Resources for better decisions
Practical Mulebuy Spreadsheet Reading Guides
Five focused guides for the points where spreadsheet browsing usually becomes noisy, uncertain, or hard to compare.
Choose the guide that matches the uncertainty in front of you. Use the comparison guide when rows blur together, the QC guide when photos are the missing evidence, the source-link guide when URLs are confusing, the compatibility guide when agent names change, and the search guide when the spreadsheet itself is slowing you down.
Spreadsheet or search?
Choose the better starting point and combine both without opening dozens of weak rows.
Read the workflow guide →02 · Visual checksRead QC photos
Match the photo angles to the category and separate visible evidence from assumptions.
Open the QC guide →03 · Source contextUnderstand source links
Know what Taobao, Weidian, 1688, and Yupoo links can—and cannot—tell you.
Read the link guide →04 · ShortlistingCompare rows side by side
Use six practical fields to keep one reasoned shortlist instead of a pile of tabs.
Build a comparison →05 · CompatibilityKeep the original source
Understand why the same source can appear under different agent names and preserve a useful link trail.
Read the compatibility guide →A useful reading order
Start with the bottleneck, not the first article
- Too many rows?Begin with spreadsheet versus search.
- Unsure what the photos show?Go directly to the QC photo guide.
- Link looks unfamiliar?Read the source-link guide before converting it.
- Agent name changed?Preserve the source with the compatibility guide.
- Three plausible options?Use the side-by-side comparison method.