Clueless about how to chat with a seller or contact a customer support agent on Taobao?
Imagine you find a steal price for a graphics card you found on Taobao, but there are too many missing details on the GPU, such as the condition and more. Perhaps, you might not even know how to message the seller and ask about it.
In another scenario, you have inquiries about Taobao but are struggling to find a way to contact customer support on Taobao.
If you are tired of struggling to contact sellers or customer support on Taobao, look no further! This guide will show detailed steps to chat with sellers and contact customer support on Taobao, so you can quickly get the answers and assistance you need.
Let’s start!
For more help with using the Taobao marketplace and troubleshooting common issues, you can check out our other Taobao guides:
- How to Request a Refund or Return Goods/Items on Taobao?
- How to Ship From Taobao? – Issues, Tracking, Pricing, Consolidate, Etc.
- How to Fix Taobao Website Not Working or Loading?
- How to Create/Register, Manage or Delete a Taobao Account?
General Keywords
A table has been created below to help you understand some Mandarin Chinese terms to assist you generally. You can find the keywords on the Taobao page by pressing Ctrl + F and entering the Chinese keyword you wish to find on the site.
Chinese Word | English Meaning | Explanation |
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联系官方客服 | Contact customer service | This is seen when you are having problems with your Taobao account and you want to contact the customer service for assistance. |
发送宝贝链接 | Send product link | |
发送 | Send | – |
和我联系 | Contact | – |
我的淘宝 | My account | This is where you can look at your account such as refunds, order placed, orders awaiting for payment, orders waiting for shipping and more. |
已买到的宝贝 | Placed orders | This is for you to check your bought items |
联系卖家 | Contact seller | – |
消费者客服 | Consumer customer service | This would allow you to talk to a customer service that is under the consumer |
联系客服 | Contact customer support | – |
点击联系 | Click to connect | This is to connect with a customer service agent |
消息 | Messages | To check all the chat history on your Taobao app |
国家/地区 | Country/state | – |
Country Names
Chinese Word | English |
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阿尔巴尼亚 | Albania |
阿尔及利亚 | Aleria |
阿富汗 | Afghanistan |
阿根廷 | Argentina |
爱尔兰 | Ireland |
埃及 | Egypt |
埃塞俄比亚 | Ethiopia |
爱沙尼亚 | Estonia |
阿拉伯联合酋长国 | United Arab Emirates |
阿鲁巴岛 | Aruba |
阿曼 | Oman |
安道尔 | Andorra |
安哥拉 | Angola |
安圭拉岛(英) | Anguilla (English) |
安提瓜和巴布达 | Antigua and Barbuda |
奥地利 | Austria |
奥尔德尼岛 | Alderney Island |
奥兰群岛 | Åland Islands |
阿塞拜疆 | Azerbaijan |
阿森松岛 | Ascension Island |
巴巴多斯 | Barbados |
巴布亚新几内亚 | Papua New Guinea |
巴哈马国 | Bahamas |
白俄罗斯 | Belarus |
百慕大群岛(英) | Bermuda (English) |
巴基斯坦 | Pakistan |
巴拉圭 | Paraguay |
巴勒斯坦 | Palestine |
巴林 | Bahrain |
巴拿马 | Panama |
保加利亚 | Bulgaria |
巴西 | Brazil |
北马其顿 | North Macedonia |
贝宁 | Benin |
比利时 | Belgium |
秘鲁 | Peru |
冰岛 | Iceland |
博茨瓦纳 | Botswana |
波多黎各(美) | Puerto Rico (US) |
波兰 | Poland |
玻利维亚 | Bolivia |
伯利兹 | Belize |
