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Alibaba has traditionally been best known in the United States for Alibaba.com – their B2B portal that connects Chinese factories and businesses. But that’s not why you’ve been hearing so much about them recently. Where they REALLY make their money is in facilitating eCommerce within China.
Alibaba’s Taobao division is where they make the vast majority of their money, is responsible for more than 80% of Alibaba’s sales and consists of two main properties:
The Taobao Marketplace is similar to eBay, and allows consumers and small businesses to list merchandise for sale. The other major platform, Taobao Mall, is more akin to Amazon. It’s a B2C platform that allows larger businesses and brands to sell direct to consumers.
Sales on the Taobao marketplaces make up more than 80% of all online purchases in China. Let me repeat that. 80% of all online purchase in China. That’s mind boggling.
To say they have a stranglehold on eCommerce in China is an understatement. Amazon’s share of the U.S. market is nowhere near those levels.
Amazon, by comparison, plays in both markets. On Amazon.com, you’ll find thousands of products you can by directly from 3rd party businesses. But Amazon is also in the business of stocking items and selling products directly to consumers. In many instances, they’re competing directly with the same merchants who are using their platform to sell.
Both companies have other business arms. Each has a cloud computing division (although Amazon’s is much bigger), both are involved with media creation and Alibaba even owns a stake in a professional Chinese soccer team!
But the marketplaces where they sell products are the bread-and-butter of each one’s business.
Ali Baba is a china's website and amazon is usa website. In alibaba there are chinese products. Alibaba website products prices are very low. Amazon prices are very high. In alibaba you will buy products in bulk. In amazon u can buy one product as well as in bulk.
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Alibaba and Amazon have both created excellent platforms for buyers and sellers.
However the major difference is Amazon connects owners of products and services to people whereas Alibaba connects factories that produce goods for third parties to connect directly with end consumers, often at a much cheaper price.
Both are market places - Amazon primary market is USA and Alibaba's China
as per their market they follow the pricing structure, hence Amazon pricing look little higher then alibaba
Here is the comparison
Profitability
Alibaba sells more stuff. Amazon generates significantly higher fee revenues. So who ends up actually making more money?
Surprisingly, Alibaba. By a long shot.
Amazon is usa website & Ali Baba is a china's website. In ali baba there are chinese products with low prices whereas Amazon prices are very high.
Alibaba is widely known for their ridiculously low prices on everything, and that is because it is a China-based company that sells its own products at wholesale prices. Amazon.com, however, is a resale website, offering products at a small discount but not at wholesale.
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