Is it safe to buy from Taobao?

Yes. It is safe to buy from Taobao. However, the marketplace is so huge that there could be unscrupulous sellers hawking counterfeit products and fake goods.

What is Taobao known for?

With over 1 billion product listings Taobao is China’s largest online marketplace selling anything from cosmetics to dead mosquito bodies.

What is the difference between Taobao and Alibaba?

Alibaba.com is essentially one of the world’s largest B2B marketplaces online. They do international B2B as well as domestic B2B trading within China. Taobao (or more formally, Taobao Marketplace) is like China’s version of Ebay.com, though with fewer auctions and more fixed-price sellers.

Can foreigners use Taobao?

It can be said that consumers have almost no risk when buying from Taobao. For foreign buyers, the biggest difficulty in using Taobao is the language barrier. Taobao only has a Chinese interface. So many people choose to hire Taobao agents to purchase from China.

Is there a Taobao in English?

Taobao. You’ve probably heard of it. It’s the Chinese online shopping platform full of everything you could possibly need and more, and all at very decent prices. Our only gripe as English speakers is that the site doesn’t have an English version (at least not yet).

What currency is Taobao?

Chinese Yuan is used for all transactions on Taobao.com. As for items, agent and shipping fees, we currently use only US Dollar.

Is Taobao a social media?

It’s a social media platform through which merchants and brands can use content marketing to sell their products present on Taobao and Tmall. It was created in 2013 when the market wasn’t ready for the kind of communication it proposes, social e-commerce wasn’t still developed.

How can I translate Taobao to English?

First download and install Google Chrome (if you haven’t already), and head over to the Taobao page. After picking your category, just simply right click anywhere on the page and select “translate to English”. Or you can simply click on this icon on your Google Chrome address bar. Now, let’s get started!

Can you get Taobao in English?

Does Taobao has English version?

How do I find Taobao?

Now that you’ve set up your Taobao account, we can begin the fun part: Shopping! To search for items, enter keywords into the white search bar located at the top of the home page. Scroll through the wide selection of items and select the one that catches your eye. To filter your search results, tap “筛选” (Filter).

What is the difference between Taobao and Tmall?

To clarify the difference between the two, Taobao is an online marketplace where anyone can sell their products, both consumers and businesses. In contrast to Taobao, on sister-website Tmall only local businesses that are also license-holders or brand-owners of that specific product are permitted to sell their products.

What’s the difference between Taobao and eBay?

what’s the difference between Taobao and Ebay? the most important difference is that Ebay charges listing fee, but Taobao doesn’t, that’s a primary reason why Taobao beats Ebay in China market, all the item uploaded to taobao.com are free listed. the second is that taobao is more user-friendly.

Is Taobao owned by Alibaba?

Taobao is owned by Alibaba, China’s ecommerce giant, founded by Jack Ma in 1999. EDIT: Earlier versions of this answer stated that JingDong (JD) was one of the Taobao businesses. This is incorrect. JD (京东) – is one of Alibaba’s biggest competitors and started as electronics, but has now scaled to almost anything.

Does Taobao ship outside China?

International buyers can shop in Taobao on their own. If you decide to be adventurous, there are shopping options in Taobao so you can buy directly. Taobao has an International Parcel Forwarding Service System. This is a move by the Alibaba-operated site to make merchandise available outside China.