Due to the language barrier, you can easily run into some trouble about your orders, shipping, returns, money .etc when you buy directly from Taobao.
Contacting the Taobao customer service department is the best way to solve your problem, but it is not an easy thing. In fact, it can be difficult to even locate contact information for Taobao anywhere on the website.
To assist you, here are several ways you can get in touch with Taobao customer service when you have a problem with Taobao.
1. how to contact Taobao
Contacting Taobao customer service is not an easy thing, not only for foreigners but for domestic users as well.
Taobao used to offer English online forms and email support, but both have been discontinued in the last two years.
Now for a foreigner who doesn’t speak Chinese, you can only reach them via local phone or social media.
Taobao phone support number:
Hong Kong
- phone number: (852)30183610
- working time: Monday-Sunday,9:00-18:00
Taiwan
- phone number: (886)277054306
- working time: Monday-Sunday,9:00-18:00
Singapore
- phone number: (65)31633159
- working time: Monday-Sunday,9:00-18:00
Malaysia
- phone number: (60)392125564
- working time: Monday-Sunday,9:00-18:00
Australia
- phone number: (61)383738606
- working time: Monday-Sunday,7:00-18:00
Other areas
- phone number: (852)30183610
- working time: Monday-Sunday,9:00-18:00
When you are from”Other areas”, before making the calling, please notice that it is not a toll-free, it is a HongKong phone number, so the rate will not be cheap.
Taobao sometimes changes the phone number, you can check the original Taobao customer support page here to make sure the contact number is not outdated.
Taobao social media
Their Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/sea.taobao/ or https://www.facebook.com/taobao.global/
On Instagram, they’re — https://www.instagram.com/taobao.official/
On Youtube, here is the link to their channel.
2. how to contact Alipay
when you have problems with your money, payments, refund, bank account, then you need to contact Alipay to solve it.
Alipay phone support number:
Taobao and Alipay share the same phone number, so you can call the Taobao support phone number, after getting through, choose service language and Press “1 “to talk with Alipay support.
Alipay livechat support:
Step 1
Click this link to go to live chat page
Step 2
Copy&paste Chinese keywords”人工客服” in the Dialog and click the grey “发送” button to send this query to their system.
“人工客服” means live human support, so this step is to tell alipay you need to chat with a real person.
Step3
Now you will see a blue button with text”连接在线客服”,
Click it and the system will connect you with an Alipay customer support member, and then you can chat with them in English or Chinese.
Hopefully, your issue will be resolved quickly and easily.
3. how to contact your forwarder warehouse
Warehouse plays a key role during the whole Taobao shopping process, your orders will be shipped from seller to warehouse, then from warehouse to your address.
If you are a newbie, you most likely will run into some problems related to it. So It is important you know how to contact the guys there.
contact your warehouse via Your Order management page.
Step 1
Log into your Taobao account, Click [跨境物流管理(cross-border logistics management)] in the upper right corner of Taobao homepage or click here.
Step 2
On the [待集运订单(To be shipped)] tab, you need to select your forwarder(by default, it is 官方配送服务),
you can click [集运操作咨询(Consolidation Consultation)] or [问题咨询(Problem Consultation)] to contact forwarder Customer Service.
or On the [物流订单(Logistics Order)] tab, click on the blue icon to consult with the forwarder Customer Service.
contact your forwarder warehouse via LiveChat
Click the following forwarder link to have a live chat with them, if you are not sure which forwarder you are using, check it from this page.
Region | Forwarder warehouse | ||
United States | 集运空运 | ||
Canada | 官方集运-空运 | ||
Australia | 官方集运-海运 | 官方直送 | 官方集运-空运 |
New Zealand | 集运-4PX递四方速递 | 集运-中通速递 | |
Japan | 集运-4PX递四方速递 | ||
Singapore | 官方集运-海运 | 官方集运-空运 | 官方直送 |
Malaysia | 官方集运-海运 | 官方集运-空运 | 官方直送 |
Hong Kong | 菜鸟-官方直送 | 菜鸟-官方集运 | 集运-顺丰速运 |
Macau | 官方直送 | 集运-顺丰速运 | |
Taiwan | 官方集运-海运快递 | 官方集运-空运 | 集运-4PX递四方速递 |
4. how to contact your Taobao seller
In order to contact the seller, you need to download a software called aliwangwang(阿里旺旺), it is the official chat app.
