Singles day, occurs on November 11, and it has become the world's biggest online shopping day, due to Jack Ma's particular vision of e-commerce. It is a fact that online shopping has played an important part of Chinese daily life. Below are three popular shopping sites in China:
Taobao and T-mall
Both of them are the brands of China's Alibaba group, whose founder is Jack Ma. Taobao is the biggest and the most important shopping site in China. The difference between Taobao and T-mall is that Taobao is mostly about middle, small size companies and individual merchants (商人), while T-mall only allows certified large scale corporation merchants to sell goods on it. Thus the price of goods is commonly lower on Taobao but the quality is not always guaranteed. However, T-mall is the opposite, where the majority of items are a bit more expensive but have guaranteed quality.
Jd.com
Jd.com is one of the China's biggest e-commerce companies and sells various goods, including daily necessities, food, clothes and electronics etc. Meanwhile, Jd.com sells a lot of computer parts, providing installation advice services and installation assistance services, which differ from other retailers (零售商). Also, Jd.com has its self-run delivery group, offering the best and quickest delivery service. In some cities, you can pay after goods have been delivered to your door.
Suning.com
Suning.com is a B2C online shopping platform of Suning Company, selling electronics, mobile phones, computers and books etc. Different from the aforementioned shopping sites, Suning has physical stores selling electronics across the nation and it focuses on synchronous (同步的) development of online shopping and physical shopping. Therefore, customers can see electronic products for themselves in their retail stores and then purchase it online. At the same time, Suning offers better after-sale service and immediate delivery service.
