It occupy more than 50% of the market share in China, more than 300,000 auction people are using it, China internet user is more than 162,000,000 with 25.5% of the people ever purchase online with the payment via it & the annual internet turnover scale is USD4,126,000,000 in 2006, the registered AliPay users are more than 48,000,000, the daily transaction is near USD20,000,000, the daily new open account for AliPay is 80,000
Most of the companies in China are still not started the online shop business model due to lacking of any international online payment gateway. AliPay is the first one & only one embrace the international market seeking for the way to let the international market to use their gateway for any online transaction n with China trade. The foreigner can use AliPay to buy the China stuff, and the China local companies can also use AliPay to export their stuffs. Currently most of the online shop operating in China are using with only Paypal where the people use their relatives account from America or come to Hong Kong to open a credit card with fixed deposit in the bank. When they need to submit the account book to the government, then, they send the TT from Hong Kong or America to China. However, it’s not the official way of operating the business. China market demands for an international local born online payment gateway for operating the online shop. And AliPay is exactly such solution.
So, start to think about it: The individual can also make the complete online China trade buying the cheap stuffs. And they can also use the China local auction site to bid the stuffs even cheaper than eBay. They can buy the many China style products from China directly. And even the very small & medium enterprise can also take their wholesales & retail business with China.
Hong Kong is highly benefit from AliPay. Hong Kong is a free port with no duty on any products except energy, wine & cigarette. So, any people can keep their goods in China & set up an online shop in China. When they get the payment from AliPay, then, they can send the goods from Hong Kong to the China customer without the risk of directly investing in China.
I am the founder of a factory in
operating 2 online shops for selling my produced products & reselling the
china made telecom products. They are: www.one-stop-china.com
& www.one-stop-factory.com