太贵了Tài guì le. Too expensive.
In China, pay the local price, not the tourist price.
Snap a product at the market. TayGway finds its real local price on Taobao, where people in China shop, and gives you the exact words to haggle in Mandarin.
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In the markets of Yiwu, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the price changes the moment the seller sees a foreign face. Three, five, sometimes ten times the local price. Buyers call it the laowai tax. TayGway makes it visible: one photo, the real price, and the right words to negotiate.
Your photo, decoded.
The seller asks
¥180
The real price in seconds
Insulated steel bottle, 500 ml
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Say it in Mandarin.
Pick a tone. Every phrase stays polite, so the seller never loses face.
- React to the price
180块有点贵了。
Yìbǎi bāshí kuài yǒudiǎn guì le.
180 is a little expensive.
- Counter-offer
30块可以吗？
Sānshí kuài kěyǐ ma?
Would 30 work?
- Use leverage
我多买几个，能便宜一点吗？
Wǒ duō mǎi jǐge, néng piányi yìdiǎn ma?
If I buy a few, can you do a little better?
- Close
好的，那就这个价吧。
Hǎode, nà jiù zhège jià ba.
All right, let's settle on that price.
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Your photo runs Taobao's own visual search, the marketplace where people in China shop every day. We keep the listings of the same item, drop clickbait prices, variants and second-hand offers, then work out the typical local price and the lowest price of the real offers.
Often, yes: it is what a buyer in China pays for a single item. TayGway gives you a target price, from the cheapest real offers up to the typical local price, and the seller's markup so you know how far to push.
No. Every phrase comes in characters, pinyin and translation, and your phone says it out loud for you. You can also simply show the screen to the seller.
Yes, on your international roaming plan or a travel eSIM. On a Chinese network without a VPN, some foreign services can be slow or blocked.
They're used for the search, then deleted automatically after one hour. A small thumbnail stays in your dossier, visible to you only: you can turn it off in your settings, and it goes with the dossier or the account.
No. A scan only counts when it returns a result.
A pass suits a single trip: one payment, no renewal, and scans that last as long as the pass. A subscription suits buyers who source all year: scans every month, cancel anytime.