Sheet, directory or article?
A live spreadsheet normally has rows and columns that a maintainer can update. A directory behaves more like a website, with categories, filters and product pages. An article explains a method or summarizes links but may not update individual products. A copied sheet can look identical to the original while losing its update history.
Look at the page itself rather than the label. Is there a maintainer, a visible update date and a clear route back to the main site? Can you tell whether a row was checked recently? If not, treat the page as an unverified starting point.
Four labels you will see often
Spreadsheet or sheet
An organized list of products or source links. It may be live, copied, archived or presented as a web page.
Directory
A browsable collection with categories or filters. Product data can still become stale after it is added.
Source link
The Taobao, Weidian or 1688 address associated with a listing. It still needs a product and variant check.
Album
Usually a Yupoo-style image collection. Photos can provide context, but the album alone does not confirm price, stock or seller identity.
Similar names do not mean shared data
Two pages can use nearly the same title and still have different maintainers, dates and destinations. One may link directly to a marketplace; another may route every address through a separate service. Compare a few rows before deciding that the pages contain the same collection.
Changing “sheet” to “spreadsheet,” adding a year or spacing a platform name differently does not create a new source. The useful differences are ownership, update history, row quality and destination.
What the source label changes
Taobao, Weidian and 1688 are marketplace destinations with different page layouts and product structures. Yupoo is commonly used for image albums. These labels help you know what kind of page should open, but none of them verifies the seller or the claims in a spreadsheet row.
Read the source-link guide before treating a converted address as the original destination.
Original links and routed links
An original link keeps the source domain and product address. A routed or converted link passes through another service so the product can open in a different interface. Save the original address when it is available; it gives you something stable to compare if the routed page changes.
Six checks before trusting any agent sheet
Where to go next
If you are checking an OOTDBuy row, continue with the main spreadsheet guide. When several rows look alike, apply the same seven checks to each one. A familiar page name should never replace the product, source and date checks.