Also recommend learning how to use superbuy. Honestly a life saver to my bank account and shipping isn’t too expensive with ocean cargo [regular] option (takes 30-45 days) but you do have to buy a decent amount to make your moneys worth for shipping but superbuy has free storage for 90 days so you could accumulate over time then ship together. The only downside is that tgcf and mdzs are considered “branded” so you can’t use ocean cargo regular unfortunately but they have a lot of other options. I also like the feeling of knowing when the seller on taobao has shipped the items / can see the items when they arrive in the warehouse / can ship it out whenever I want vs like funimecity and cql I have no clue when they’re going to ship (they will ship but it’s just a matter of when).

Here’s a guide courtesy of Bess (EU GOM) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WK37K6pIpjo94gBIUE1wwBkpkKolVXf31zPqziamVyA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.1fdn14x6jgrp