tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27421487564252134032024-11-01T03:34:51.651-07:00eBizCoy: Entrepreneur OnlineCurrent buzz, emerging trends, next big wave ... Asia Pacific successful e-businesses.eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-47758755173368364152011-01-19T22:21:00.000-08:002011-01-20T17:22:24.523-08:00Zappos and ZozotownTwo internet sensations in two different countries. One selling shoes and the other clothes.<br />
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Both faced the same initial skepticism that consumers wouldn't buy shoes or clothes they couldn't try on. And now, both are the most popular sites for the respective products that they carry. <br />
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Their secrets? Same things that both focus on: customer service and company culture.<br />
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First, Zozotown. You can get a feel of the company's working environment in this video.<br />
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Next, Zappos' coverage on Nightline; dated August 2008.<br />
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The news was all over three major Tokyo TV morning shows. More than 500 Japanese ordered their traditional New Year feast, Osechi meal set at 50% discount for ¥10,500. It is a once-a-year event, when family members gathered to celebrate with a sumptuous meal. But to their horror, the meal set turned out to be ... <br />
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You can read more on TokyoInsider <a href="http://www.tokyo-insider.net/?p=4597">Groupon, Bird Cafe, and the Japanese New Year Osechi</a>. Beyond cost savings, managing varied quality standards of participating companies is going to be a challenge. By the way, the blog article comes complete with a Groupon's google ads below...<br />
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<a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/uk/luckycounter/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Moving on. This group buying concept is not likely to go away. With careful planning and execution, it may attract more traffic to your online shop. Take a look at <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/uk/luckycounter/" target="_blank">Uniqlo's idea</a>. Real time discount and price updates on its web when more people registered to buy the same item.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/uk/luckycounter/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlARACWr2arbezqLqgdsF0-9lBHAKhjviXlMclSJrj49JHsJ9CMV-zvykQOqbSjRNThj-sTlmhhbreqLkWAZVjzhZIUvD91LHwBGLZhNcK-hEOTDwHHowzVjO0Eta6jl1ffacvhP76LHYf/s400/uniqlo.png" width="400" /></a></div>eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-76254215159473862192010-12-28T03:17:00.000-08:002011-01-01T01:24:44.408-08:001 Groupon, 3 Countries, 27 Wannabes (Part3: China)The concept of group purchase (or Tuan Gou in Chinese, 团购) is nothing new in China. Before Groupon, Chinese were already familiar to the idea of forming groups online to look for bulk-purchase discount. Back then, purchases used to focus more on home improvement goods, tour packages, etc.<br />
<br>Now, with Groupon's concept of "daily-deal", this group-buying craze just caught on like wild fire. Besides usual deals from restaurant, pub, KTV, spa, hairdressing, etc, there are many other deals that try to capture that spending dollars. Some interesting deals below. If this trend continues, you may basically buy anything via these Chinese group-purchase sites.<br />
<br>To capture net traffic, many companies organised lucky draws to attract subscribers. One deal even put the price as -$2; meaning it is giving out spending credits if you sign up. Guess it is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period">Period of Warring States</a> for group-buying.<br />
<br>Below is a snapshot of some interesting deals up for grab.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lashou.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">拉手网</span> 20.0% http://www.lashou.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.meituan.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">美团网</span> 19.8% http://www.meituan.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.nuomi.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">糯米网</span> 10.3% http://www.nuomi.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.groupon.cn/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">团宝网</span> 9.4% http://www.groupon.cn/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.24quan.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">24券</span> 8.1% http://www.24quan.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.ftuan.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">F团 </span> 5.5% http://www.ftuan.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.jumei.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">聚美网</span> 5.0% http://www.tuanmei.net/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.55tuan.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">窝窝网</span> 3.6% http://www.55tuan.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://www.manzuo.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">满座网</span> 3.1% http://www.manzuo.com/</a><br><br />
