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Alibaba Case Study and Website Review
1. Alibaba
BUSINESS REVIEW AND CASE STUDY
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Submitted by REZA HAMOULEH
School of industrial engineering
Iran University of Science and Technology
2016
2. A brief introduction
Alibaba Group is an e-commerce company (not only a website)
Alibaba Group is an e-commerce Ecosystem, like a mix of Amazon, eBay and
PayPal!
Alibaba.com is the flagship company of Alibaba Group, Is the world’s largest online
B2B trading platform.
Act as a middleman (unlike amazon)
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Global Rank
66
Alibaba.com
Global Rank
12
Taobao.com
Global Rank
33
Tmall.com
Global Rank
50
Aliexpress.com
According to Alexa.com
3. Income
Annual net income (March 31 2015 - March 31 2016)
11.06billion U.S. dollars
Annual net income (March 31 2014 - March 31 2015): 3.9 billion $
Annual net income (March 31 2013 - March 31 2014): 3.2 billion $
Number of employees at Alibaba: 36,450 (Amazon: 230,000)
Alibaba Group Brand Value: 49.3 billion U.S dollars
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World Rank
18
Brand value
According to
Statista.com
7. Some interesting facts about Alibaba
It has 300m customers - just short of the entire US population.
Alibaba boasts 81% of online business in China
In 2014, Jim Tompkins estimates that U.S. e-commerce with reach $475B, China
will be at $540B, and Alibaba will be at $450B. Alibaba alone will nearly equal all e-
commerce in the U.S. in 2014.
Alibaba is the fastest growing e-commerce company in the world in the fastest
growing market. The company’s growth rate since 2003 has approached
120%/year and has grown at a rate of 70% between 2009 and 2013.
Jack Ma was an English teacher when he started the site from his one-bedroom
apartment in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in 1999.
He set up Alibaba with $60,000 borrowed from 17 people.
His shareholding in Alibaba is 8.9%.
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8. Expand to new markets
E-commerce Markets
Alibaba.com (B2B)
AliExpress.com (B2B & B2C, international small businesses)
taobao.com (C2C)
1688.com (B2B, domestic small businesses)
Tmall.com (B2C)
Juhuasuan.com (Group buying)
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buying
9. Expand to new markets
E-commerce Markets
Alibaba.com (B2B)
AliExpress.com (B2B & B2C, international small businesses)
taobao.com (C2C)
1688.com (B2B, domestic small businesses)
Tmall.com (B2C)
Juhuasuan.com (Group buying)
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buying
10. Expand to new markets
E-Commerce Services
Alipay.com (online payment platform)
Etac.com (shopping search engine)
other businesses
Aliyun.com
Alitrip.com
…
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15. Search & Discovery 15
1-Type in a product name and you’ll get anything from 500 to 500 000 results. That’s a lot
of products, but it doesn’t really say anything about the suppliers behind these products.
2- You still type in a product name, but instead of a list of products you’ll get a list of
suppliers that make your product.
21. Trust: verification business in Alibaba
A&V Check
Third-party verification company
Required for all Global Gold Suppliers
Onsite Check
Alibaba.com personnel & third-party verification company
Required for all Gold Suppliers in Mainland China, Taiwan Gold Suppliers and Hong Kong Gold Suppliers
Assessed Supplier
A third-party company, such as Bureau Veritas or TÜV Rheinland, carries out the inspection and
verification.
Optional for all Gold Suppliers in Mainland China, Taiwan Gold Suppliers and Hong Kong Gold Suppliers
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25. Business cycle 25
Western Union
Risk Level For Buyer: Very Risky
PayPal
Risk Level For Buyer: Fairly Safe
Upfront TT (Bank Transfer)
Risk Level For Buyer: Risky
Letter of Credit
Risk Level For Buyer: Fairly Safe