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Based on the available material, Quark Drive membership fees: by the month, auto-renewing monthly is about 4.8 RMB/month, and during big sales the monthly fee can drop to 7.98-9.2 RMB (the per-month equivalent during a promotion); by the year, SVIP's official list price is about 300 RMB/year, regular promotions are around 158 RMB/year, auto-renewing annual is about 138 RMB/year, and deep big-sale subsidies can drop it to 88-110 RMB/year. Overall, an annual plan works out cheaper than monthly, and prices fluctuate dramatically with events like Double 11 and Double 12, so we recommend checking the current actual price on the payment page.

Yes, and this is the login method most recommended for Chinese users living abroad. Quark officially supports WeChat authorized login: in the web version or the app, choose "WeChat login," then in your WeChat app tap the "+" in the top-right corner and select "Scan," point it at the QR code, and tap "Allow." You're in, and no mainland-China phone number is needed. A WeChat account registered overseas with a Taiwan or other overseas phone number works too. After logging in, if a "bind phone number" prompt appears, you can simply ignore it. Note: there are scattered reports that WeChat's side may also ask for a mainland-China number, but this claim isn't confirmed by multiple sources, so refer to the latest community posts.

We recommend going with the free and compliant WeChat scan-to-login first; there's really no need to pay for an SMS-receiving service at all. Use your local overseas number to register a WeChat account, then in Quark choose WeChat login, scan to authorize, and ignore the phone-number-binding prompt. You'll get 10GB once registered. As for how much a third-party SMS-receiving service charges to register one account, our source material provides no pricing information, so we can't give a specific figure. On top of that, numbers from such services carry a risk of being banned and aren't a recommended approach (the pricing would need to be confirmed through real-world testing).

For your first time using Quark Drive, we recommend trying the free version first to confirm that you can register normally, that overseas network access is smooth, and that it really suits you, before deciding whether to pay. If you decide to subscribe to membership: the annual plan is the better deal, normally around 158 RMB/year and as low as 88-110 RMB/year during big sales (roughly 7-9 RMB/month), clearly cheaper than buying the monthly plan separately. So you can first start one month of auto-renewing monthly (from about 4.8 RMB) to try it out, and switch to the annual plan during a big sale if you like it. Overseas users especially should first confirm that the cross-border access speed is acceptable, to avoid buying the annual plan only to find the network too slow.

Yes, it does, because you can't use the drive without registering and logging in. The official phone verification code channel for registration only works with mainland-China phone numbers, so overseas numbers won't receive it. The solution isn't to keep fighting with SMS, but to bypass it by using WeChat QR code login instead: first register a WeChat account with a Taiwan or other overseas phone number, then go to the Quark Drive web version or app, choose "WeChat login," scan the code, and authorize. Once logged in you can download normally, and you can ignore the "bind phone number" prompt if it appears. After registering you still get the same 10GB of free space.

First figure out which situation applies. If you're using an overseas number, it's most likely not being blocked at all; rather, Quark's verification-code system only supports mainland-China phone numbers, so an overseas number simply won't receive the code. Just switch to WeChat scan-to-login to get around it (register WeChat, scan to log in, ignore the binding prompt, and get 10GB once registered). If you're using a mainland number but suspect the carrier is blocking it, the general approach is to check your SMS blocking or blacklist settings, resend after a while, or retry on a different network (the specific handling of carrier blocking would need to be confirmed through real-world testing).

This is normal: Quark's registration verification code channel only works with mainland-China phone numbers, so overseas numbers like +60 generally won't receive the SMS. There's no need to keep trying different numbers. Just switch to WeChat QR code login instead: first register a WeChat account with your Malaysian phone number, then in the Quark Drive web version or app tap "WeChat login," scan the QR code, and tap "Allow" to get in. If it prompts you to bind a phone number, you can ignore that. This way you don't need a mainland-China phone number, and you still get 10GB of free space after registering.

Our source material doesn't give a specific wait time for Quark's frequency limit on sending verification codes, so we can't give you an exact number of minutes. The general approach is to wait a while (typically anywhere from a few minutes to an hour) and try again, and avoid tapping Send repeatedly in a short period (the specific wait time would need to be confirmed through real-world testing). If you're using an overseas number to begin with, you most likely won't receive the code at all, so don't keep hammering the resend button. Just switch to WeChat scan-to-login to get around it: after registering WeChat, go to Quark, choose WeChat login, scan to authorize, and ignore the binding prompt. You get 10GB once registered.

We wouldn't count on email registration. While some promotional sites claim Quark supports email registration, no hands-on tutorial has ever provided successful steps for it. The official login entry and all hands-on tutorials from Taiwan and Hong Kong use phone verification codes or WeChat/QQ authorization. The claim that "email registration is officially supported" is unverified and can be treated as unreliable. The genuinely workable method for Chinese users abroad is WeChat QR code login: register a WeChat account with an overseas phone number, then scan the code to authorize. No mainland-China phone number required.

