Kakobuy spreadsheet not working? Nine causes, in the order to check them

Dead links, empty tabs, a sheet that will not load on mobile, a price that does not match. Most failures have one of nine causes, and eight of them are fixable in a minute.

Dead or broken links

• The listing was removed. Sellers delete and relist constantly. Search the SPU number, not the title — the number survives a rename.
• The seller changed platforms. A Weidian item relisted on Taobao will 404 on the old URL. Paste the title into the agent search box.
• The sheet is old. If a spreadsheet has no review date, assume a third of its rows are dead. That is the normal decay rate for an unmaintained list.

The sheet will not load

• Mobile + 40 tabs. Google Sheets on a phone struggles past a handful of tabs. Open it on desktop, or use a site that renders rows as pages.
• Too many concurrent editors. Public sheets throttle. Try an incognito window.
• Region blocks. Some corporate and school networks block docs.google.com. Try mobile data.

The price does not match

A sheet shows a snapshot; the product page shows today. Three things move: the seller’s CNY price, the platform’s conversion spread, and the option you selected (the cheapest option is rarely the one you want). Compare the CNY figure, not the USD one — the USD number is derived.

The order will not go through

• Out of stock variant. The row exists, the size does not.
• Restricted category. Batteries, liquids and some brands cannot use standard lines.
• Address or payment mismatch. The agent’s checkout is stricter than a normal shop’s.
• Agent-side maintenance. If the whole platform is down, waiting beats retrying; check the status page before assuming your account is broken.

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