r/1688
Chinese Wholesale
Founded February 2017 · Public — anyone can post
A practical community for sourcing from 1688, Taobao, Weidian and Chinese wholesale platforms. Discuss agents, suppliers, QC, shipping, translations, payments, fees, customs and red flags. Official sites: 1688: https://www.1688.com/ Weidian: https://www.weidian.com/ Taobao: https://www.taobao.com/
Members
8,325
8.3K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
4.9
from the last 100 posts, spanning 20.2 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
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not enough history yet
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 2
sampled Oct 3
Distinct posters
82%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Oct 3 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
Member growth
Tracking since Oct 3 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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A helpful community resource of expert Taobao'ers and newbies, including: * Direct Shipping * Consolidation Warehouse * Account Set Up * Refunds
This community is a place to discuss the business of dropshipping, from the entrepreneur side. If you need a supplier, message +86 18977872807 on WhatsApp.
Welcome to our marketplace! This is a community for entrepreneurs, suppliers, and shoppers. Here you can find: Wholesale (B2B) Dropship-Friendly Suppliers Retail (D2C) Products Deals & Affiliate Offers Whether you're here to buy, sell, or source, you're in the right place. Please read the rules and use our post flairs to find what you're looking for!
La plus grosse communauté française basée sur la réplique en tous genres, (chaussures, vêtements, bijoux etc.) Venez apprendre comment acheter sans prise de tête sur les marchés chinois, dites adieu aux prix resell exorbitants, c'est le moment de vous faire plaisir ! Nous proposons des guides & tutos d'achat sur Taobao / Weidian / Yupoo sans oublier l'entraide et le partage des membres de la communauté.
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r/1688 — frequently asked
How many members does r/1688 have?
r/1688 has 8,325 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 3. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/1688 growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/1688 yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 3; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/1688?
Around 4.9 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 20.2 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
When was r/1688 created?
r/1688 was founded in February 2017 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Who posts in r/1688?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 82% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 2. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.
Can I promote my product in r/1688?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/1688 yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/1688 for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/1688 into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/1688's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/1688's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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