Alibaba has connected its B2B platform 1688.com with its C2C platform Taobao. Last September, Alibaba integrated 1688 accounts with Taobao ones. Now, Alibaba integrated 1688 suppliers and wholesalers information in Taobao search results. For example, if you search “steel” in Taobao, you can get 4 products displayed in the search results, with company name, location […]
China E-Commerce Market Exceeded USD 713 Billion in H1 2013
By the end of June 30 2013, China e-commerce transaction reached 4.4 trillion yuan (USD 713.27 billion), which grew 24.3% compared to last year. B2B transaction totalled 3.4 trillion yuan(USD 551.17 billion), with a 15.3% YoY increase. B2B revenue in the first half of 2013 reached 9.38 billion yuan(USD 1.52 billion), with a 25.9% YoY […]
10 Charts to Tell You About China Online Shopping Market in Q2 2013
iResearch recently released its China Internet Data Report in Q2 2013, giving us a glimpse of China internet performance in Q2. Online Markets and Online Advertising As you can tell from the chart above, Mobile won over PC devices on internet segment markets growth, such as shopping, searching, marketing(searching excluded) and game. Online shopping and […]
China Online B2C Market Surpassed 30% of Total Online Shopping
According to iResearch,Chinese online transaction market scale reached 352.1 billion yuan (USD 57.52 billion), with a year-on-year increase of 36.6%. B2C has surpassed 30%, increasing 10% compared to last year. Tmall is leading B2C market, with 51.3% online market share in Q2, while Jingdong tops independent sales B2C market with 43.4% share.
Social Media Downstream Traffic in April: Weibo v.s. Facebook v.s. Twitter
According to Hitwise data, Weibo is playing a more important role to e-commerce websites in China, compared to Facebook and Twitter. A total of 6.5% Sina Weibo users visit e-commerce websites after visiting Weibo including daily deal sites, C2C websites (like Taobao) and B2C Websites (like 360buy.com).
China Online Shopping Market in Q1 Reached 228.2 Billion Yuan
China’s first quarter online shopping transactions was 228.2 billion yuan, down 0.8% over the previous quarter but up 40.9% over the same period last year.