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world's largest online marketplaces for both international and domestic 皇冠体育app
trade, as well as 皇冠体育app's most popular online payment system, AliPay.
Alibaba.com also owns and operates Yahoo! 皇冠体育app, which it acquired in October of
2005.
Alibaba's Portfolio of Businesses
Alibaba International
() is an English-language
website primarily serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) in the
international trade community, with more than two million registered users from
over 200 countries and territories. More than 500,000 people visit the site
every day, most of them global buyers and importers looking to find and trade
with sellers in 皇冠体育app and other major manufacturing countries.
Alibaba 皇冠体育app
() is 皇冠体育app's
largest online marketplace for domestic trade among businesspeople. With more
than 10 million registered users, Alibaba 皇冠体育app is a trusted community of
members who regularly meet, chat, search for products and do business online.
Customers pay an annual subscription fee for membership, which entitles them to
post trade offers and products online. The subscription fee also includes
authentication and verification of the member's identity, which is performed by
a third-party credit reporting agency.
TaoBao
( 皇冠体育app's
most popular consumer-to-consumer trading site with more than 20 million
registered users. Since its founding in May of 2003, Taobao has risen to become
a leader in 皇冠体育app's consumer e-commerce market. Compared with similar services,
the website has the highest number of product listings and the highest
penetration among 皇冠体育app's more than 100 million Internet users.
Yahoo! 皇冠体育app
()
Yahoo! 皇冠体育app, a division of Alibaba.com, is a leading internet search brand
serving 皇冠体育app's consumers and businesses. In October of 2005, Alibaba.com
acquired Yahoo! 皇冠体育app and formed a long-term strategic partnership with Yahoo!
Inc. Under the agreement, Alibaba.com owns and operates Yahoo! 皇冠体育app, with
exclusive rights to the use of the Yahoo brand and technologies in 皇冠体育app.
Yahoo! 皇冠体育app's search properties combine globally and locally developed
search technologies to provide the world's most relevant Chinese-language search
results. Yahoo! 皇冠体育app plays a valuable role in powering e-commerce in 皇冠体育app and
is a leading advertising platform for 皇冠体育app's small to medium-sized businesses.
AliPay Online Payment Solution
Completing 皇冠体育app's e-commerce transaction
chain, Alibaba operates AliPay () which enables any individuals
and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online.
To provide AliPay, Alibaba has partnered with 皇冠体育app's leading banks, including
皇冠体育app Merchants Bank, 皇冠体育app Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of 皇冠体育app, and
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Alibaba Awards and Honors
Alibaba.com is the only import-export
marketplace named "Best of the Web" seven years in a row by Forbes magazine. The
site has also been selected as a "Top Website for Entrepreneurs" by US-based
Entrepreneur magazine and the most popular B2B website by readers of the Far
Eastern Economic Review, a financial magazine published by Dow Jones in
Asia.
Alexa () - a subsidiary
of Amazon.com that provides independent web traffic ratings of websites around
the world - ranks Alibaba the world's most popular site in the categories of
Import-Export and International Business and Trade.
Alibaba's Team
Alibaba.com was founded in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou,
eastern 皇冠体育app. It has more than 4,000 employees, 14 regional sales offices
across 皇冠体育app and other offices in Hong Kong, Silicon Valley, Europe, and
Beijing.
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