OP 26 May, 2026 - 09:12 AM
Chinese students are buying GPT-5.4/5.5 and Claude API access from Xianyu/Taobao proxy sellers for almost 96-97% cheaper. A brief explainer video of how they essentially do it https://youtu.be/XoB4DXV7pUw?si=xZJX-wxbokvQBhgJ
I dont see a lot of individuals selling these things in the western market (possible idea for any of you who want to make a handsome amount of money I suppose) and it is quite difficult to find a well translated or english version of the service. I have found one site that does exactly this, albeit it is not as cheap as the Taobao sellers. The concept is essentially the same and you are paying for about 1% of actual usage price. I've also attached a referral link which gives you $10 free credit to use on that site.Their free plan gives you $268 worth of openAI api credits per month, with my referral it adds up to $278 - which isnt a lot but at least its something.
Pros:
- No credit card needed
- No payment needed
- Access to GPT 5.5, 5.4 and probably 5.6 and above when they come out
- Works with anything that accepts an OpenAI compatible API (including claude code)
Disclaimers:
- Do not send sensitive issue as it is a third party provider and proxy.
- This does break OpenAI ToS so use the CLI without login and only with the API to remain safe.
- It only provides a OpenAI-compatible API format (so replace your prev API with the one they provide along with their API url).
I dont see a lot of individuals selling these things in the western market (possible idea for any of you who want to make a handsome amount of money I suppose) and it is quite difficult to find a well translated or english version of the service. I have found one site that does exactly this, albeit it is not as cheap as the Taobao sellers. The concept is essentially the same and you are paying for about 1% of actual usage price. I've also attached a referral link which gives you $10 free credit to use on that site.Their free plan gives you $268 worth of openAI api credits per month, with my referral it adds up to $278 - which isnt a lot but at least its something.
Pros:
- No credit card needed
- No payment needed
- Access to GPT 5.5, 5.4 and probably 5.6 and above when they come out
- Works with anything that accepts an OpenAI compatible API (including claude code)
Disclaimers:
- Do not send sensitive issue as it is a third party provider and proxy.
- This does break OpenAI ToS so use the CLI without login and only with the API to remain safe.
- It only provides a OpenAI-compatible API format (so replace your prev API with the one they provide along with their API url).
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