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1688 sourcing agent fee comparison 2026: all 7 agents, real numbers

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If you are sourcing from 1688 to ship overseas, the agent fee varies wildly between ¥0 and ¥15 per order, and that is before you count the photo-review charge, the consolidation fee, the storage cutoff, and the payment processing surcharge. Below is a side-by-side comparison of the 7 agents our extension tracks on every 1688 product page.

1. The 7 agents we track — and the 4 we almost tracked

We currently show BuckyDrop, CSSBuy, Superbuy, Supplyia, Oopbuy, Loongbuy, and Lovegobuy. We evaluated and rejected 4 more: Wegobuy (service fee ~¥18/order, too high for low-margin dropshipping), Yupoo-agent-only services (no checkout flow), Ponhub (closed public onboarding), and Sugargoo (no public referral program). If an agent has no public referral or commission rate, we cannot track it without violating their terms.

2. Service fee: who is cheapest, who is most expensive

Loongbuy and Oopbuy charge 0% on clothing and 3% on electronics. BuckyDrop charges a flat ¥8/order regardless of item. Superbuy charges 5% with a ¥6 minimum. CSSBuy and Supplyia sit in the middle at 4%. Lovegobuy is the priciest at 6% + ¥4 payment processing on top. If you order ¥200 of clothing, Loongbuy wins. If you order ¥500 of electronics, BuckyDrop wins. There is no single winner — that is exactly why we show all 7.

3. Photo review: the hidden ¥5 fee almost everyone charges

6 of 7 agents offer 3-5 free photos when you ask. The 7th (Superbuy) charges ¥5 per photo review regardless. If you want to QC a ¥300 order before shipping, that ¥5 is 1.6% — small, but multiplied across 50 orders per month, it is ¥250/month you did not budget for. We default to 5 photo slots in the extension overlay so you can decide on the product page, not after paying.

4. Storage: 30 days free vs 90 days free vs 7 days free

BuckyDrop and Supplyia give you 90 days free. CSSBuy and Superbuy give 30 days. Loongbuy and Oopbuy give 20 days. Lovegobuy gives 7 days only — past day 7, every item accrues ¥1/day. If you batch orders for one big monthly shipment, 7 days is brutal. If you ship in 48 hours, all 7 are equivalent.

5. How the 1688CMP extension actually compares them

Open any 1688.com product page with the extension installed. The right-side overlay reads the offer ID from the URL, looks up our open agent list (the list lives inside the extension — no server call), and shows all 7 prices in a single row. Click any agent to open their website in a new tab with our affiliate parameter. No data leaves your browser. No login. No tracking. You decide which agent is cheapest for this specific product, on this specific page, in this specific moment.

FAQ

Do I need to pay 1688CMP?
No. 1688CMP is free, open-source under AGPL-3.0, and has no paid tier. We earn a small commission when you click through to an agent and place an order with them — that commission comes from the agent, never from you.
Why does the extension show 7 agents and not all 30?
Only 7 agents have public affiliate or referral programs with public commission rates. Adding the rest would mean we cannot show a comparable fee number. We chose accuracy over completeness. The agents we do not track are not worse — they just pay us nothing, and we would have to estimate their fee from public screenshots, which we will not do.
Is there an offline mode?
Yes. The agent list, commission rates, and referral links are all bundled inside the extension. Once installed, it works without an internet connection — the only network call is when you actually click an agent link and load their website.
Does the extension track what I view?
No. There is no analytics, no telemetry, no backend. The privacy policy spells this out — open the extension popup and click "Privacy" to read the source. We deliberately made the extension open-source under AGPL-3.0 so anyone can audit this claim.
Which agent is the absolute cheapest?
There is no single cheapest agent. It depends on the item category (clothing vs cosmetics vs electronics), the order value (¥200 vs ¥2000), your shipping speed (48h vs 30 days consolidation), and whether you need photo QC. The whole reason 1688CMP exists is that the answer changes product by product — we show you all 7 so you can decide on the actual page you are buying.
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