If you build for overseas markets or work indie, AI subscription cost matters. Xianyu does offer plans well below list price, but only if you can read the listing titles — they're written in a vocabulary entirely separate from the vendors'.
Model names: how the big three get renamed
Gemini family
哈基米, 美国豆包, 美国大豆包, 哥迷你, 基迷你, 杰米奈, 结木奈, 哥摸乃, 这么奶, 双子座 pro. "美国豆包" works by analogy to a domestic product and is the most intuitive; "双子座 pro" is a literal translation, closest to the real name.
Claude family
克劳德, 小克, 克牢弟, cld, cc, 安特罗匹克, a/. Note that "kyc" also appears in this cluster — it refers to the identity-verification step, not a model. Seeing KYC usually means the seller is emphasizing a verified account.
GPT / ChatGPT family
狗屁通, 狗屁提, 奥特曼, 鸡皮提, g老师, c0dex, chatppt, and oai for OpenAI. "奥特曼" points at OpenAI's CEO and stands in for the whole product line; "c0dex" swaps the letter o for a zero to dodge matching.
More important than model names: billing words
The model name only tells you which product. What actually determines risk are these billing terms — knowing them beats recognizing ten homophones.
- 月抛 — a monthly cycle that expires at term. Cheap, but don't expect stability.
- 拼车 / 车队 / business team — several people sharing one team seat. Lowest unit price, but can drop out anytime to risk control.
- 满血版 / 5.5 满血版 — emphasizing a non-crippled, non-downgraded tier. The fact that this word exists tells you downgraded stock is common.
- 权益出 — reselling an unused perk from a larger bundle, usually as a transfer.
A practical read: if a title carries both "拼车" and "年卡", assume a shared seat and don't buy expecting exclusive access.
Three questions to settle first
- Are you buying an account or a perk? Accounts involve handing over login; perks are usually just a transfer. After-sales support differs completely.
- If it dies mid-term, can your workflow absorb that? Never route production work through a shared seat.
- How low is the price? Far below list price usually signals a sourcing problem.
A cheap subscription saves money and costs you the risk of it vanishing. Weigh both, and the answer often changes.