Why so many people still use 2025 sheets
A good Oopbuy spreadsheet takes months to build, so popular sheets keep circulating long after they were made. Creators pin them in bios, Reddit threads keep linking them, and search results still surface "Oopbuy spreadsheet 2025" lists. That's understandable: the finds themselves don't expire on 1 January. But the context around them has changed more in 2026 than in most years, and a sheet built in 2025 can now point you to closed agents, delisted items and outdated cost estimates.
This page explains what changed and how to turn a 2025 sheet into something you can safely order from today. If you just want current finds, the 2026 Oopbuy spreadsheet is updated with dated agent statuses and a monthly-changing selection.
Nothing here means throwing a good 2025 sheet away; it means giving it an hour of maintenance before trusting it with an order.
A 2025 sheet is a list of leads, not a list of ready-to-order items.
What changed since 2025
| Change | When | Effect on a 2025 sheet |
|---|---|---|
| CNFans shut down (owner-confirmed) | August 2026 | All CNFans links dead; items often still for sale |
| ACBuy shut down (owner-confirmed) | August 2026 | All ACBuy links dead |
| AllChinaBuy offline after a hack | September 2026 | Links unusable while the site is down |
| Kakobuy brief outage | Mid-August 2026 | Back since 31 August; links work |
| EU €3 customs duty per item category on parcels up to €150 | 1 July 2026 | Cost notes in 2025 sheets understate EU costs |
| US low-value parcels lose duty-free treatment | 2025 | US buyers now pay duty; DDP lines matter |
| Sellers delist and re-list items | Ongoing | Some rows now show different products or prices |
Oopbuy's own published terms have stayed the same in our checks: a 0% purchasing fee on Taobao, Tmall, 1688 and JD orders, and 90 days of free storage. The agent index shows the current status of every agent with the date we checked it.
Agent closures and the EU duty are the two changes that break most 2025 sheets.
Update a 2025 Oopbuy spreadsheet in five steps
- Make a copy. Don't edit the original; work on your own copy of the sheet.
- Extract item numbers. In a new column, use a formula such as
=REGEXEXTRACT(A2,"\d{8,}")to pull the marketplace item number out of each link. - Rebuild the links. Taobao items become
oopbuy.com/product/<ID>, Weidian itemsoopbuy.com/product/weidian/<ID>and 1688 itemsoopbuy.com/product/1688/<ID>. For single links, the link converter does it in one paste. - Spot-check the rows you want. Open them and confirm photos, price and variants still match.
- Recheck QC and costs. Look up recent QC photos, and estimate shipping, VAT and the €3 EU duty with the shipping calculator.
Formula for the bulk, converter for single rows, QC photos before every order.
Which 2025 rows to keep, fix or drop
| Row looks like… | What to do |
|---|---|
| Oopbuy or marketplace link that still opens the same item | Keep; check recent QC photos |
| CNFans, ACBuy, Pandabuy or AllChinaBuy link | Fix: convert the item number to an Oopbuy link |
| Link opens "item not found" | Search the title or the seller's shop for a re-listing; otherwise drop |
| Link opens a different product | Drop; the listing was reused |
| Price in the sheet far from the live price | Keep only if the live price still makes sense for you |
Fix agent links, drop reused listings, and trust live prices over sheet prices.
Costs: 2025 notes vs 2026 reality
Many 2025 sheets include notes like "no customs under €150" or "duty-free to the US". Neither is true any more. In the EU, parcels up to €150 now pay a flat customs duty of €3 per item category on top of VAT, a temporary measure planned until July 2028. In the US, low-value parcels lost their duty exemption in 2025, so DDP lines that include duties at checkout are worth considering. Shipping prices themselves change constantly, so any per-kilo figure in a 2025 sheet is out of date and worth ignoring. Our country guides cover the details for Germany, France, the UK and the US.
Throw away the cost notes in a 2025 sheet and recalculate with today's rules.
2025 vs 2026 Oopbuy spreadsheets
The finds in a 2025 Oopbuy spreadsheet and a 2026 one often overlap; good sellers stay good. The difference is upkeep, and upkeep is what decides whether an order goes smoothly: a 2026 sheet should already use working agent links, reflect delisted items and match current cost rules. Our 2026 Oopbuy spreadsheet shows current finds with dated agent statuses, and the guide to the best Oopbuy spreadsheets explains how to judge any sheet's freshness.
Use a 2025 sheet for ideas and a 2026 sheet for ordering.
FAQ
Is a 2025 Oopbuy spreadsheet still useful?
Partly. The item numbers in it often still work, but many links point to agents that have closed, some listings have changed, and its cost notes predate the 2026 EU duty change. Treat it as a list of leads to recheck.
Why don't the links in my 2025 Oopbuy spreadsheet work?
Most often because they were built for CNFans or ACBuy, which shut down in August 2026, or because the seller removed the item. Convert the link to Oopbuy's format and check the listing.
What changed in 2026 for Oopbuy buyers?
Two big agents closed, Kakobuy had a brief outage, and from 1 July 2026 the EU charges a flat €3 customs duty per item category on parcels up to €150. Oopbuy's own published terms, a 0% purchasing fee on main platforms and 90-day storage, are unchanged in our checks.
How do I update a 2025 spreadsheet quickly?
Extract the item numbers with a formula, rebuild the links in Oopbuy's format, then spot-check the rows you actually want to buy. The steps are below.
Where is the current Oopbuy spreadsheet?
Our 2026 Oopbuy spreadsheet page shows current finds as photos with prices, plus dated agent statuses.