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
不丹 | Bhutan |
布基纳法索 | Burkina Faso |
布隆迪 | Burundi |
布韦岛 | Bouvet Island |
赤道几内亚 | Equatorial Guinea |
德国 | Germany |
东帝汶 | East Timor |
东萨摩亚(美 | Eastern Samoa (United States) |
多哥 | Togo |
多米尼加共和国 | Dominican Republic |
丹麦 | Denmark |
多米尼克国 | Dominica |
厄瓜多尔 | Ecuador |
厄立特里亚 | Eritrea |
俄罗斯 | Russia |
法国 | France |
法罗群岛(丹 | Faroe Islands (Dan) |
梵蒂冈 | Vatican |
法属波里尼西亚 | French Polynesia |
法属圭亚那 | French Guiana |
法属南部和南极领地 | French Southern and Antarctic Territories |
斐济 | Fiji |
菲律宾 | Philippines |
芬兰 | Finland |
佛得角 | Cape Verde |
福克兰群岛 | Falkland Islands |
冈比亚 | Gambia |
刚果 | Congo |
刚果(金) | Congo (gold) |
格陵兰岛 | Greenland |
格林纳达 | Grenada |
格鲁吉亚 | Georgia |
哥伦比亚 | Colombia |
根西岛(英) | Guernsey (UK) |
哥斯达黎加 | Costa Rica |
瓜德罗普岛(法) | Guadeloupe (France) |
关岛(美) | Guam (US) |
圭亚那 | Guyana |
海地 | Haiti |
韩国 | South Korea |
哈萨克斯坦 | Kazakhstan |
赫德岛和麦克唐纳群岛 | Heard and Macdonald Islands |
黑山 | Montenegro |
荷兰 | Netherlands |
荷属安的列斯群岛 | Netherlands Antilles |
洪都拉斯 | Honduras |
加勒比荷兰 | Caribbean Netherlands |
加纳 | Ghana |
柬埔寨 | Cambodia |
加蓬 | Gabon |
吉布提 | Djibouti |
捷克 | Czech |
吉尔吉斯斯坦 | Kyrgyzstan |
基里巴斯 | Kiribati |
津巴布韦 | Zimbabwe |
几内亚 | Guinea |
几内亚比绍 | Guinea-Bissau |
开曼群岛(英 | Cayman Islands (English) |
喀麦隆 | Cameroon |
卡塔尔 | Qatar |
科克群岛(新) | Cork Islands (new) |
科科斯岛 | Cocos Island |
克罗地亚 | Croatia |
科摩罗 | Comoros |
肯尼亚 | Kenya |
科索沃 | Kosovo |
科特迪瓦 | Côte d’Ivoire |
科威特 | Kuwait |
库拉索 | Curacao |
莱索托 | Lesotho |
老挝 | Laos |
拉脱维亚 | Latvia |
黎巴嫩 | Lebanon |
利比里亚 | Liberia |
利比亚 | Libya |
列支敦士登 | Liechtenstein |
立陶宛 | Lithuania |
留尼汪岛 | Reunion Island |
罗马尼亚 | Romania |
卢森堡 | Luxembourg |
卢旺达 | Rwanda |
马达加斯加 | Madagascar |
马恩岛(英) | Isle of Man (UK) |
马尔代夫 | Maldives |
马耳他 | Malta |
马拉维 | Malawi |
马里 | Mali |
马里亚纳群岛 | Mariana Islands |
毛里求斯 | Mauritius |
毛里塔尼亚 | Mauritania |
马绍尔群岛 | Marshall Islands |
马提尼克(法) | Martinique (France) |
马约特岛 | Mayotte |
美国本土外小岛屿 | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
蒙古 | Mongolia |
孟加拉国 | Bangladesh |
蒙特塞拉特岛(英) | Montserrat (UK) |
缅甸 | Myanmar |
密克罗尼西亚(美) | Micronesia (US) |
摩尔多瓦 | Moldova |
摩洛哥 | Morocco |
摩纳哥 | Monaco |
莫桑比克 | Mozambique |
墨西哥 | Mexico |
纳米比亚 | Namibia |
南非 | South Africa |
南极 | Antarctica |
南乔治亚与南桑威奇群岛 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
南苏丹 | South Sudan |
瑙鲁 | Nauru |
尼泊尔 | Nepal |
尼加拉瓜 | Nicaragua |
尼日尔 | Niger |
尼日利亚 | Nigeria |
纽埃岛(新) | Niue Island (new) |
诺福克岛(澳) | Norfolk Island (Australia) |
挪威 | Norway |
帕劳(美) | Palau (United States) |
皮特凯恩群岛 | Pitcairn Islands |
葡萄牙 | Portugal |
瑞典 | Sweden |
瑞士 | Switzerland |
萨尔瓦多 | Salvador |
塞尔维亚 | Serbia |
塞拉利昂 | Sierra Leone |
塞内加尔 | Senegal |
塞浦路斯 | Cyprus |
塞舌尔 | Seychelles |
沙特阿拉伯 | Saudi Arabia |
圣巴泰勒米岛 | St. Barthelemy |
圣诞岛 | Christmas island |
圣多美和普林西比 | Sao Tome and Principe |
圣赫勒拿 | St. Helena |
圣克里斯托弗和尼维斯 | St Christopher and Nevis |
圣卢西亚 | Saint Lucia |
圣马丁(荷) | St. Martin (Holland) |
圣马丁岛 | St. Maarten |
圣马力诺 | San Marino |
圣皮埃尔岛及密克隆岛 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
圣文森特岛(英) | St. Vincent (English) |
斯里兰卡 | Sri Lanka |
斯洛伐克 | Slovakia |
斯洛文尼亚 | Slovenia |
斯瓦尔巴群岛(挪) | Svalbard (Norway) |