<a href="http://tuan.yoka.com/" " target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei';">YOKA优享团</span> 2.9% http://tuan.yoka.com/</a><br><br />
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<P><a href="http://www.LaShou.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnQLZeenPMPk9W3HeGEm5wF2hXUb9-lkpWJ0Oy0aoXUzOWT8E8LbEVTYAL5E77x7QMWdnxUnulN7r5AfQbEcGk9TbbvIe5FwkXEJ_zI4MO28hMGgVzCzl3J9SAjdLM_1KRj1lPISxHyab/s1600/lashou.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
<br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 20px;"><a href="http://www.LaShou.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei'; font-weight:bold">LaShou.com 拉手网</a></span><ul><li>Market Share: 20.0%</li><li>company valuation at around RMB 1 billion. It has a Taipei site too.</li><li>offer displayed here: Ten iPads(16G/WIFI) for zero RMB! (alas it's a lucky draw); 1.2 million users signed up. </li></ul></P><br />
<P><a href="http://www.MeiTuan.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u0rHrLcozrqDlD9ao8Nh0iZCW8vOzAJoMTrrYGlLWlWNtCoSRTdqsBmw8ypzjtx6FfoWFVm8kLRbEDsIgZiQnT2uF6-8cOYOgyxSdFV5oOo2jshCtGys-MOJplPfW1JpAIFt6lqTGNh2/s1600/meituan.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
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<P><a href="http://www.NuoMi.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlfaKxk7R4cJ5ee2biJA0w9J2d1jpjMdK81RqItJPK90YJLxjxJoNU64V_sJgP1nxLwNLaHee0lhu9mKDJzqkI1fgUKnm6T2XslrLCsmvq2jMDggmFAolVPGtlQrD43nF-1kDVJ0I3lgH/s1600/nuomi.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
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<P><a href="http://www.Groupon.cn target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DMzByhn6lc4-qEHtTi-KkSJvmwHGX4HijGT55qqV4-lWNdtKpoZYXWUEEgDBaipS4ivmV9n2e6ZGtyMyOqybUA9Qev3vTpjAqYyZ68mFXxKv7cGQOO1yD0B7hinhWl3p1HCBQ1Bc2dyT/s1600/groupon.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
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<P><a href="http://www.24Quan.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXERci14Znn33LAD5VlYyoCH-KQH1DRCSTdTUJg_58LKJ88W5sXhnqODO-5RQfzSvIJ7FMzJgN9yJhZ6XySF-DabPr01YwSbFo06o45s4yCEAe5VZujHZvc2kFvj3wKQnZ5h-j1LDKcAO/s1600/24quan.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
<br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 20px;"><a href="http://www.24Quan.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei'; font-weight:bold">24Quan.com 24券</a></span><ul><li>Market Share: 8.1%</li><li>offer displayed here: USD 400+ pearl necklace at USD 40+. ... I start to vaguely see the need for the new rule that protects consumers.</li></ul></P><br />
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<br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 20px;"><a href="http://www.FTuan.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei'; font-weight:bold">FTuan.com F团 </a></span><ul><li>Market Share: 5.5%</li><li>offer displayed here: 40 fresh eggs at RMB 50 only!! What can I say. </li></ul></P><br />
<P><a href="http://www.JuMei.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1QMn4DNF4FFaDFujs20xloXodDlf-_U5_yyPHLGm9zbC2zPSHGJ2ew7fvPs6FdNphhHHBP-vS9NWjmKSpjFRjJpvrY_fFpXQxUgBB5jwbZRQ7qLfMhjuwdz3wv2SCLuPplt37PgpU3gy/s1600/jumei.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
<br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 20px;"><a href="http://www.JuMei.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei'; font-weight:bold">JuMei.com 聚美网</a></span><ul><li>Market Share: 5.0%</li><li>Specialised in cosmetics. Previously known as TuanMei.net. Some past reviews circulated online raise concerns...</li><li>offer displayed here: lucky draw. And guaranteed a gift for all who signed up.</li></ul></P><br />
<P><a href="http://www.55Tuan.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7Y78fB-wgqN5OwN-GEtFSPdBw32dSaGlHi1_MDvhhlZcAFzCd2zdyn5UsRL_T5m6n8F_gMkUpbG-7byq47xhG-CEceVb8CouQgA69nLNWkJrouu-qAoKsfDIgA7RpDP_NZPYJhA_7fBr/s1600/55tuan.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
<br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 20px;"><a href="http://www.55Tuan.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei'; font-weight:bold">55Tuan.com 窝窝网</a></span><ul><li>Market Share: 3.6%</li><li>offer displayed here: selling at Tianjin site, Durex product at RMB 1.5. You can still save and play it safe.</li></ul></P><br />
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<br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 20px;"><a href="http://www.ManZuo.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:'微软雅黑','Microsoft YaHei'; font-weight:bold">ManZuo.com 满座网</a></span><ul><li>Market Share: 3.1%</li><li>Like the name. ManZuo means fully booked in Chinese.</li><li>offer displayed here: One deal on massage treatment, another on lollipops. Low fat, black sugar lollipop at a dollar a piece. </li></ul></P><br />
