Rung 1 of 3
Basics
What the table is, what every column means, and what happens the moment you paste a link.
Enter this rung when: You have not placed an order yet, or you have one sitting in the cart and nothing else.
What it asks of you: Definitions and single-step actions. No arithmetic required.
16 entries filed at this rung
| # | Entry | The answer in one line | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | What is a CNFans spreadsheet, exactly? | It is a table of links, not a shop and not a file you download. Each row points at one listing on a domestic marketplace, with the few details that row needed to be useful. The buying itself happens on the agent platform, which is a separate object from the table you are reading. | KB-2026-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| 02 | How is the link table laid out, column by column? | Most tables run left to right: a row number, the link, a short title, the variant, then a date. Past that the order varies by author. Treat the first four columns as the identity of the row and everything further right as commentary, because authorship and maintenance differ from table to table. | KB-2026-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| 03 | What does each column actually tell you? | Treat every header as a claim rather than a fact. Numeric columns with a stated method are worth the most, seller wording is worth the least, and a status column is only as good as its date. Where two columns disagree, the one with a method and a date wins. | KB-2026-08 | 2026-09-30 |
| 04 | How do you open a link from the table without losing your place? | Open listings in a second tab and leave the table where it is. Note the row number and the search string that found it, because filters usually reset when you come back. A row number, a search string and a copied address are enough to rebuild your position after almost anything. | KB-2026-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| 05 | What happens in the first hour after you paste a link? | The first hour is mostly checking, not buying. Somebody confirms the listing still resolves, the variant exists and the seller will ship to the warehouse. A seller may acknowledge the order immediately, which is not the same as packing it. Your own record of the link, variant and date is the useful output of that hour. | KB-2026-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| 06 | What does a warehouse receipt tell you that the seller page does not? | A seller page describes what was advertised; a warehouse receipt describes what arrived. The receipt carries an intake date, a measured weight, packed dimensions and a condition note written by somebody standing next to the parcel. It proves intake, not contents, and it is the strongest document you get before shipping. | KB-2026-04 | 2026-09-30 |
| 07 | How do you read a shipping quote line by line? | Read the header first, then the chargeable weight line, because it decides more of the total than anything else. After that come linehaul bands, surcharges, insurance and signature lines, and finally duty or tax, which is not postage. Ask for the basis of any line you cannot reconstruct yourself. | KB-2026-02 | 2026-09-30 |
| 08 | What do QC photos actually show, and what do they miss? | A standard set proves identity: the item, its branding, its label, and its overall shape from a few angles. It is good at showing a fault inside the frame and bad at coverage, fit, smell, or anything requiring the item to be handled. Ask for a named area and a named fault instead of a general check. | KB-2026-08 | 2026-09-30 |
| 09 | What does each order status mean in plain words? | Statuses mark completed milestones rather than work in progress: paid, purchased, shipped by the seller, arrived, checked, stored. Only a few of them wait for you, mainly an approval, a packing decision and the shipping payment. A label that sits still is normal when it depends on a build schedule. | KB-2026-05 | 2026-09-30 |
| 10 | How do you tell a live link from a dead one before paying? | Open the address and check four things: the item appears with a title, the variant the row names still exists in the option list, the seller store shows recent activity, and the row carries a date you can compare with today. Any one of the four failing means the row is historical rather than current. | KB-2026-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| 11 | What does the service fee cover, and what does it not? | The service fee pays for the buying work: placing the order, checking the link and variant, receiving the parcel, logging it into storage and answering routine questions. Anything that changes a parcel, such as consolidation, repacking, photographs or a return, is separate work with its own charge or condition. | KB-2026-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| 12 | How do you find your item in a table with thousands of rows? | Search a number before a name, because model codes survive renaming and brand nicknames do not. Filter by the field you are most certain about, and keep the search string rather than the bookmark, since filters usually reset. If the browser’s own find returns nothing, the table is rendering in windows and only its search box is reliable. | KB-2026-03 | 2026-09-30 |
