I’m a power player. A heavy hitter. Top dog. When I walk into a room, people talk. Someone takes my cape and I am immediatly offered my favorite drink, which everybody knows because… well … because I’m a VIP.

Taobao offers a VIP program, which is basically just a membership rewards card. If you buy a bunch of stuff, you get a VIP card. And that VIP card makes you eligible for discounts on some Taobao products.

• Gold Card (金卡): spend 150rmb on 3 transactions within 1 month
• Platinum Card (白金卡): spend 1,000rmb on 20 transactions within 2 months
• Diamond Card (钻石卡): spend 2,500rmb on 50 transactions within 3 months

Once you get a card, you keep it until you go one month with no transactions. Then your card is demoted one rank.

Check your My Taobao page and look for the little VIP button and it will tell you what level you are at.

Discounts are like sweet candy. It is easy to find them. When you are searching for a product, you will see if it offers a VIP discount here, in the search results.

If you want to see only VIP discounts, filter the results here.

Here I am searching for a super expensive cigar knife, which is exactly the kind of stuff that a top-dog VIP like me buys. Hover over the VIP button and you can see what kind of discounts you are in line for.

My diamond card saves me almost 100rmb. Not a bad reward just for being rich and fabulous. When you checkout, you have the option to refuse the discount, so keep an eye on it here to make sure that your VIP is checked.

If you think you are a Taobao superstar like me, check out your rank and report back in the comments.