斯威士兰 | Swaziland |
苏里南 | Suriname |
所罗门群岛 | Solomon Islands |
索马里 | Somalia |
泰国 | Thailand |
塔吉克斯坦 | Tajikistan |
汤加 | Tonga |
坦桑尼亚 | Tanzania |
特克斯和凯科斯群岛(英) | Turks and Caicos Islands (English) |
特立尼达和多巴哥 | Trinidad and Tobago |
土耳其 | Turkey |
土库曼斯坦 | Turkmenistan |
突尼斯 | Tunisia |
托克劳群岛(新) | Tokelau Islands (new) |
图瓦卢 | Tuvalu |
瓦里斯和富士那群岛(法) | Varys and Fujina Islands (France) |
瓦努阿图 | Vanuatu |
危地马拉 | Guatemala |
维尔京群岛(美) | Virgin Islands (US) |
维尔京群岛(英) | Virgin Islands (UK) |
委内瑞拉 | Venezuela |
文莱 | Brunei |
乌干达 | Uganda |
乌克兰 | Ukraine |
乌拉圭 | Uruguay |
乌兹别克斯坦 | Uzbekistan |
西班牙 | Spain |
希腊 | Greece |
新喀里多尼亚群岛(法) | New Caledonia (France) |
匈牙利 | Hungary |
西撒哈拉 | Western Sahara |
西萨摩亚 | Western Samoa |
牙买加 | Jamaica |
亚美尼亚 | Armenia |
也门 | Yemen |
意大利 | Italy |
伊拉克 | Iraq |
印度 | India |
印度尼西亚 | Indonesia |
英国 | U.K. |
英属印度洋领地 | British Indian Ocean Territory |
以色列 | Israel |
约旦 | Jordan |
越南 | Vietnam |
赞比亚 | Zambia |
泽西岛(英) | Jersey (English) |
乍得 | Chad |
直布罗陀(英) | Gibraltar (English) |
智利 | Chile |
中非 | Central Africa |
中国大陆 | Chinese mainland |
中国香港 | China Hong Kong |
中国澳门 | Macao, China |
中国台湾 | Taiwan, China |
新加坡 | Singapore |
马来西亚 | Malaysia |
澳大利亚 | Australia |
新西兰 | New Zealand |
美国 | U.S. |
加拿大 | Canada |
日本 | Japan |
Templates to Chat with Seller
Chinese | English Meaning |
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这个是全新没开过吗老板? | Is this new and unopened? |
如果买多可以给折扣吗老板? | Is there any discount if I buy more? |
这个是正版吗老板? | Is this original? |
如果有问题可以换/退货吗? | If there are problems, can I exchange or return the item? |
我收到这个有问题,我发给你视频看 | I received this item with problems, let me send you a video to look at. |
老板我要退款可以吗? | Can I request a refund for this? |
有缺件吗? | Does this come with missing parts/items? |
是散货吗? | Is this loose? |
是二手吗? | Is this a second-hand/used item? |
会再补货吗? | Will this be restocked? |
这个是预定吗? | Is this a pre-order? |
没预定的可以拍吗? | If I did not pre-order, can I place an order? |
现货吗? | Ready stock? |
几时补款呢? | When to pay the balance of the pre-order? |
可以延长我的补款限期吗? | Can I delay my pre-order balance payment? |
我收到假货,为何卖给我假货? | I received a fake, why did you sell me a fake? |
我收少了货 | I received lack of items |
Templates to Chat with Customer Support
Chinese | English Meaning |
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找人工服务 | Connect with a live agent. |
我的物流有问题,没有更新 | I have problems with my tracking, where it was not updated. |
我要退款 | I want a refund. |
帮我开售后,卖家叫我找你们开售后让我申请退款 | Help me open the refund service, the seller asked me to request a refund from a completed order. |
我要修改我的地址给一个卖家刚发货的订单 | I need help to modify my address which the seller has shipped. |
我的订单有问题 | My order has problems. |
我被卖家欺骗而且不肯退款 | My seller scammed me, and he doesnot want to give me a refund. |
卖家卖给我假货但是还坚持说是正品 | The seller has sold me a fake item, and he keeps insisting that it is original. |
Ways to Chat With a Seller on Taobao
There are two ways to chat with your seller where you can:
Chat with Seller when Viewing Product
For Desktop PC Users (Windows & macOS)
- At the product you are viewing, click on the “和我联系” button (as circled in the picture).
