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Your payment limit is too low

New foreign accounts often start around ¥1000/day. Verify fully, use Alipay for big sums, or split.

Limit low !

New foreign accounts start with a low daily cap.

What you'll see

If a payment is refused for being over limit, it is the account's daily cap, not the card:

"Exceeds daily limit" · "Limit too low"
中国 App 里显示为：超出每日限额 / 限额过低
Error-text level: L2 (observed wording). Exact in-app strings are being verified against a live device.

Why it happens

New foreign accounts get a low default daily limit. Completing full verification, using Alipay for large sums, or waiting a few days usually raises it.

Fastest fix, free: Complete full identity verification and use Alipay for the large payment — its foreign-card limits tend to be higher.

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Last verified: 2026-09-20 · Confidence: Multiple sources (pending first-hand verification)

When the fast fix isn't enough

In the kit

The kit lists the real per-app limits foreign accounts hit.

1. The real limit table

Observed daily and per-transaction caps by app and verification level.

2. The trigger matrix

What raises the limit fastest for your case.

3. Offline printable version

The table as a printable card.

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If nothing works

If you must pay now and the limit blocks it:

  1. Split the payment into two or more transactions with the merchant.
  2. Pay the excess in cash.
  3. Ask a companion to pay the large part and reimburse them.

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