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How Alibaba Beat eBay in China So In 2003, eBay was leading China’s e-commerce market with over 77% market share! But then, because of one company, eBay exited China’s market and never came back again. And that company is Taobao (Alibaba’s B2C sit

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The bargaining aspect was genius. Western platforms try to eliminate price negotiation because it's 'inefficient', but in China, bargaining is part of the shopping experience. People literally felt something was missing when they couldn't haggle on eBay.

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