Online shopping can be very alluring sometimes, some people just couldn’t help buying a lot of commodities which look pretty but they seldom use. Now, they have another option – to sell these commodities on second hand online markets.
Data showed that second hand online shopping in the first half of 2013 had a dramatic growth compared to that of 2012, and second hand online market gradually became mature as sellers and buyers reached a certain degree of common agreements. The number of Taobao second hand registered users in the first half of 2012 grew more than 100% than the that of 2012, and the transaction amount reached 593 million.
A second hand buyer said second hand online market was different and even more interesting than first hand online market. In second hand market, lots of commodity only had one or two stock, which lowered the possibility of fraud. Many sellers bought too many products or unsuitable clothing most of which were nonrefundable, so they were eager to sell them at a quite low price. Meantime, buyers were happy to buy exclusive commodities at a cheap price.
Many sellers didn’t really care about making money on second hand online market, all they wanted was to sell things quickly. According to the data from Taobao second hand market, sellers are white collars and young mothers aged between 20-35.