<P><a href="http://Tuan.YOKA.com target="_blank""><img STYLE="border:3px solid silver;width:480px;height:132px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjXZ5buEHolhN6oI_Pc-iSxgChleLNLPVmeW6-Dy4v0rbGz1kbqrit6FzqzV6w2GyCOPF1OBRxE06pFWjO-V-AAY6hNvbHSlDBulUhABw23LzSTwBNJ9hGSC29-HrAE4xDgOtnpXy0mtH/s1600/yoka.jpg" ALT="slideshow image"></a><BR><br />
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Previous: <a href="http://ebizcoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/1-groupon-3-countries-27-wannabes-part2.html" target="_blank">Part 2: Australia</a>eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-38187532804352024502010-12-19T23:28:00.000-08:002010-12-28T03:18:36.199-08:001 Groupon, 3 Countries, 27 Wannabes (Part2: Australia)Today, we go over to the continent Down Under.<br />
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This "daily-deep-discounted-deal" or "social-group-buying" trend took off in Australia easily. Offers range from restaurant promotions to surfing lesson discounts. And if you find it difficult to navigate through the various sites and look for real offer that you need, there are aggregators such as <a href="http://www.allthedeals.com.au" ALT="AllTheDeals" title="AllTheDeals" target="_blank">AllTheDeals.com.au</a> and <a href="http://www.buyii.com.au" ALT="Buyii" title="Buyii" target="_blank">Buyii.com.au</a>.<br />
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What happens if business owners sell more coupons than they can realistically handle? ...There are reported cases where buyers had to wait for 6 months to get an appointment. Guess group-buying sites have to work with business owners to control traffic to ensure quality and, more importantly, repeat patronage.<br />
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Previous: <a href="http://ebizcoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/1-groupon-3-countries-27-wannabes-1-usa.html" target="_blank">Part 1: USA</a>
Next: <a href="http://ebizcoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/1-groupon-3-countries-27-wannabes-part3.html" target="_blank">Part 3: China</a>eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-42390287266269123762010-12-15T02:02:00.000-08:002010-12-28T00:14:04.544-08:001 Groupon, 3 Countries, 27 Wannabes (Part1: USA)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; float: right;"><img border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAUs8IY4Cg0oNalRsCPx6g_cBOQjAE7fwk1MVVZez40F5V1waf7gCpJwHrRrpSheH9Q7CcTt6MwHUwj7IkBZU_5sx5-lDe5i5WLQLojWeJ63mE1mZfWzfdHgE7zRnB39MQw1YW9LYewV6/s200/groupon.jpg" width="150" /></a>Groupon. The fastest growing e-business company ever.</div><br />
It simply markets daily deep discount deal, activated if a threshold number of people signed up. It taps on the "viral marketing" power of online social networks. And it turns an initial "seed money" of $1 million in November 2008 to a <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/12/07/google-amazon-play-catch-up-in-group-buying.aspx">reported Google's bidding price</a> of $5-6 billion today. Not bad for a 2-year's job.<br />
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As Groupon continues to expand its reach to cities worldwide at a frantic pace, countless competitors and wannabes are also emerging and trying to capture part of the market share. Here is a compilation of these group-buying sites in three different continents.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.couponsherpa.com/ask-coupon-sherpa/" ALT="Coupon Sherpa" title="Coupon Sherpa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; float: left;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="100" src="http://www.couponsherpa.com/images/save-some-green-white.gif" width="100" /></a></div>Afternote: The use of coupon as a promotional tool for stores to get shoppers in the door is nothing new. The "Groupon" concept focuses on the power of "daily deep discounted deal" (more than 50% is the expectation), "group buying" and "social networks". For other types of coupon sites, there are <a href="http://www.couponsherpa.com/ask-coupon-sherpa/" target="_blank">Coupon Sherpa</a> (for printed, online or mobile coupons), <a href="http://www.thrillist.com" target="_blank">Thrillist</a> (daily email on local offers) and many other grocery coupon sites.<br />
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<ul><li>Groupon's main competitsor in U.S.</li>
<li>also expanding to cities across U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland...</li>
<li>no minimum number of people needed to make the deal valid</li>
<li>get a <em>free deal</em> if three people buy the same deal via the link you shared with them</li>
