How to sign up to and download files from Baidu (a guide for non-Chinese people)

[awkwardcultism]

     Baidu is a very large website with many functions, and is pretty much the Chinese version of Google. One function they have that Google does not is a Mega-esque file sharing service. You may have already seen Baidu links around the web, even on this very forum. 

     However, Baidu requires an account to download anything from their site. This guide will teach you how to set up your very own Baidu account as a non-Chinese citizen, and how to download files from the website, with no knowledge of the Chinese language necessary. If all goes well, it will take you about ten minutes.

 

If you have any problems with my tutorial, you can check out this one; it's where I got my information from.
https://www.freeflour.com/how-to-create-pan-baidu-com-account-download/ 

 

You begin by going to this URL:
https://passport.baidu.com/v2/?reg&u=http://pan.baidu.com®Type=1&tpl=netdisk&overseas=1 
 
     This is the sign-up page for foreign Baidu accounts. You might be thinking that Baidu doesn't allow foreigners to sign up, and you'd be right. They used to, but don't anymore. But they seem to have forgotten to remove the sign-up page, and that's how you get in.
     There's four boxes you'll need to fill out. Some of them will be familiar if you've signed up to a lot of websites.
1. The first asks for your country's dialing code and a cell phone number. (It does have to be a cell phone, they're going to text you a confirmation code.) If you don't know your country's dialing code, here's a list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes
If you're American or Canadian, the code will be +1.
2. The second box asks for a username between 7 and 14 characters.
3. The third box asks for a password between 6 and 14 characters. They won't take the password if they think it's too easy to guess, like many other websites.
4. The fourth box begins with a captcha, and ends with you getting a text and having sixty seconds to input the result. Begin by clicking on the gray button to the right. If the captcha is too hard, you can get another by clicking on the blue text to the right. Click the blue button when you have it correct. Be careful, because as soon as you do you'll only have sixty seconds to complete the rest of the form.
You will receive a text message with a six digit code. Type that code into the fourth box.
5. Click the check box, which I assume asks you if you've read the terms and conditions.
Then just click on the big blue button!
 
     You now have a Baidu account, and should be logged in automatically. If you aren't, when you're prompted with two empty text boxes, type in either your username or phone number into the first box and your password into the second.
 
     To download a file from Baidu, begin by opening the link. Baidu is a rather slow website with lots of downtime, so if it doesn't open, try again in a few minutes. If it still doesn't work, try opening it in another web browser. I've had problems in Maxthon and IE but it works much better in Chrome.
     You will most likely be met with a text box asking for a password. You should have been given one by whoever gave you the link to the file; Copy and Paste the password into the box and click the blue button.
     You will be met with a screen with a lot of buttons. Some of them download junk software, so make sure that the only button you click is the white button with a arrow pointing down on it.
     You may then be asked to solve another captcha. When you get it right, press the blue button.
     Your file might start downloading. If it doesn't it's probably because you're about to get a pop-up asking you if you want to download the file quickly (blue button) or slowly (grey button). As is usually the case with these sites, you want to press the slow grey button. (The blue button downloads junk software.)
 
     And that's all you need to know to download from Baidu! The orient's treasure trove of rare files is now yours to wield as you wish.

 

     If you have any problems or would like to add your own information, feel free to tell me in this thread. Be aware that all "please download this file for me" requests will be ignored.

[EndlessRoad]

Thank you for this post! I know I will reference it when I come across another Baidu Link.

[JackieG8991]

I got one that says "verification" and a bunch of Chinese words. I have no idea what to do or what it's saying in the buttons