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I doubt it would be "game over for eBay". If that were the case, TaoBao would already be here. What other countries does TaoBao operate in? eBay and Amazon bot
by jayp 14y ago
I doubt it would be "game over for eBay". If that were the case, TaoBao would already be here.
What other countries does TaoBao operate in? eBay and Amazon both operate in dozens on countries.
What works only in China works there only for a reason! Government protectionism.
- avstraliitski 14y agoAs a 7 year China resident, I concur. It's protectionism and a gray legal system that create such beasts in China. They tend to be uninnovative, inefficient and slothful. Couple this with a questionable trajectory for the current Chinese domestic economic bubble, and my partner (a Chinese lawyer) and I have decided to leave the country. That said, the west isn't always much better.
- tuananh 14y agocouldn't agree more.
- quink 14y ago> If that were the case, TaoBao would already be here. eBay didn't even try to go into wholesale, because Alibaba already has that market, in the US, locked up tight. Like someone else said. Half the stuff in your house was brokered through Alibaba. > What works only in China works there only for a reason! Government protectionism. I think it has more to do with shipping being basically nothing and a willingness to do things both vertically and horizontally expansive.