Taobao is a large-scale online retail and business circle in the Asia-Pacific region, which was founded by Alibaba Group in May 2003. In 2006, Taobao became the largest shopping website in Asia. This year, Taobao realized a possibility for the first time in China-the Internet not only exists as an application tool, but will eventually constitute the basic element of life. According to the survey data, nearly 9 million people shop on Taobao every day.
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By the end of 20 14, Taobao had nearly 500 million registered members, with over 65438+200 million daily active users and online products 10 billion. In c2c market, Taobao accounts for 95 1% of the market. Taobao has developed rapidly on the mobile phone side. According to the latest mobile shopping report of 20 14 released by Analysys, the market share of mobile phone Taobao+Tmall reached 85. 1%. Up to now, Taobao has created 4.677 million direct employment opportunities.
With the expansion of Taobao's scale and the increase of users, Taobao has also changed from a single C2C online mall to a comprehensive retail business circle including C2C, distribution, auction, direct supply, crowdfunding, customization and other e-commerce modes.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia _ Taobao