A lot foreigner friends asked how to buy cheap things from TaoBao. Today, let's learn how to apply a Zhi Fu Bao account. Zhi Fu bao is super important and necessary in China, if you need to deal with money, if you want tosave money from your daily life, apply a Zhi Fu bao for yourself.

Firstly, you need a phone number to register with. It doesn't matter where you on earth from. The point is to have a phone number is ZhiFu bao company will inform you of each cost. For example, you are an Amerian, and now you are living in China. So you must get a chinese nember which could be used everyday. If you go shopping outside or online nd spent 100rmb, the company will send you a message and let you know like Dear customer, you spent 100 rmb in where and what and when. So if is important tohave a active phone number. https://www.alipay.com

Then open this website, and register with your current active mobile number. Don't be stupid to register with a landline nember.....

Alipay will send you a code when you register with your phone number, and the code is of 6 numbers.

Secondly, you will be asked to leave your email.

The emailed you leaved is for activating your Alipay account.

Thirdly, you need a online bank account. In China, just like Quick Pay, thiskind of bank cards. Go to the bank, and telling the staff, you want to shop online, and ask them help you to open an account. After you got the card,and account, you only need to connect you card with your Alipay account,you can do shopping then.

Alipay will ask you for a card to finish the registration. Alipay is only a platform to make your money safe, just like paypal.But Alipay is safer, because your money will only be taken away until you confirm that you receive your shopping products, but Paypal will take the money once you book the order.

After you got your bank account, then you only need to remember the password. They will ask you to remember log in password, check out password, etc. THIS IS BLOODY ANNOYING...But for security..... Remember them.....

Then you can do happy shoppingXX