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Beijing Blog

Fake iPads

November 7, 2010

Fake iPads selling like hotcakes: in the local markets that sell fake goods, fake iPads were just released and are selling for around $100 (650 RMB). The fakes have the Apple logo on the back and come in boxes that look just like my real iPad’s, but do not access iTunes. Which is why I [...]

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B2C Market in China Hits Whopping US$29B for 1H’2010

November 7, 2010

B2C Market booms: in the first six months of 2010, China’s B-to-C market had 200B RMB in revenue (about US $29B), way up from 2009’s total of 260B RMB. Wow!

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Smartphone Growth Signals New Buyers For You

November 7, 2010

Smartphone growth: 24 million smartphones were sold in China in the first half of 2010. That’s a lot of people who can surf your website and buy your products! (Source: Analysys International)

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New Option for Cheap Delivery Within China

November 7, 2010

Cheap delivery prices: Selling to Chinese buyers near your factory source: one of the things that surprised me about Chinese e-commerce is how cheaply products get delivered. On Taobao, for instance, if the product is physically located in Beijing and the buyer is also in Beijing, delivery is only 5 RMB (about 74 cents). That [...]

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Taobao and C2C

November 7, 2010

C2C: If you want to sell to consumers in China, there is one site to focus on: Taobao.com. They dominate the C-to-C market with over 80% market segment share. Note that taobao is consumers buying from consumers. (Another interesting note: eBay’s former Chinese subsidiary, now called EachNet, has only about 5% market share.) If your [...]

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SEM For the Chinese Market — Whom To Consider?

November 7, 2010

SEM: when targeting consumers in China, here are the search engines with the largest presence here: #1: Baidu #2 Google #3:  #4: Sogou

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Chinese version of your website…

November 7, 2010

Mobile browsers: If you are thinking about having a Chinese version of your website, make sure you test it on browsers that are most used inside China. On the mobile side, i.e. if a Chinese consumer is using their cell phone to browse your site, insure that your site works on the UC Mobile (57%) [...]

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