The slider/jigsaw is a human-verification check, and getting stuck is most likely due to an unstable network or moving too fast and tripping the risk controls. For overseas Chinese, the most reliable solution is to bypass the native phone-number registration entirely: just choose WeChat login. First register a WeChat account using a Taiwan or overseas phone number, then open the Quark web version or app, tap WeChat login, and when the QR code appears, use the Scan option under the plus sign in the top-right corner of WeChat to point at it and authorize. Tap to allow authorization and you'll get in, skipping the verification code and slider entirely. If you still want to go the phone-number route, switch to a more stable network and slow down your slider motion before retrying.

Looking at Quark on its own, free accounts are very slow (measured at a few hundred KB/s), and only after enabling SVIP does the measured speed reach about 11MB/s for a noticeable boost. The source material doesn't provide side-by-side comparison data against Baidu Netdisk, so we can't directly claim which is faster (this needs to be confirmed by testing). When choosing as a Chinese user abroad, you should focus more on their shared weakness: both have most of their servers inside mainland China, so the cross-border connection is the main bottleneck, and you'll usually need a back-to-China accelerator for either to be stable. We recommend deciding based on which platform hosts the resources you use most, combined with membership prices and acceleration results.

Not necessarily an account ban from risk controls. More commonly it's an unstable network or a slow cross-border connection causing the verification image to load incompletely, or multiple attempts from the same IP in a short period getting temporarily blocked. Rather than wrestling with the slider, overseas Chinese are better off using the official WeChat login to get around it: after registering WeChat with an overseas phone number, choose WeChat login in the Quark web version or app and scan to authorize, with no need to pass the slider verification again. If you insist on registering by phone number, try switching networks and waiting a bit before retrying.

The source material doesn't provide direct comparison data on throttling or pricing between Quark and Alibaba Cloud Drive, so we can't give a definitive conclusion (this needs to be confirmed by testing). What we can reference is Quark's own situation: free accounts measure at only a few hundred KB/s; the company denies "throttling" but admits that free and member traffic go through different channels; with SVIP enabled the measured speed is about 11MB/s for a clear boost; and prices fluctuate heavily with major sales (normally around 158 RMB/year, dropping to about 88-110 RMB/year during big promotions). We recommend deciding based on which platform hosts the resources you want to download, then comparing the actual membership price you'd pay for each.

When logging in to Quark Drive from overseas, because your IP is outside China and differs greatly from your usual location, it can trigger a security-protection notice. Generally you can follow the on-screen prompts to complete identity verification (via SMS or your original binding method) to lift it. If the verification code is sent to a mainland number you can't receive on, try logging back in using the WeChat login you previously authorized. Connecting to a back-to-China accelerator before using it overseas, to keep your exit IP more stable, can also reduce unusual-location alerts. The exact unlocking procedure depends on what the official page actually prompts; this point isn't covered in our source material and would need to be confirmed through real-world testing.

Quark Drive is subject to the same speed conditions. How fast a download is depends on your account tier and your network, not on whether the file comes from a share or your own storage. Free accounts generally download at only a few hundred KB/s (the company calls this peak congestion rather than throttling, but the measured gap is obvious), and only SVIP gets the dedicated high-speed channel. Overseas users also have to factor in the slow cross-border connection. So a link someone else shared will be just as slow if you download it on a free account; to go faster you need membership or a better network.

If you originally got into Quark Drive via WeChat login, you actually don't have a separate password. Just log back in by scanning with the same WeChat account, with no recovery needed. If you bound a mainland phone number but can't receive the verification code, password recovery becomes rather troublesome. We recommend that overseas Chinese use WeChat authorization login as their regular entry point to avoid relying on a mainland number to receive codes. The specific password-recovery steps aren't covered in our source material; go by the options the official page actually offers, and confirm through real-world testing.

Saving a file to your own Quark Drive account doesn't change your account tier, so download speed still mainly depends on whether you're on the free plan or SVIP, plus your network conditions. Free accounts still measure at only a few hundred KB/s. So simply "saving then downloading" usually won't be faster (this needs to be confirmed by testing). Worth noting: when a new user saves someone else's shared link for the first time, it can trigger an extra roughly 1TB of temporary space (most tutorials list it as valid for about 90 days, though accounts vary), but that's a storage-expansion perk and has nothing to do with faster downloads.

Rebinding on Quark Drive usually requires first receiving a verification code on the old number to confirm your identity, so a deactivated old number makes things tricky. One practical workaround: if your account is also bound to WeChat, just keep using it via WeChat login so your day-to-day use doesn't depend on that deactivated phone number. If a Bind phone number prompt appears during registration, you could have just ignored it without binding in the first place. The specific rebinding procedure depends on the options the official page provides; it isn't covered in our source material and would need to be confirmed through real-world testing.

Yes. Quark Drive is cloud storage, so files live in the cloud. Whether you log in to the same account on Android, iPhone, or the computer web version, you see the same set of files, and uploads/deletions sync across devices. Overseas Chinese can move seamlessly between different devices on the same account too. The only thing is that when the cross-border network is slow, loading and uploading large files may take a bit longer.

Yes. Quark Drive has an official web entry point at quarknetdisk.com, and logging in with the same account on a computer lets you see the files from your phone. On a computer, overseas Chinese commonly use WeChat login: when the QR code appears on the page, scan it with WeChat on your phone and tap to allow authorization to get in. It's the same set of cloud files as on your phone. When cross-border access is slow, the web page may take a bit longer to load.