。因为亚马逊那边绝对不会少收关税，绝对是超出实际关税一些来预收的。