Chinese New Year, possibly the biggest and most widely celebrated holiday in China, is just round the corner, and many sellers and domestic couriers have stopped doing deliveries, or are dealing with massive orders! Chinese New Year holidays in China can stretch up to more than a week with private businesses, so of course, this will impact purchasing of items from Taobao.

The agent handling purchases for my local (Singapore) individual service and batch order service has gone off on holiday until further notice. The agent handling purchases for my Overseas service will go on holiday from 19th Jan to 29th Jan.

Therefore, I can only process orders from 29th Jan onward for Overseas orders, and later for Singapore orders (I can’t confirm when, but most likely in early Feb). Customers based in Singapore may consider using the Overseas service if you’re concerned about the uncertainty of when the service will be back. It does do shipments to Singapore, but at a slightly higher fee.

For those who have purchased items for Local batch orders but the items are unable to be in time for the pre-CNY January batch, rest assured that your purchases will be kept safe and and sorted out in February (which is when the next batch will be anyway). But in the meantime, please refrain from adding on any orders for now.

I will be enjoying my CNY holidays from 20 to 25 January. You may continue to send me questions and submit your orders during this period, but please don’t panic if I take more than 3 days to respond. Also, sellers too may be on holiday, so your order may be delayed if they aren’t online to answer questions or confirm stock availability. Please be understanding about the delays!

To everyone who celebrates Chinese New Year, I wish all of you a happy and prosperous Year of the Dragon!