Baidu E-commerce Platform Is Finally Online

Today, Baidu finally rolls out its much-anticipated C2C e-commerce platform, a little more than one year after Baidu announced its ambitious C2C plan. This e-commerce platform is called Youa.com, together with Baifubao.com, Baidu’s online payment platform, they are the only services by Baidu which don’t use a domain name under Baidu.com.
During its private test, [...]

Baidu Starts To Promote C2C Service

Baidu C2C is one of the most important new product in 2008, which have potential to change the competitive landscape of China’s C2C market, which is dominated by Taobao.com. Yesterday, Baidu started a roadshow to promote its new C2C service to sellers.
There is only very limited information about Baidu C2C so far, we don’t [...]

CIC Online Shopping Survey Raises Controversy

On April 15, China IntelliConsulting Corporation (CIC) published a survey report of online shopping in 2006. You can find a slides with more data linked from the above page.
The report has been covered in English by a couple of news sources, such as this Interfax report. Following is some data hasn’t been covered by others, [...]

Rumor: Tom to buy eBay Eachnet

CCID reported Tom will announce the acquiring of eBay Eachnet in several days. How much will that cost? The report said eBay has invested 2.8 billion USD in China. So this won’t be a cheap deal.
Why eBay should sell their China business? eBay is losing their share in China C2C market. According to a [...]