They have windows, mac, ios, and Android versions, you can download them here.
contact seller on the product page
After logging in to Ali Wangwang, go to the product page, click the blue icon on the right corner of the page.
Contact seller from [已买到的宝贝(purchased)] page
If you have placed an order, go to the on the [已买到的宝贝(purchased)] page you can find the seller aliwangwang right next to the order number.
AliWangwang is the official chat software on Taobao. if there is a dispute in the transaction, you can provide a screenshot of your chat history as valid proof.
Don’t add the seller’s WeChat id if you don’t know him!!
713 thoughts on “How to Contact Taobao Customer Service”
hi Eric
View CommentThe phone for Singapore Customer Service 800 188 6018 is not in use.
My order have gone unattended and however TaoBao have collected the amount from my credit card.
The order was placed in 01 Feb 2018, not order confirmation reply to me.
Please help to settle the matter.
Hi Eric
View CommentI ordered some barstools from a seller and seller had informed me that goods have reached DEX-I’s sea-shipment warehouse before / during RMB (as I double confirmed). I contacted DEX-I during RMB and they told me goods are in warehouse (I have the screenshot of communication) but now that they are back from RMB holiday, they suddenly deny that the good have reached warehouse. The taobao apps do not show any sign-off so I can’t click “combine shipment” . And now both seller and DEX-I are not replying my messages anymore. What do I do? Pls help as this has been dragging for about one month. Thank you
How do I access the live chat in English? I am hoping to live chat with 4px but after following the link I can only translate part of the page.
View CommentHi, i just ordered few dresses from Taobao Collection through Lazada, but i wanna change the size from M to S, Is it possible for me?
View Commenti would like to cancel my order with order number #355738353
View CommentHello. Who can I contact for copyright infringement?
View CommentHi, I had choose the one DEX with 1kg rm8 but now they charge me rm18 per kg. Can I know why? It is now more expensive then direct flight to my home address instead of DEX come from ship.
View Commentwhat is english speaking Tel no for STO.CN courier? one parcel their but I have nobody who can help me to get it shipped to my adress and TaoBao not helping me.
View CommentSingapore contact number not in use? What is their new number for English support?
View Commentmy sea shipping is already 10 days over from the date of arrival in KL. no update at all in 10 days. everyday message the dex-i cs and all they can do is tell me to wait. finally someone who able to give me the company called DYL with a phone number, i called them and they want me to give marking number and container number, the tracking number i used to check in dex-i tracking is useless. so i go into live chat again with dex-i cs asking for the marking number and the container number. dex-i cs told me they are unable to provide/not in their system. this is so frustrating and i already put in a complain with taobao cs and they will help me follow up with dex-i cs but still ask me to wait for email. what i want is very simple. just tell me where is my parcel and any contact number and reference number then i will go and pick up myself at any sea port. i am totally disappointed with the service
View CommentI need to know pls
View CommentIF YOU ARE
THEY MAKE SHIPMENTS TO EUROPE ..FRANCE
thank you very much
我要找我的货已经有3个月了
View CommentPlease add clarification on all relevant webpages that the 852 numbers are Hongkong local phone numbers and would be considered international calls for the above category of “Others”. Through another link, I found (852)30183610 as the Taobao customer contact for the United States. As the customer service numbers for companies in the US are normally free, I made a 37 minutes call to the 852 number and received an insane phone bill.
In addition, the call could have ended within 5 minutes if the voice quality were ok. The background noise made the talk extremely difficult.
View CommentHi, is it possible for none China seller to open a store at taobao and sell products?
View CommentIn your point no.2, the link to the Live Chat, where did you find that link directly from taobao’s website? I’ve been looking for that link everywhere but could only find the robot chat under the “Contact customer service” page > https://world.taobao.com/helper/flyleaf.htm?spm=a312a.7762693.2015080301.44.MJxUMl&cid=9004727
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