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What is the difference between Alibaba and Taobao?

1. Different customer groups

Alibaba is wholesale, and its customer groups are distribution agents or factories.

Taobao is retail, and its customer base is the masses.

2. Different founding times

Jack Ma founded Alibaba.com in 1999, the predecessor of 1688.

Taobao was founded by Alibaba Group in May 2003.

3. Product sources are different

The sources of Alibaba stores are basically direct sales from manufacturers or general agents.

The main source of Taobao is to find factories for processing, distribution, and dropshipping. In particular, small sellers basically find wholesale markets to do drop shipping, and the source of drop shipping basically comes from Alibaba stores.

Baidu Encyclopedia-1688

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