http://meiguoxing.com/blog/2009/12/12/taobao-ebay-of-china/ 四海之内，尽属一家 Make It Your Home Wherever You Are Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:22:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://meiguoxing.com/blog/2009/12/12/taobao-ebay-of-china/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Blue Shark Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:16:27 +0000 http://meiguoxing.com/blog/?p=32#comment-442 US auction site eBay announced a partnership last month with China Post and the US Postal Service in a new bid to re-establish itself in China, where the market is dominated by homegrown rival Taobao.com. Under the plan, eBay hopes to woo Chinese merchants by developing shipping programmes that make it easier for them to sell to US consumers. The partnership centers on an express delivery service to the US that will be run by China Postal Express and Logistics Corporation, part of China Post, and which will include online tracking systems. The US auction site largely withdrew from China years ago after being overtaken by Taobao, part of China's largest e-commerce firm, the Alibaba Group, which also operates business-to-business marketplace Alibaba.com. The American firm shut down its Chinese consumer website in late 2006 and folded its China operations into Eachnet, a joint venture run by Hong Kong's Tom Online Group, after Taobao won the lion's share of the Chinese market. Unlike eBay, Taobao charges no commission to list items for sale and the site's revenue comes from advertising. Starting as a consumer-to-consumer auction website, Taobao has grown into an online retailer that also features a growing number online shops run by big brands such as US computer maker Dell. However, eBay is fighting to make a comeback in China, a market with more than 400 million web users, by refocusing on export-oriented Chinese merchants who are keen to reach overseas buyers through international websites. The firm's current Chinese operations include eBay.cn, a Chinese platform targeting Chinese merchants -- mostly small and medium-sized enterprises -- by offering online training courses on international trade and listing tips. It also runs Beibao.com, a Chinese version of payment site Paypal. US auction site eBay announced a partnership last month with China Post and the US Postal Service in a new bid to re-establish itself in China, where the market is dominated by homegrown rival Taobao.com.
Under the plan, eBay hopes to woo Chinese merchants by developing shipping programmes that make it easier for them to sell to US consumers. The partnership centers on an express delivery service to the US that will be run by China Postal Express and Logistics Corporation, part of China Post, and which will include online tracking systems.
The US auction site largely withdrew from China years ago after being overtaken by Taobao, part of China’s largest e-commerce firm, the Alibaba Group, which also operates business-to-business marketplace Alibaba.com. The American firm shut down its Chinese consumer website in late 2006 and folded its China operations into Eachnet, a joint venture run by Hong Kong’s Tom Online Group, after Taobao won the lion’s share of the Chinese market.
Unlike eBay, Taobao charges no commission to list items for sale and the site’s revenue comes from advertising. Starting as a consumer-to-consumer auction website, Taobao has grown into an online retailer that also features a growing number online shops run by big brands such as US computer maker Dell. However, eBay is fighting to make a comeback in China, a market with more than 400 million web users, by refocusing on export-oriented Chinese merchants who are keen to reach overseas buyers through international websites. The firm’s current Chinese operations include eBay.cn, a Chinese platform targeting Chinese merchants — mostly small and medium-sized enterprises — by offering online training courses on international trade and listing tips. It also runs Beibao.com, a Chinese version of payment site Paypal.

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