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Questions 2: Given that Alibaba does not own or distribute any of the merchandise
exchanged on its sites, describe what factors had to develop for the company to
succeed.
Alibaba.com is B2B which helps people easy to search for products and
information of products. Taobao is C2C which provides service for consumers
in China.
Both of this kind of website have a same character is a online market. Consumers
can easy buy everything everywhere and seller they don’t have to build a website
for selling products. This kind of website make purchasing of people become
more convenient.
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Alibaba focus on small enterprises, a large variety of goods is made available to
a large variety of target consumer groups.
Besides that Alibaba update the Alibaba app, Taobao app which allow people
can shopping online by their smart phone.
Also when the market in China have a struggle because a lot of sellers just accept
send the products after they received the money or when China government tend
to a society without cash. This situation make the development of market
slowdown. Alibaba create Alipay which can solve this problem. Alibaba’s
accurate credit model helps to develop a trustworthy reputation among
customers. All sellers on the e-commerce platform are requested to pass an
online certification test to verify their identity information. This reduces illegal
transactions as sellers are supervised on the platform at all times. Apart from
that, all transactions are recorded and can be traced back by both sellers and
customers. This protects the legitimacy of each transaction and helps customers
choose more reliable sellers.
Alibaba developing day by day through the ways they meet the demand of
consumers or society.
Questions 3: Can Alibaba succeed in countries outside of China? Why or why not?