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How Buying on Preoda Works

From finding a product to it landing at your door — here's exactly what happens at every step of a group buy.

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Find a product or campaign

Browse the product catalog (sourced straight from 1688 & Alibaba) or the live campaigns feed. Every product shows its MOQ, weight, and factory price tiers upfront — no guesswork.

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Join or start a group

Join an existing campaign someone else started, or add the product to your personal cart for a direct purchase. Campaigns pool many buyers' orders together so the group can hit a supplier's minimum order quantity at the best price tier — the bigger the group, the lower the unit price.

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Pay into escrow

Your payment is held in escrow the moment you buy into a campaign — it's only released to cover sourcing and shipping once the campaign is funded and confirmed. Personal (non-campaign) cart purchases are debited directly from your wallet when you pack your cart.

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We consolidate & ship

Once a campaign hits its funding trigger, Preoda buys the goods from the supplier, consolidates every member's items into one shipment, clears customs, and moves it to our hub.

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Track delivery to your door

Follow your order status from your dashboard the whole way — packed, in transit, arrived at hub, out for delivery — right up to pickup or doorstep delivery.