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<ul><li>started in New York; glitzy promotions on high-end fashion & luxury brands</li>
<li>each of Gilt City's deals lasts for seven days</li>
<li>no minimum number of people needed to make the deal valid</li>
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<ul><li>gives users a choice of three deals on its home page</li>
<li>discounts get bigger as more people sign up for the deal</li>
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<ul><li>New York City-based</li>
<li>generally using the same model as Groupon</li>
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<ul><li>trying to cater to the need for fun activities</li>
<li>targets coupon-loving young mothers</li>
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<a href="http://www.8coupons.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="slideshow image" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWz03uGhBybbdlfnSmYp2LB96UqFwuZ1FcdLe34xqr-7vCu2n7BbXgrQU9oTmuJzvEftM6ymb-U0OuLl5PLdS_QmGGSFTO4uHwcHnzNIkI3BON0YVa-WKkTRWfOMDpj0ECJR5Za-vyVYF/s1600/8coupons.jpg" style="border: 3px solid silver; height: 132px; width: 480px;" /></a><br />
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<ul><li>culls 79 group-buying daily deals from sites across USA</li>
<li>offers a wide selection of promotions on a given day</li>
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<ul><li>Tampa-based</li>
<li>coupons can be given as gifts </li>
<li>some vouchers are good for up to 6 months</li>
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<ul><li>promised to donate 10% of sales to charity website ActOfGood.org</li>
<li><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/61405" target="_blank">lawsuit filed</a> saying WGTG failed to do so</li>
<li>this link now redirects to BuyWithMe.com</li>
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Next: <a href="http://ebizcoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/1-groupon-3-countries-27-wannabes-part2.html" target="_blank">Part 2: Australia</a>eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-17281235494037786372010-12-03T01:56:00.000-08:002010-12-22T01:44:49.981-08:00Online Shopping - China Top 13 (中国网购精选13)Let's do some more online shopping. Today, we go over to China and look at the top ranking e-malls.<br />
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<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.taobao.com/" target="_blank">www.taobao.com （淘宝网）</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.alibaba.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrgQT4TDrwDm8LfgD35OoKbBxWnrQf2uT8mvTm3o2UxQfgrd7kmbDIvbhiApmCgkqi3WXTXkTo2iDkQ0BiDOb0oNGL6F9uNe6693AOEqkESoXo-ttJyw5UEtK66TD8o2LB-URUoudFZbJ/s1600/alibaba.png" /></a></div><a href="http://www.taobao.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="淘宝网" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwl_tSFKMarTKaC7rUhsXOc97AoFVrHBb5a7G-ApA0u6Xbgq8VGzB7O39uR3MpCCywSHOf5zje6d1YSXvItk6UjUOfhTjyYLYpQ4VCt8Q3aIyajNmnOtVEGl409u4GriEoDFYH-3GZ8iBg/s1600/taobao.png" title="淘宝网 - 淘！我喜欢" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">淘宝网 - 阿里巴巴旗下网站，是亚洲最大的网络零售商圈。占据中国国内电子商务80%以上的市场份额...Started as a C2C auction site, this online (B2C) shopping website is operated by the Chinese B2B giant, Alibaba Group. It has more than 80% of China's e-Commerce market share.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.360buy.com/" target="_blank">www.360buy.com （京东商城）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.360buy.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="京东商城" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkov8d2HBEr4kccbA17UWFop33zPFxS4AHtwztGnaYjYbh_OYK0Fif-D9XbnNHp_GWz3tbxR8fNNrUSAMssmWxrwYAUuQut1Fq9zqfGX8RRBZhIilgB122JgYS7obesNjmgIFrGzYlbsE/s1600/360buylogo.png" title="网购上京东 省钱又放心" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">京东商城 - 中国"3C"(电脑，手机，家电)，及日用百货网上的购物商城。Focusing on "3C" (Computer, Communication, and Consumer Electronic), this online retailer is one of the most popular E-Business websites in China. </span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.dangdang.com/" target="_blank">www.dangdang.com （当当网）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.dangdang.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="当当网" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfudOsDH5TBcQCjqTR1D2l3MiggKfuUDTgC4z2xuHABPSC8j-JnM9fd2ATYd2gfZlPkX2cwPY8aG-V2mskgfk4UeMkfvIiwQUhbbVmNXIeS8LujJFDjUwrO2hrKuSai3dRdMKw-DNbHPN/s1600/dang2logo.png" title="Dangdang.com - 网上购物享当当" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">当当网 - 中国网上书店，由著名国内出版机构，以及美国数间投资基金集团共同投资成立。中国网上书店还包括：卓越网，99网上书城，中国图书网等。Based largely on Amazon model, Dangdang.com is China's largest online Chinese book retailer. With its <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/online-retailer-china-dangdang-raises-272-million-in-u-s-initial-offer.html">recent IPO price shot up almost 90%</a>, <a name='more'></a>co-founder Peggy Yu Yu says the company plans to expand its catalog with the cash. Watch out TaoBao.