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Every card below leads to current catalog listings of one product type. Under each name is the one detail most worth checking on the seller's own page before the link goes to CNFans.

Two columns comparing what a catalog card carries with the longer list a seller listing carries
The card is a pointer; the listing is the record.
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What the card leaves for the listing to answer

Final say here: the seller's listing

A card is built for scanning: one photo, one price range, one link. The seller's listing behind it is built for buying, and it holds everything the card drops. That usually means a spec menu with every color and size, a price for each, a size chart (often as an image near the end of the detail photos), several more photos and a note on what ships in the box.

Open the listing before you decide, every time. The card tells you a listing exists and roughly what it costs; the listing tells you whether the version you want exists at that price today. If the two disagree, go with the listing and treat the card as out of date.

Search words that find the right item

Final say here: the catalog card

Plain product words beat style labels. On 20 October 2026 the catalog search returned 797 results for jacket, 85 for fleece jacket and 8 for corduroy jacket; tote gave 163 and canvas tote 67. Adding a material word cut the list to something you can read in one sitting, which is usually what you want.

Go too narrow and the list empties: linen shirt returned 4. When that happens, drop the material and add a cut or a use instead (overshirt, work jacket). Brand names are a poor search key here; describe the thing, not the label.

Counts move daily as listings come and go, so treat ours as an example of scale, not a promise.

Horizontal bar chart: jacket 797 results, fleece jacket 85, wool coat 30, corduroy jacket 8, linen shirt 4
Results the catalog search returned for five queries on 20 October 2026, from our own test.
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The catalog files items by what they are, not by who wears them, so there is no womenswear category to point at. The womenswear card therefore runs a keyword search for women, which returned 4,126 results on 20 October 2026: dresses, coats, bags and shoes mixed together, ordered by the search rather than by type.

That mix is useful for browsing and tiring for buying. Add a garment word and it settles down quickly; women jacket returned 108 on the same day. The badge on each card tells you which kind of link it is: Category for a filed product type, Search results for a keyword search.

Three columns contrasting a category link, a keyword search link and a narrowed search
The two link types on our cards, plus the quickest way to narrow a search.
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Reading the yuan price range on a card

Final say here: the seller's listing

When a card shows two prices, the listing has specs priced differently, and the card is simply showing the cheapest and the dearest. On the first page of results for jacket on 20 October 2026, 14 of 24 cards showed a range rather than a single price.

The low figure is not a promise for your size or color. Larger sizes, a second color or a version with an extra piece can sit at the top of the range. The seller's spec menu has the final say: pick the exact spec there, read its price, and only then convert to your currency.

Remember that the range covers the item alone. Shipping inside China, agent charges and the international line all come on top.

A price bar with five spec markers spread between a low end and a high end
How a card range maps onto spec prices. Drawn as an illustration, with no real prices.
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Four-step timeline showing a card made, the listing changed, the card unchanged, and the listing checked
An illustration of card drift, not a record of a real listing.
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When a card and its listing drift apart

Final say here: the seller's listing

Sellers change things. A price moves, a color sells out, a listing is pulled and reposted under a new link. A catalog card is a snapshot from whenever it was made, so it can lag behind any of these.

Signs of drift are easy to spot once you look: the listing photo no longer matches the card photo, the spec you saw on the card is missing from the menu, or the listing will not open at all. In each case the live listing wins. If it will not load, treat the item as unavailable rather than trying to order it from the card.

Our own wall photos carry the date we pulled them for the same reason.