> 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.
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.