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Hangzhou-based C2C & B2C e-commerce site Taobao plans to begin operating an online securities marketplace, according to an industry source, which has long been in development. Taobao has also reportedly poached experienced talent from online financial information websites to assist in its preparations, and Taobao has recently been in talks with senior management of several investment funds. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) will issue the draft version of its Regulations Regarding the Sale of Financial Securities on October 1, relaxing restrictions to allow non-issuer third-party entities to sell securities.
Hangzhou-based C2C & B2C e-commerce site Taobao’s search platform ETao.com today launched a group buy search channel (tuan.etao.com). According to ETao, the new channel searches deal listings on over 600 group buy sites and is updated every half hour
Taobao Union, the affiliate advertising program of Chinese B2C and C2C e-commerce company Taobao, today announced a RMB 2 bln investment plan aimed at small and mid-sized websites, with RMB 1.5 bln allotted for Taobao merchants and the remaining RMB 50…
Hangzhou-based C2C & B2C e-commerce site Taobao released an updated version of its vertical shopping search engine ETao today. Changes include improved shopping guide channel search results and the addition of a group buy directory. ETao stated that search algorithms used on the home page of the previous version of the site weren’t sufficiently precise. The designer for the original version favored using all-purpose search algorithms, but changes in the updated version have been made specifically to provide users with search results which better reflect their shopping needs.