| 13 | What does a size label actually mean on a Chinese listing? | A size label is seller shorthand, not a measurement. Across our measured rows one labelled step moves insole length by about 8 to 11 mm, and a garment label can sit a full size away from flat chest width. Treat the label as a starting point, then check the two axes the desk records for that category. | KB-2026-03 | 2026-09-30 |
| 14 | How do you check whether a table is still being maintained? | Look for four signals: a checked date that moves, links that still resolve to the items described, window figures carrying a sample count, and an interface that returns real data rather than an empty shell. A table with none of the four is a snapshot, and its numbers should be read as historical. | KB-2026-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| 15 | What can you buy through an agent, and what gets refused? | Most ordinary goods move without extra paperwork: apparel, footwear, accessories and headwear. Refusals cluster in four groups — liquids, loose cells and magnets, fragile items without double-boxing, and organic material on routes with a separate inspection queue. The refusal belongs to the shipping line, not to the seller. | KB-2026-04 | 2026-09-30 |
| 16 | How do you ask the warehouse a question that gets a useful answer? | Send one item, one axis, one tolerance. Name the measurement you want — insole length, widest point, chest width, body length — and the range you would accept. Ask for a number with its unit plus a photo of the tape. Shaped that way the question can be answered in one pass; shaped vaguely it comes back as reassurance. | KB-2026-08 | 2026-09-30 |
Sorted by the order they were written, which follows the sequence a first order actually goes through.
What this rung insists on
- Nothing here needs a calculator. If a step requires arithmetic, it belongs at Rung 2.
- Every entry names the moment it stops being useful — usually the moment money moves.
- Definitions are given in the words the tables actually use, not in tidied-up synonyms.
- Where a term has two meanings in circulation, both are listed and the difference is stated.
Gauges that pair with this rung
- Applicability protocol
Work out which entries apply to your order right now.
8 longer notes filed at this rung
Entries answer one question each. These notes take a whole subject apart at the same rung, and each one carries its own dated data point.
- What the table actually is, and what it was never meant to do
A CNFans spreadsheet is a hand-kept list of store links with working notes attached, and the useful question is never what it is but what it can be asked to prove.
㉖ 深度长文型 · 1670 words · KB-2026-11
- Reading a row in ninety seconds
Ninety seconds is enough to read one table row properly, provided you spend them on four fields in a fixed order instead of on the whole line at once.
㉕ 速查卡型 · 1425 words · KB-2026-03
- A first order, walked through step by step
A first order moves through six checkpoints, and each checkpoint has one question, one piece of evidence and one thing you should write down before moving on.
④ 分步教程型 · 1695 words · KB-2026-04
- Every status code, explained without jargon
Status words differ from desk to desk, but the seven phases behind them do not, and learning the phases is what makes any status line readable.
㉑ 术语手册型 · 1635 words · KB-2026-11
- How to tell whether a table is still maintained
A maintained table leaves six traces, and every one of them can be checked from a browser in under an hour without asking anybody for permission.
⑭ 核对清单型 · 1540 words · KB-2026-11
- What a listing photo cannot show you
A listing photograph answers one question well — what the seller wants you to see — and treating it as an answer to any other question is where first orders go wrong.
⑰ 误区排雷型 · 1345 words · KB-2026-04
- Sizes that mean nothing without a tape measure
A labelled size is a word a factory chose, and the only way to make it mean something is to put two measured numbers beside it before you order.
⑯ 数据表型 · 1325 words · KB-2026-08
- The four questions worth answering before you pay
Four questions decide whether an order is worth placing, and they are asked in a fixed order because a failure at any one of them makes the later three irrelevant.
① 决策树型 · 1385 words · KB-2026-02
Other rungs
- Rung 2 · Working
Money and weight while an order is live: consolidating parcels, reading a quote, splitting a shipment.
- Rung 3 · Edge cases
The expensive, uncommon paths: rejected QC, seized parcels, dead links after payment, disputes that expire.