How to Create an Account on Taobao and Translate it from Chinese to English

Dropast
5 min readJul 2, 2021

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Many people want to start their own Taobao dropshipping business, but the Chinese language is a huge barrier for them. Taobao is the largest e-commerce website in China. For those who are interested in starting a Taobao dropshipping business, this blog post will teach you how to create an account and translate Taobao from Chinese to English.

For any person looking to start a Taobao dropshipping business, the first step is to sign up for an account. This makes it easy to gain access to products and suppliers at lightning-fast speeds.

The majority of online shoppers use email accounts for registration and password management, which can lead to multiple reasons for password input. However, Taobao has taken on a new way of achieving quick and convenient registration and management by using the mobile phone number as its key feature.

Mobile Countries Supported by Taobao

The majority of online shoppers use email accounts for registration and password management, which can lead to multiple reasons for password input. However, Taobao has taken on a new way of achieving quick and convenient registration and management by using the mobile phone number as its key feature.

The following list shows the countries and regions supported by Taobao. Before registering, please make sure your cell phone number is from this list.

Mainland China +86

Taiwan +886

Hong Kong +852

Macau +853

Malaysia+60

Singapore +65

Japan+81

Korea +82

United States +1

Canada +1

Australia +61

New Zealand+64

Denmark+45

Ukraine+380

Uzbekistan +998

Uganda+256

Uruguay +598

Chad +235

Yemen+967

Israel +972

Belize +501

Cape Verde +238

Russia+7

Bulgaria+359

Croatia+385

Gambia +220

Guinea+224

Guinea-Bissau+245

Gabon +241

Hungary+36

South Africa+27

Qatar +974

Rwanda +250

Luxembourg+352

India+91

Indonesia+62

Guatemala +502

Kyrgyzstan +996

Djibouti +253

Columbia+57

Costa Rica +506

Cameroon +237

Turkmenistan +993

Turkey+90

Guyana +592

Tanzania+255

Egypt+20

Tajikistan +992

Senegal +221

Serbia+381

Sierra Leone +232

Cyprus +357

Seychelles +248

Mexico+52

Togo +228

Austria +43

Venezuela +58

Angola +244

Nicaragua +505

Nigeria+234

Niger +227

Palestine +970

Bahamas+1242

Papua New Guinea +675

Panama +507

Bahrain +973

Brazil+55

Burkina Faso+226

Greece+30

Cayman Islands +1345

Germany+49

Italy+39

Latvia +371

Norway +47

Moldova +373

Morocco+212

Brunei +673

Swaziland +268

Slovakia +421

Slovenia +386

Sri Lanka +94

Chile+56

Cambodia+855

Grenada +1473

Georgia +995

Belgium+32

Mauritania +222

Mauritius +230

Saudi Arabia+966

France +33

Poland+48

Thailand+66

Zimbabwe +263

Honduras +504

Ireland+353

Estonia +372

Jamaica+1876

Trinidad and Tobago +1868

Bolivia +591

Sweden +46

Switzerland +41

Belarus +37

Kuwait +965

Comoros +269

Peru+51

Tunisia +216

Lithuania +370

Jordan +962

Namibia +264

Romania +40

Kenya+254

Finland +358

Suriname +597

United Kingdom +44

British Virgin Islands +1284

Netherlands+31

Mozambique+258

Lesotho +266

Philippines+63

El Salvador +503

Portugal+351

Mongolia+976

Spain +34

Benin +229

Zambia +260

Equatorial Guinea +240

Vietnam+84

Azerbaijan +994

Albania +355

Oman +968

Argentina+54

UAE +971

Maldives +960

Malawi +265

Madagascar +261

Mali +223

Create a Taobao account in 4 Steps

Step 1

Go to world.taobao.com/markets/all/sea/register. The screen shows a pop-up of Chinese characters. Click on the orange button (同意协议) and the pop-up will disappear. By clicking the orange bar, you are agreeing with the “Registration Agreement Consent”. Then click on the radio button English — right side of the screen to switch to English webpage.

Step 2

Choose the country where your mobile phone is registered from the drop-down. Enter your mobile number (no spaces, no hyphens, no parentheses) and pull the “Verification” bar from left to right with a left-click mouse hold. Check the box that says Create Your Alipay Account By Your Taobao Account — This is where you can read the T&C in English. Click on the “Next” orange button.

Step 3

You will receive an SMS verification code on your mobile. The message will be in Chinese but you just need to find a 6 digit code. Enter the code and click “Confirm”.

Step 4

Once done, you can create your password and a username for your Taobao account.

Now you are ready to get started. Once you’ve registered, log on from the homepage and start your Taobao dropshipping browsing Taobao winning products and suppliers.

Translate Taobao to English — Chrome

Here are the instructions you will need to have a smooth and happy experience on Taobao or Tmall, no matter what language you might be using.

Step 1

Go to world.taobao.com and Click on the translation icon shown in the address bar.

Step 2

Select English or the language you want. You’re now prepared to explore Taobao in your favorite language and start dropshipping.

Translate Taobao to English — Firefox

Firefox doesn’t have a built-in translation option. You can install the Google Translator add-on, but it doesn’t work properly. So we suggest you use a Chrome browser that has an in-built translation function.

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