My favourite Taobao shops
Disclaimer: I've bought from most of those shops and had a good experience, *however*, I've only bought in-stock items so I can't vouch for pre-order times. I also don't buy clothes, so can't really say anything about outfits' quality in any of those shops.
I've used Superbuy and CSSbuy as shopping services to get the items to me. Both services have their perks and shortcomings but let you search TaoBao within the service (I mostly use the keywords "bjd shoes 4 points (or 3 points)" "bjd wigs 4 points (or 3 points)" "bjd glass eye ball" etc.) because signing up for TaoBao itself can be tricky/impossible. Both services have a responsive customer service team, and CSSbuy also has a discord server. There are lots of tutorials online on how to use those services so I won't be going more into detail here. Search is friend!
SHOES
Dreamer Works
("older style" shoes)
ET BJD Playground
(also "older style" shoes, similar to Dreamer Works)
Lulu Baby Shoes BJD
(the shoes that dealers sell for x3 upcharge? get them straight from the manufacturer. Has cheap wigs also)
A Little Poem on Toes
(shoes)
Lost Rabbits
(shoes for "fat" 1/4/MDD and Uncle and not much inbetween)
PeterPan WorkShop
(limited runs of cool shoe models + some OB11 stuff)
CreamPink
(shoes mostly for "fat" 1/4)
Baby Guy/ WG Doll
(cool shoes, mostly masculine styles; also list clearance or defect items at a discount sometimes)
Daikin&Oscar
(cute shoes, more femme than Baby Guy, lots for Puyoo and similar)
Moon Shadow
(shoes that fit Volks SD10/13 girls)
Small Lemon
(my favourite store for 1/4 bjd shoes. cute modern styles, detailed, good fit, well made, good prices)
WIGS (+wig materials)
Yale BJD wig
(unstyled wig blanks, wig hair; lovely soft fiber)
Mini fairy tale BJD
(cute wig styles!)
MiuCat Meow Humanoid House
(cute wigs, lots of styles)
Doll Wig Mall
(both styled and unstyled wigs, bobs, jellyfish styles, hime cuts. You *can* find wigs that fit Volks heads there)
Mattel Wig
(unstyled wig blanks, wig hair, soft and nice)
GLASS EYES
Bright-eyed BJD hand-made studio
(detailed cutesy glass eyes)
Almond West Prince
(cheap but really good glass eyes; the domes are often on the lower side)
Salafina
(beautiful glass eyes)
DEALERS/GENERAL
Tata's Paradise
(doll accessories of all sorts, good for basics. also has fun props)
Air Castle
(stuff for Dollfie Dream mostly)
Kaka Planet
(well-known BJD clothes/shoes/wigs seller and dealer; a lot of the stuff is sold at an upcharge from other Chinese manufacturers, though, and might be cheaper elsewhere)
Bears
(clothing and shoes. The shoes seem to be all from Lulu Baby Shoes BJD if you'd like them cheaper)