The word second Kill comes from the games now it is been widely used by Taobao sellers as an effective online marketing strategy to attract huge traffics to the Taobao store instantly especially on the holiday shopping like Single’s Day, Thanks giving day as well Christmas promotion. During the holiday promotion, shoppers can second kill mobile phone, car, famous cosmetics as well as other valuable products for only 0.01 or 1 RMB, thus many people crowed in that Taobao shop to join the competition.
From the description we have a brief idea in mind is that we can buy valuable products for nearly free. Most foreigners may have no idea about how to second kill on Taobao store to save money, we will reveal the conditions, steps as well as the skills of how to second kill on Taobao to help you save money on Taobao shopping.
Second kill conditions
As the name suggested, the most import issue is the speed in second kill competition. There are basically 4 necessary conditions for successful Taobao second kill: mouse click speed, verification code input speed, network speed and attitude.
Second kill procedure
Step 1. At first you need bookmark the products on Taobao, then open Taobao app for second kill instead of PC, why? Because the page in mobile usually only 50 to 100 kb while pages on PC at least 500 kb, the loading and refresh speed on the Mobile is at least 10 times faster than the PC.
Step 2. Login in Taobao app: Input username and password, click the bookmark products in My taobao tab, You will find the countdown, which more better than the PC version. Then refresh regularly, be sure to concentrate on the second kill and click the buy button at the last second to ensure you are faster than other people.
Step 3. Input verification code, it is an important step, keep a peaceful attitude to input the correct code. You can apply the second kill method with 1MB bandwidth network. You can refresh a little more frequently when the products are going to online for second kill, remember there are lots for people refresh at the same time, be sure to keep your speed faster in case the products sold out in seconds.
Top 3 second kill skills
1. The mostly commonly skill, enter the second kill page in advance, then refresh regularly, then increase the refresh frequency when the second kill is going to start.
With this second skill method you should be noted to login in advance to save time when click on the Buy Now button; leaving only one shipping address so that save time to select addresses; Learn whether the goods for free shipping, if it is, then you do not need to choose to express delivery service, and click the “buy Now” button after entering the purchase page, and then click confirm button quickly, leave the courier service along; if there is a shipping fee, then do not forget to select one shipping delivery service.
The advantage of this second kill method is it is easy to understand and operate, everybody can join the competition while the disadvantage is it takes very long time, it is the slowest method compares to the other two second kill skills.
2. Shopping cart skill. Add the products to shopping cart in advance, then check the shopping cart, click buy now button. Refresh when enter the buy page until you see the price exchanged then click buy now button. For example, the regular price for a Huawei P9 smart phone costs RMB 2999 while the second kill price is 1 RMB, don’t forget to input verification code if you need to.
This second kill method is better than the first one because it saves time to click buy now button to buy the product directly on the second kill price while the disadvantage is most products doesn’t support this method, please select the other 2 methods if you met this case.
3. Bookmark the methods for second kill. Then click buy now button in the products bookmark page, sometimes you will see “sorry, the product second kill isn’t available now”, in this case, you cannot use bookmark method for second kill, else you can use bookmark method to save time. Select shipping address in advance, then input verification code, if it doesn’t need it, go confirm and pay.
The bookmark second kill method is very quick and you can also leave message to Taobao seller while not all the products are available with this skill, you need to practice more times to bid the products in shortest time accurately.
5 second kill tips
Second kill knowledge. Foreigners have to know what is a second skill on Taobao, if you know yourself and your enemy; you’ll never lose a battle. The so-called second kill is a Taobao shop marketing strategy which seller provides ultra-low-price goods for buyers to buy in a very limited period of time, due to the low price and less quantities, often products being sold out in one second. It’s a competition within a few seconds to compare who is the fastest and most accurate buyer.
Prepare works for second kill. Preparations for the second kill is also very important, leaving only one delivery address to save time to select the address, know basic information for the products, for example, when it starts, how many products available, probably how many people will attend, and you will have a brief idea about the competition.
Account balance. Ensure Your Alipay account balance is adequate to avoid the balance is insufficient when you pay; it will affect the second kill time.
Second kill requirements. Since it’s all about speed, your computer and smart phone processing speed, network speed, and response speed. Hardware should be the latest, it is a pity if it’s fail to second kill because of the computer processing speed spike. The computer processing speed and network speed should be as quick as possible, the final response rate, this varies, but we can enhance exercise on the reaction speed, I suggest foreigners join more second kill promotions.
Second kill time. You might take the time to proofread the computer or smart phone time, where we provide a method without proof of computer time, open the Baidu and then enter Beijing time to search, you’ll see that this time may be more accurate than you computer.
Second kill is a really practical money saving way when shopping on Taobao, keep your eyes on the products you attend to buy during holiday promotion, you can get them nearly for free.
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