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How to switch agents without losing your wishlist

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You started on Agent A. Three months in, you realized Agent B has cheaper shipping to your country, or a payment method you prefer, or a friend swears by them. Switching is straightforward — agents don't lock you in — but you can lose work if you do it casually. Here's the migration playbook.

Items in your cart (not yet paid)

The cart is the easiest. Cart items are just links to Chinese seller pages with size/color saved as parameters. Steps:

  1. Open each cart item on your current agent.
  2. Find the original Weidian, Taobao, or 1688 URL. Most agents display it on the item page, often labeled "source" or "original link."
  3. Copy that URL.
  4. On your new agent (whether KakoBuy, CSSBuy, Sugargoo, CNFans, ACBUY, OOPBuy, Hubbuy, Superbuy, Mulebuy, Hoobuy, or any other), paste it into their submit-order or find-product field. Most agents accept Weidian/Taobao/1688 URLs directly.

You'll need to re-enter size and color on the new agent. The seller never sees a change — they just receive an order from whichever agent's purchasing account places it.

Items in the warehouse (paid, awaiting QC or shipping)

This is harder. The agent now holds physical goods on your behalf. Two options:

Option A: Ship to your home first, then re-list on the new agent later. Pay the international shipping with the old agent. Once items arrive at home, you've effectively closed that account.

Option B: Forward to the new agent's warehouse. Some agents accept inbound parcels from other agents — basically the new agent treats them like a domestic Chinese seller package. You pay domestic re-shipping within China (CNY 15-40), plus any inbound handling fee on the new side. Worth it only for high-value items.

Most buyers just take Option A and move on.

Saved wishlists / favorites

No agent currently lets you export your wishlist to another. The clean solution: pluck. holds the wishlist outside the agent ecosystem. If you save items on pluck., they live in your browser regardless of which agent you check out through. Switching agents doesn't touch the wishlist at all.

If you didn't save through pluck., the manual path is: screenshot your agent's wishlist, manually re-add each item on the new agent by pasting the source URL.

QC photos and order history

Agent QC photos remain on the original agent's account. You can usually still log in months later to view them. If you want a permanent local copy: download each photo manually before closing the account. There is no API.

Order history (invoices, shipping records) similarly stays on the old account. Some buyers keep their old account active just for historical lookups even after switching their primary use.

When switching is actually worth it

The switching cost is real — maybe 2-4 hours if you have a lot of saved items. Worth it if:

  • The new agent saves you >15% on typical shipping to your region
  • Your old agent doesn't accept a payment method you want
  • You ran into a customer service problem you couldn't resolve
  • A friend or community you trust has a strong recommendation

Not worth it for marginal differences. The big agents (KakoBuy, CSSBuy, Sugargoo, CNFans) all cluster within a small range on price and quality.

See our individual reviews — KakoBuy, CSSBuy vs Sugargoo, CNFans, ACBUY vs OOPBuy vs Hubbuy — before deciding.