Using Taobao

I'm from the U.S but I really wanna buy things from taobao that I can't find anywhere in the u.s. I have siblings who I wanna buy clothes for (because american kid sizes are too big and unfashionable asf) and I'm getting mixed signals from reddit users. Some say I need to verify my account or something and others say to just go for it? Can anyone help out? I'd appreciate it