Alibaba Leader Highlights Success in China October 6, 2008
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In March of this year Jack Ma, the CEO and Chairman of the Alibaba Group, the largest e-commerce company in China, spoke in London about his company’s achievements and growth. He also highlighted the success of Alipay, the most popular online payment gateway in China.
As the lead founder of Alibaba, Ma spoke passionately about his vision for the company, its role in China and the obstacles faced at the outset. “Most people say that internet will be big trouble in China. China cannot have e-commerce, because China does not have the infrastructure for the internet, for e-commerce. China does not have the trust record, China has a problem with payment … We did not believe that kind of assumption.” Ma went on to say, “We have been persisting for nine years in China. People say there is no trust, we build Ali trust. People say there is no payment, we build Ali pay.”
Other facts brought up by Mr. Ma brought up about the Alibaba group:
– Alipay is the largest online payment system in China with 85% of the market share
– Alibaba.com boasts more than 100,000,000 page views per day
– When eBay first entered the Chinese market in 2002, they held 90% market share, with Alibaba at a mere 5%. After four years, the numbers were reversed and Alibaba is now firmly on top.
The success of the Alibaba Group, as Ma stated, “… proved that China has its own way of e-commerce.”
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Alipay Reaches 100 Million Mark October 1, 2008
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Alipay, China’s most popular online payment platform, reached 100 million registered users at the end of August. Alipay is now the second largest payment platform in the world, right after PayPal, with its 180 million users. Alipay currently boasts a 76% share of the online payment processing market in China.
What is particularly notable about Alipay’s success, is that they have reached the 100 million milestone in only 5 years. It took Paypal 10 years to achieve the same mark . It is also important to point out that Alipay’s member base is strictly Chinese citizens. Paypal’s user base is dispersed around the world.
The incredible speed of Alipay’s development is directly related to the development of online consumers and Interet users in China as a whole. China currently has the largest number of people online in the world, representing a mere 22% of the Chinese population.
The huge potential of this burgeoning market and its implications for online merchants wanting to sell to China, goes without saying. While online shopping rates in China currently lag behind those of other countries, it will only be a matter of time before China boasts the largest e-commerce market in the world.
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Sources: Alipay.com, China Internet Network Information Center , China Tech News