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/" target="_blank">www.amazon.cn （卓越亚马逊）</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHghGW46RJLDD4M_M_dZ3Br2G86IRPsphTcj9AswR2wK0zC_2xdevAtFtywl3iU48IPSpCojqL0bVGzhgFdpY_ub6jBi-xP8Q_ilEmmFgjFnVEzfq8Cfmx4t43U9MsyxcyuyDpG2PYSCqk/s1600/amazon.png" /></a></div><a href="http://www.amazon.cn/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="卓越亚马逊" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3u_Ml2H1IKXsPT_3qjwAn2jxdYiLYyl4ulCWUWuT-jbeqexOWBB42HuVDMJPFlFtfLAofT-GpbdEo2IB73pL59pbyHx23n7ElqDQIDRn1HUeyyLiXcCMCQkRgoLTEBAywj4Y-FiIJqch/s1600/joyoAmz.jpg" title="卓越亚马逊:网上购物" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">卓越亚马逊 - 亚马逊旗下公司，总部位于北京。除了书籍，并提供超过150万类的产品。Formerly Joyo.com (卓越网。 See VANCL below.), this Chinese shopping site was acquired by Amazon.com in 2004. Located in Beijing, it has a 0.6% market share.<br />
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<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.taobao.com/" target="_blank">www.vancl.com （凡客网）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.vancl.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="凡客网" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVwff80YgO5TAXomo33A-naXS2TV0Sqget96xm9cEHJz0DMjAy6qyPWdd6MjBDbSDyonsigu-lAyR6ZhEA5QZ9phXWgYABOoJXR3WcEImDcVvDV48U5Kyfo9LGPpqBMfHviy2i6vT-hYf/s1600/vancl.gif" title="VANCL 凡客诚品: 互联网快时尚品牌" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">凡客网 - 选择自有服装品牌网上销售的商业模式，发布VANCL凡客诚品。目前中国互联网上的领军服装品牌。Founded by Chen Nian, the serial e-commerce entrepreneur who also founded Joyo China acquired by Amazon. Vancl is now china largest online-only fashion retailer. </span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.newegg.com.cn/" target="_blank">www.newegg.com.cn （中国新蛋网）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.newegg.com.cn/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="新蛋网" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHO-1u5jNH5RJx3RirhD9fpKsAiSyl3OxFRmdJXD-jZ9z9wjSGDDLUCivTMmXj2JdIjsB0ZeNVdxzoxnTcTYD79HTUe32n3H3gGEDR9O4Pm8tkMKZdWVnLtKwON6U6WTUzj6JE6uONXNTl/s1600/newegglogo.jpg" title="新蛋中国 - 全球领先的IT/数码网上购物商城" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">中国新蛋网 - 由美国新蛋网创立的电脑，消费电子，通讯产品的网上零售商。Newegg.com Inc. is an online retailer of computer hardware and software. Founded in 2001 by a Taiwanese-American Fred Chang, it is based in City of Industry, California.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.taobao.com/" target="_blank">www.paipai.com （拍拍网）</a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tom.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41COj__DJM0QQUWv5KCCLMGVX3CT6o_WjQgQM-CZP-rhmG0nb6PP-r8J-kZ0LNttzmsHaZ6ih48ELw9Bi__pzQ45U9m7KiXSkWTb8xlzVl9DUxxHed4fEb33ii_i1PAISaMeOQxJMa5ob/s1600/tomcomebay.png" /></a></div><a href="http://www.eachnet.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="易趣网" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVW5D4SLtlVbpE1wiazw230APMV9GIQDNMi9SzCTnY3DXiEFRt9yFBNQkYC7QHOsTaqBc8t4gwTnLbEFnyu55HeWVKijZdMw7jnQdYPnhoZcNa87sLbOZEHbBtKxQqN48apxdI78qcN2m/s1600/eachnetlogo.gif" title="易趣网" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">易趣网 - 电子商务公司eBay和无线互联网公司TOM在线于2006年12月携手组建一家合资公司。This is joint venture between Ebay and Tom.com in China; held a 0.8% market share.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.icson.com/" target="_blank">www.icson.com（易讯商城）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.icson.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="易讯商城" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpofN8l9LhM3NQlQiJOIIpsVx0T4H-1qLc_Qpb12811OAt-57xuBcTHHlNZr3RmAiGwrLh2J80kF2BVGAaGMNlU1IwVLi8h0G2EqpzS6csFFvUqtq6Wc-o0MhvGtDnPTIm4aa568_SVvyo/s1600/icson.png" title="易讯网-专业的电脑等、百货网上购物商城" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">易讯商城 - 电脑、数码家电、手机、汽车用品、鞋服百货网上购物商城。Online retailer of consumer electronics, automobile accessories, etc.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.no5.com.cn/" target="_blank">www.no5.com.cn （no5时尚广场)</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.no5.com.cn/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="No5时尚广场" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MwLwb7PSPp2VMPO10MlUWIfIBvEVNPVB00nWqb9CY6HI5UjVDxq4B2mS0I2BbNRCM7a7sZGjJAxmS_ptp8kuxSQVUj9U5EbykmJZb-Y-8roZ31BImazFUTG6tbhrObNKB-vNy8qag2rV/s1600/no5logo.jpg" title="No5时尚广场" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">No5时尚广场 - 中国专业的化妆品网上商城，提供护肤、香水、健康、电视购物产品及资讯。A fashion, clothing and cosmetic e-commerce site.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.m18.com/" target="_blank">www.m18.com （麦网）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.m18.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="麦网" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSpIcB2zll0v4kg2y_P3ccjtzAgu2cwYPi8_73t1oaznZJetJVqQTWvPQnWY_IxU2XoLNUifdROgGysfgGnbD4qBwzP7sFaKwtsOn_d7RDHcFR4xY2iYX9hdwS1YA10wQe5HwV5LlM3_b/s1600/m18logo.jpg" title="麦考林网上购物" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">麦网（麦考林网）- 提供自有品牌, 也提供第三方品牌，包括知名国际品牌和一些有特色的中国本土品牌。