Every year the Acbuy spreadsheet gets a version bump. Most guides describe those bumps cosmetically. This one focuses on what shifted structurally — the parts that change how you actually shop.
Change 1: Stable category IDs
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The single biggest 2026 change is boring on the surface and huge in practice. Category identifiers are now fixed. Shoes are permanently 911. T-shirts are 913. Bookmarks you save today will resolve next year. Community QC threads keyed to those IDs no longer break with reorganizations.
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Change 2: Coupon flow relocation
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In 2025, the shipping coupon had to be applied at product checkout — a confusing timing that caused a lot of failed discount stacks. In 2026, coupon entry moved to the parcel-submission step, right before you pay international shipping. See the coupon guide for the full walkthrough.
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Change 3: Per-listing QC aggregation
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Before 2026, community QC photos attached to your order history, not to the listing. Researching a listing meant hunting through Discord threads. The 2026 sheet aggregates QCs at the listing level, on the same page. This is a genuinely large research improvement.
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Change 4: Category pruning
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Roughly 15% of 2025’s listings were removed as delisted or unreliable. The remaining 85% are all currently in stock or on active restock cycles. The sheet feels smaller in some corners — deliberately so.
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Change 5: Mobile browsing
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Category browsing on phones was rebuilt. Filter chips replaced the old vertical accordions, and dropdowns no longer overflow on small screens. If you gave up on mobile browsing in 2024, try again.
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What did not change
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- The eleven main categories are the same set.
- The QC finder tool works the same way — just with better data.
- Listing URL structure still uses category-XXX paths.
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Should you re-open the sheet?
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Yes, even if you shopped in 2025. The category stabilization alone justifies a fresh scroll. Open the homepage. For structural background, the 2026 guide covers how the sheet is built.
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