- Then, when you are in the chat page, click on the button “发送宝贝链接” and then only proceed to send your question to ask the seller about that product by clicking on “发送”. The reason why you need to click on the 发送宝贝链接 is so that the seller would know what product you are asking.
For Mobile App Users (Android & iOS)
- At the product you are viewing at, tap at the “客服” button (as shown in the picture).
- Then, tap on “发送商品” before sending any messages. The reason why you need to click on the 发送商品 is so that the seller would know what product you are asking.
- Lastly, type the message you want to send and tap on “发送” to send.
Chat with Seller When an Order is Placed
For Desktop PC Users (Windows & macOS)
- You can go to “我的淘宝”
- Then click on “已买到的宝贝”, followed by “和我联系” (highlighted in yellow) at the order you want to ask the seller .
- Then you can start asking the seller questions about the order by typing your message and clicking on the blue button, “发送”.
For Mobile App Users (Android & iOS)
- First, go to 我的淘宝
- Find your order by tapping on “全部“ and find your order.
- Tap on “联系卖家” if you have found the order you want to ask about, and you can start messaging the seller.
Note: If you do not know how to send certain messages to the sellers to ask about your order/product, you may refer to the templates at Templates to Chat with Seller section.
How to Check Seller Chat History on Taobao?
For Desktop PC Users (Windows & macOS)
- Go to https://pages.tmall.com/wow/qnww/act/index
- Hover to the button shown in the picture and click on the OS you use (such as Windows or Mac).
- After installing, just login to your Taobao account and you may view all your chats with the sellers.
For Mobile App Users (Android & iOS)
- On the Taobao app, go to “消息” to see your chat history.
How to Contact Customer Support on Taobao?
For Desktop PC Users (Windows & macOS)
- First, go to 我的淘宝 and find 联系客服 on the top right corner of the same row that you have clicked on 我的淘宝.
- Hover your mouse on 联系客服 and click on 消费者客服.
- Then you will be redirected to the customer service chatbot.
- If you would like to speak directly with an live agent, you must type “找人工服务” and click on “点击联系”.
For Mobile App Users (Android & iOS)
- First, go to 消息 and find 我的小蜜.
- You can now follow steps 3 to 4 from the earlier part, for Desktop PC Users (Windows & macOS) to proceed.
Note: If you do not know how to send certain messages to the customer service agent to ask about your order/product, you may refer to the templates at Templates to Chat with Customer Support section.
Note:
If they ever send you this, you are required to change your region to your country. To do that, follow the steps below according to the platform you are using.
For Desktop PC Users (Windows & macOS)
- First, go to home page of Taobao
- Hover here and select your country according to the Mandarin Chinese term, which can be checked at 2. Country Names in Keywords Related to Chat and Contact on Taobao
.
For Mobile App Users (Android & iOS)
- First, go to 我的淘宝, tap on the gear icon in the top-right corner.
- Go to 通用 and under 国家/地区, select the country according to the Mandarin Chinese term, which can be checked at 2. Country Names in Keywords Related to Chat and Contact on Taobao
Now, you should be able to go back and chat again with the chatbot or live agent without having the same problem. You can switch countries again with the same steps.
Conclusion
In conclusion, if you do not know how to message your seller or reach out to the customer support on Taobao, this guide, which includes templates of messages, that can assist you to try reaching out to your seller or the customer support agents on Taobao.
Lastly, let us know in the comments:
- Are you having problems communicating on Taobao?
- Did the guide help you to contact the Taobao sellers/customer support?
- What other problems are you facing while using Taobao?
Feel free to share this post with Taobao shoppers who have troubles contacting the sellers/customer support! 😊