Online fashion shopping website that promotes its own brands and other international/local fashion lines.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.redbaby.com.cn/" target="_blank">www.redbaby.com.cn (红孩子商城)</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.redbaby.com.cn/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="红孩子商城" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlAzi25fwY5Lol5DtZui6o9Re2DOixnqlWpKf0z32_thaREe4mhJaNru1EYUsu9N5gTlNy-yYFmIK3IK2UydgAbOmN3jCilEwpSygrK1sza2nXaX80ps_GOEbFptn9pfTI4n8ewinpAaO/s1600/redbabylogo.jpg" title="红孩子商城" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">红孩子商城 - 中国最大的母婴、化妆、食品、生活品类B2C网站。China's infants' product e-commerce site.</span></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.shishangqiyi.com/" target="_blank">www.shishangqiyi.com （时尚起义）</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.shishangqiyi.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="时尚起义" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSQck3neRgRCyO3S0Ctf54Zg2hZVlon7a4OZxGPONX_lS9zbajciBKJrAYSX8kwGFjqOGcL8FlGoMuNo1uihgoAeWkCaeTM5ZD58QG6gaAlnR0ufWhH8dfnfwX3fzdOhX_S9JsMZcvz0r/s1600/ssqylogo.jpg" title="时尚起义" width="118" /></a><span style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">时尚起义 - 源自于韩国，以韩国流行趋势及亚洲潮流服饰为核心产品，也提供专业时尚顾问服务。Originated from South Korea, this site specialized in Korean / Asian fashion and trendy clothing.</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10px;">Reference: <a href="http://www.iresearch.com.cn/View/125972.html" target="_blank">iResearch 艾瑞咨询集团</a></span>eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-62504398202345080052010-11-23T00:01:00.000-08:002010-12-03T22:28:23.293-08:00Online Shopping - World No.1 ... AmazonSecond stop: The biggest online shopping company:<a href="http://amazon.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="15" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniGUJr8tNqmZUq4sUBuGfTdbALiV5_20vJ0bbLdCSuDwX3LZe6zD10_eOdi1eeW2I0rxPNLNAm_hPNDJ4uE5LJMgExylusKxwTRxv5O1AQrxDCeJ9LthgTe_hmbmpP9_1BOwuTPvhoO47/s200/amazon.png" width="50" /></a><br />
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Homepage is fresh, uncluttered, easy to use. Slightly concerned about the high degree of contents customization: it shows contents related to the past products or searches I browsed or executed on the site. ... Wish that they can further customize to cater to different customers' degree of acceptance to this kind of customization.<br />
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Take a look at this very cool "Amazon Acquisitions and Investments" chart (by Meet the Boss). We see that Amazon did many strategic purchases to make their inventory list covers everything other than just books.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">At the same time, Amazon is also growing their arsenal of web and mobile technologies to provide more value and services to their customers. The most recent developments:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px;">Mobile comparison shopping: <a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=140003" target="_blank">Amazon will use the iPhone as a vehicle for snagging more business from brick-and-mortar stores this holiday season</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px;"> (MediaPost)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px;">Quantity discount & sales promotion: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/22/businessinsider-amazon-does-national-groupon-in-france-as-acquisition-rumors-swirl-2010-11.DTL" target="_blank">Amazon And Groupon Partner In France As Acquisition Rumors Swirl</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px;">(SFGate)</span><br />
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</ul>Even though Amazon does not have a local online store for Singapore or Australia unlike Japan and China, it has recently launched its Asia-Pacific <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon Web Services</a>; based in Singapore.<br />
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Thinking of hosting your web site in the cloud? Here is a <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/free" target="_blank">one-year free program from Amazon AWS</a>.<br />
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</div>> <a href="http://event.rakuten.co.jp/xmas/?l-id=top_logo_normal_002" target="_blank">Christmas specials</a>, designed to look like a shopping catalog pamphlet, reminds me that traditional mail order / catalog shopping is still a very big market in Japan.<br />
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</div>> Links to other business areas: Credit & Payments, Portal & Media services (Infoseek), Travel (hotel booking etc), Securities (online brokerage).<br />
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</div>> The standard search bar and category table. Rather high word counts for a e-Shopping site. In the meantime, we read that <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/19/amazon-com-adds-new-visual-search-capability-to-its-online-shoe-stores/" target="_blank">Amazon and Google are moving towards visual search (TechCrunch)</a>.<br />
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</div>> <a href="http://ranking.rakuten.co.jp/" target="_blank">Bestsellers list</a>. A must-have feature for most e-commerce sites. Also online auction, similar to <a href="http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/">Yahoo!Auction Japan</a>. <br />
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</div>> <a href="http://event.rakuten.co.jp/area/?l-id=top_area_01" target="_blank">Machi-Raku</a> (literally means "street happy") is an interesting concept. Rakuten engages shops, restaurants and TV celebrities to showcase the seasonal products/recipes from different prefectures.<br />
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</div>> <a href="http://event.rakuten.co.jp/" target="_blank">Rakupon</a> : Rakuten's answer to <a href="http://www.groupon.jp/" target="_blank">Groupon Japan</a>; the buzz in Japan for the last two months. Nevertheless, I think it's unlikely that Rakuten will join in the <span id="goog_582506859"></span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-is-in-the-groupon-acquisition-mix-too-2010-11" target="_blank">bidding for Groupon as Google or eBay (BusinessInsider SAI)</a>.<br />
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Founded in 1997, Rakuten rose to the second ranking site just after Yahoo! in 2004. Now top; its revenues exceeded US$ 3 billion in 2009 with operating profits of approximately $620M.<br />
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"The biggest difference to <em>Amazon</em> is that <em>Rakuten</em> was founded as a B2B2C company without a warehousing function." You can read more about it at <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/05/japans-rakuten-can-the-biggest-e-commerce-site-you-never-heard-of-become-a-threat-for-amazon-globally/" target="_blank">this article by Serkan Toto (TechCrunch)</a>.<br />
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Today Rakuten Ichiba continues to internationalize: offering international shipping, acquired Buy.com and PriceMinister, established offices in six countries, tied up with Baidu to operate an online shopping mall....<br />
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It may be that the powerful search algorithms make these sites popular. Nonetheless, local taste, language nuance and cultural contexts seem to be other deciding factors.<br />
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In <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/technology/internet/30google.html" target="_blank">the web search market of Japan</a>, with first-mover advantage is <a href="http://www.yahoo.co.jp/" target="_blank">Yahoo! Japan (Yahoo!カテゴリ)</a>, beating Google. It is operated by the Japanese telecommunications company Softbank.<br />
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As for <a href="http://asiancorrespondent.com/QUT/why-has-google-failed-in-korea" target="_blank">the case of South Korea</a>, local players <a href="http://www.naver.com/" target="_blank">Naver.com (네이버)</a> and <a href="http://www.daum.net/" target="_blank">Daum.net (다음)</a> account for 77% and 10% of the local web searches respectively.eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-80575949504767807732010-11-12T01:50:00.000-08:002010-12-03T06:40:44.329-08:00e-Commerce vs e-BizCoy Matrix: information flow<div class="nobrtable"><b>Info provider & receiver matrix</b><br />
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<tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2" style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="rotate-this">"Info Provider"</div></td> <td align="center" style="line-height: 12px;" width="10px"><div class="rotate-this">Business (B)</div></td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>B2C</b>: <br />
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.rakuten.co.jp/" target="_blank">Rakuten 楽天</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.taobao.com/" target="_blank">Taobao 淘宝网</a><br />
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</td><td style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>B2B</b>: <br />
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<p><a href="http://www.alibaba.com/" target="_blank">Alibaba</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.soldouteasy.com/" target="_blank">soldouteasy.com</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.indiamart.com/" target="_blank">IndiaMART</a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="center" style="line-height: 12px;" width="10px"><div class="rotate-this">Customer (C)</div></td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>C2C</b>: <br />
