www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Ministry intervenes in Taobao controversy

Updated: 2011-10-17 09:04

By Shi Yingying (China Daily)

  Comments() Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

 

?

Ministry intervenes in Taobao controversy

Authorities seek to diffuse anger of small vendors over fee increases

BEIJING / SHANGHAI - The Ministry of Commerce intervened on Saturday in a bitter dispute between Taobao Mall, China's top online retail platform, and small business owners sparked by a massive hike in membership fees.

Taobao Mall announced last week a minimum five-fold, and a potential ten-fold, increase in membership fees. This ignited an immediate protest by the owners of small businesses who disrupted online services by placing orders and then canceling them after leaving disparaging remarks.

The ministry expressed its concern at the protests and vowed to support small businesses and stabilize prices, according to a statement on its website.

It also said that Taobao Mall should listen to small business owners and insisted that protests should be within legal parameters.

Taobao Mall said last Monday that it would increase annual membership fees from 6,000 yuan ($940) to between 30,000 yuan to 60,000 yuan, depending on the type and scale of the business.

Fees will be fully or partially refunded to a shop if its scale and service quality meet set criteria, Taobao Mall said.

Cash deposits also increased from 10,000 yuan to a maximum of 150,000 yuan, depending on the category of goods.

Large businesses could easily accommodate the changes but small businesses would be crushed, owners said.

Thousands of small-scale Taobao Mall vendors started protesting online on Tuesday night by buying up goods from large retailers and then asking for refunds or filing complaints to interrupt their businesses.

Taobao Mall said on Wednesday that it had referred the matter to the police.

The new fees are seen as part of Taobao's efforts to bring order to online shopping, where consumers have repeatedly complained about fraud and counterfeit products.

"There's no way I could afford the additional costs," said a small wine vendor, who declined to be named, from Xiamen, Fujian province. "Small vendors demand that the increased fees and deposits are cancelled. I will protest at Taobao's Hangzhou headquarters to make sure this happens."

The vendor said he would not have invested 200,000 yuan in his shop, which has been in operation for a little more than three months, if he had been informed of Taobao's intentions earlier.

"I had heard about a possible fee hike three months ago but Taobao denied it and said it would not increase charges."

The protests have hit the takings of the big retailers, such as Hstyle and Osa.

"The financial losses will be significant but more importantly our reputation will suffer due to the libelous attacks on our website," Chen Xin, spokesperson for Korean-style dress shop Hstyle, said.

IT critic Tang Yi said Taobao Mall will not compromise as the fee hike is part of "its strategy to squeeze small- and medium-sized vendors out of the mall".

Taobao Mall, founded in April 2008, hosts more than 40 million registered users, 50,000 registered businesses and 70,000 brands.

Products sold on Taobao Mall range from daily essentials to household appliances and cars.

According to Analysys International, Taobao Mall accounts for 33 percent of the B2C online retail market in China, followed by 360buy and Amazon.cn.

Xinhua and Xu Junqian contributed to this story.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 萌白酱香蕉白丝护士服喷浆 | xp123欧美亚洲国产日韩 | 日本私人色多多 | 高清 国产 日韩 欧美 | 欧美午夜伦y4480私人影院 | 免费一级毛片在线播放视频 | 真实偷清晰对白在线视频 | 日本午夜人成免费视频 | 国产精品亚洲二区在线 | 波多野结衣视频免费在线观看 | 国产日韩欧美精品 | 色网址在线 | 亚洲成人手机在线观看 | 波多野结衣在线视频免费观看 | 国产精品毛片无码 | 成人免费视频网站 | 久久久久久国产精品免费免费 | 久久精品国产免费看久久精品 | 久久青草热 | 特级黄色毛片在放 | 成人91| 欧美成年黄网站色视频 | 亚洲国产成人久久 | 国产成人黄网在线免 | 日韩手机看片福利精品 | 孩交啪啪网址 | 一级a性色生活片久久毛片 一级a做爰片欧欧美毛片4 | 99精品国产兔费观看久久99 | 中文字幕精品在线 | 怡红院老首页主页入口 | 18video9ex欧美生活片 | 三级在线国产 | 97公开视频| 日韩欧美国产另类 | 一级一级一片免费 | 成人a毛片免费视频观看 | 中文日韩字幕 | 91精品国产免费久久久久久 | 日韩中文字幕在线观看视频 | 欧美一区二区三区播放 | 91成人国产 |