Hoobuy Spreadsheets, Explained (2026)
| Quick facts | Hoobuy spreadsheet |
|---|---|
| What it is | Community-curated list of agent-ready product links |
| Official version | None — Hoobuy is the agent; the spreadsheets are community-made |
| Marketplaces Hoobuy takes | Taobao, Weidian, 1688 — plus JD, DHgate and Pinduoduo per its marketing |
| Link format | hoobuy.com/product/{code}/{item-id} — 1 = Taobao, 2 = Weidian, 0 = 1688 |
| Free warehouse storage | 90 days |
| Community rating | 3.9/5 from ~560 reviews (checked July 1, 2026) |
What a Hoobuy spreadsheet actually is
Hoobuy is a shopping agent: it buys from Chinese marketplaces on your behalf, photographs items at its warehouse for your approval, then ships everything internationally in one consolidated parcel. A "spreadsheet" is the shopping list that feeds it — a community-curated set of product links with photos, prices and batch notes, formatted so each row opens directly on the agent. Hoobuy publishes no official finds list, so every "Hoobuy spreadsheet" you find is community-made, and quality varies wildly between them.
One genuinely Hoobuy-specific detail: it advertises the broadest marketplace coverage of the agents we track — Taobao, Weidian and 1688 like everyone else, plus JD, DHgate and Pinduoduo per its own marketing. That means a Hoobuy-flavoured spreadsheet can occasionally carry links some other agents simply will not take. If the whole agent flow is new to you, read our beginner guide at /guides/how-to-use-a-shopping-agent first — the spreadsheet is only step one of seven.
How to read a Hoobuy link — and turn any spreadsheet into one
Hoobuy links follow a strict pattern: hoobuy.com/product/2/7234567890. The long number is the original marketplace item ID, and the single digit before it is Hoobuy's marketplace code — 1 for Taobao, 2 for Weidian, 0 for 1688. Because that item ID is the same one the source listing uses, any spreadsheet built for any agent already contains everything needed to open the identical item on Hoobuy.
Do not hand-edit the digits, though: the codes are not standardised across agents — 2 means Weidian on Hoobuy but Taobao on USFans — which is the classic way people end up staring at the wrong listing without realising it. Our link converter at /tools handles this for you: paste any Taobao, Weidian, 1688 or agent link from a spreadsheet and it rebuilds the listing for Hoobuy and 20+ other agents in one paste, no signup.
How to vet a spreadsheet before you spend money
Static Google Sheets rot: links die, prices freeze, and sold-out items sit there looking buyable. Prefer database-style lists that refresh prices and stock against the live listings — pikobuy.to is a good example of the format done properly, and our own finds database at /products works the same way. A quick sanity check on any sheet: open five random rows; if more than one is dead or wildly repriced, the whole list is stale.
Before ordering a specific find, pull its existing QC photos — paste the spreadsheet's link (or the Hoobuy link itself) into our QC photo finder at /tools and it resolves down to the underlying item, so you can see what past buyers actually received from that seller. Then check the seller's centimeter measurement chart rather than trusting S/M/L labels, and keep your first haul small until the agent has earned your confidence.
Where Hoobuy sits in 2026
Hoobuy's genuine strengths are coverage and convenience: the wide marketplace list, official iOS and Android apps since late 2024, EU-friendly payment rails (iDEAL, Sofort, SEPA, Blik) and 90 days of free warehouse storage — handy when you are slowly filling a consolidation box from a spreadsheet. The honest caveats from our agent roundup (/compare/best-shopping-agents-2026): its 3.9/5 rating from roughly 560 reviews (checked July 1, 2026) is among the weaker scores for an agent its size, reviewers repeatedly call its shipping quotes high relative to item value, and it publishes no fee table.
The practical response is to make Hoobuy quote your real haul before committing — compare a duties-inclusive shipping quote against another agent or two, and see our 2026 agent shipping research at /research/agent-shipping-2026 for what routes actually cost and how long they take. Once a parcel ships, our package tracker at /tools shows measured delivery windows built from 19,000+ tracked parcels — including the normal-but-scary first stretch where international parcels often show no scans at all.
A Hoobuy spreadsheet is just a community shopping list, and the workflow around it matters more than the sheet itself: verify the links are alive, pull QC photos of the exact listing before paying, and make Hoobuy quote shipping on your real haul — the one area where its reviews are consistently weakest. Its advertised marketplace coverage is the widest we track, and any good spreadsheet becomes a Hoobuy one in a single paste; use the tools below to run the rest.
Disclosure: the KakoBuy link is an affiliate link — it costs you nothing and supports rep.tools. Every fact above is stated the same way regardless.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an official Hoobuy spreadsheet?
No. Hoobuy is the shopping agent; every "Hoobuy spreadsheet" is community-curated. A sheet calling itself official is just marketing — judge any list by whether its links resolve and its prices match the live listings, not by the label on the tab.
Can I use a spreadsheet made for CNFans, KakoBuy or another agent with Hoobuy?
Yes. Spreadsheet links all point at the same underlying Taobao, Weidian or 1688 listings, so the item ID carries over between agents. Paste any row's link into a link converter and it rebuilds the listing as a Hoobuy link — there is no need to hunt for a Hoobuy-specific copy of the same sheet.
What do the numbers in a Hoobuy product link mean?
In hoobuy.com/product/2/7234567890, the long number is the marketplace item ID and the single digit is the source marketplace: 1 = Taobao, 2 = Weidian, 0 = 1688. Don't copy that digit convention to other agents — the same digits map to different marketplaces elsewhere, which silently opens the wrong listing.
Is Hoobuy legit for spreadsheet orders?
Hoobuy runs the standard agent loop — buy, warehouse QC photos, consolidate, ship — with official mobile apps and 90 days of free storage. Its community rating (3.9/5 from ~560 reviews when we checked in July 2026) is weaker than the top agents' for its size, and a recurring complaint is high shipping quotes. Usable, but start with a small haul and compare its shipping quote before paying.
Can I see QC photos before ordering from a Hoobuy spreadsheet?
Often, yes. Warehouse QC photos of your own item only appear after the agent buys it, but if a listing has been ordered before, community QC photos of that exact item usually exist. Paste the spreadsheet or Hoobuy link into a QC finder that resolves agent links — ours does — and check stitching, tags and colours before you spend anything.