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<p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/" target="_blank">eBay</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/" target="_blank">Yahoo!オークション</a></td> <td bgcolor="#dfe6ef" style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>C2B</b>: <br />
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.baidu.com/" target="_blank">Baidu.com</a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.naver.com/" target="_blank">Naver(네이버)</a></td> </tr>
</tbody></table></div><br />
In the familiar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_commerce" target="_blank">e-Commerce</a> matix, we have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business-to-business" target="_blank">B2B</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business-to-consumer" target="_blank">B2C</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer-to-consumer" target="_blank">C2C</a>, and also G2C, G2B, etc. Here, let us look beyond commercial transactions and view e-Business from a different angle: the initial "provider" & "receiver" of <i>information</i>.<br />
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<b>"Info Provider"</b>: Business or Customer provides (1)information about their product/services that they want to sell, or (2)about things they want to search, or (3)information they want to share (such as news scoop, video clips, personal details about themselves).<br />
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<b>"Info Receiver"</b>: Business or Customer reads and reacts to the information supplied above by (1)responding to buy the product/services, or (2)finding and organizing the answers, (3)providing an internet platform to enable exchange of information.<br />
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While B2C, B2B and C2C cover most of online commercial transactions, <span style="background-color: #dfe6ef;"> "C2B" </span> includes useful websites such as search engines, social networks, blogs, etc. It is easy to see that C2B is where you find the highest traffic volume.eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2742148756425213403.post-63810248867825695872010-11-10T19:26:00.000-08:002010-12-26T19:06:34.139-08:00Begin with a vision: Google and Facebook...I am trying to determine what inspires and drives me regarding online business... Perhaps let's begin by looking at two giants to get some ideas. <br />
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Yes, many factors come into play in the growth of companies such as <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank"> Google</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. But they hold the keys to what people want and expect from these popular websites. Be it the services they provide or the values they bring, there must be a hint or two for us to pick up and get started with.<br />
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Bloomberg recently runs a documentary series <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/shows/game-changers/" target="_blank">Bloomberg Game Changers</a>. It features the founders of <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63583008/" target="_blank">Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg</a> and <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/64111786/" target="_blank">Google: Sergey Brin & Larry Page</a>. Interesting stuff.<br />
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<div align="center" style="width: 500px;"><div align="center" class="component" id="mediaplayer"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="autoplay=false&file_url=http://videos.bloomberg.com/63583376.flv&title=Bloomberg Game Changers: Mark Zuckerberg &" height="300px" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://cdn.gotraffic.net/v/20101116_172122//flash/BloombergMediaPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470px" wmode="opaque"></embed><br />
<div align="left">Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc. and one of the world's youngest billionaires.</div></div></div><br />
<div align="center" style="width: 500px;"><div align="center" class="component" id="mediaplayer"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="autoplay=false&file_url=http://videos.bloomberg.com/64112184.flv&title=Bloomberg Game Changers: Sergey Brin & Larry Page &" height="300px" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://cdn.gotraffic.net/v/20101116_172122//flash/BloombergMediaPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470px" wmode="opaque"></embed><br />
<div align="left">Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Sergey Brin and Larry Page redefined advertising, created a chain of products such as Google Maps, News, Gmail and have taken on rival giants like Apple and Microsoft.</div></div></div><br><br />
(Video Source: Bloomberg)eBizCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00174120028963561943noreply@blogger.com