Not good experience buying teapots from Taobao. I think too many exaggerations and lies there. There are some that look like specialist shops, but the price tag is too high for me to take the adventure. I think I like seeing and touching the real thing before buying. But it is difficult when you don’t have good experience in judging what is a good pot.
If your are Chinese or Asian looking and can speak Chinese, it is better to look around and listen to people talk and touch a few pots in the tea markets. Increasing experience is good before actually buying.
If you read Chinese, this is an educational site: https://zs.njmuseum.com/
This is one of the bigger site for teapot shops, but I also had bad experience with it. So just looking is good:
