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: 国产cao| 亚洲mm8成为人影院 亚洲m男在线中文字幕 | 成人性动漫高清免费观看网址 | 精品久久久久久乐 | 精品一区二区三区在线视频观看 | 国产日韩久久久精品影院首页 | 黄视频在线免费 | 91成人午夜在线精品 | xo欧美性另类 | 114一级毛片免费观看 | 亚洲国产成人精品91久久久 | 亚洲va久久久噜噜噜久久狠狠 | 免费区欧美一级毛片 | 久久免费影院 | 精品一区二区在线观看 | 欧美一及片 | 欧美大狠狠大臿蕉香蕉大视频 | 国产乱子伦露脸对白在线小说 | 一级毛片不卡免费看老司机 | 97免费视频在线 | 一区二区三区国产美女在线播放 | 中国欧美一级毛片免费 | 国产精品高清在线观看地址 | 欧美日韩视频一区二区三区 | 欧美+日本+国产+在线观看 | 一级特黄色毛片免费看 | 久久免费观看视频 | 亚洲日韩中文字幕 | 免费特黄一区二区三区视频一 | 亚洲欧美一区二区三区在线播放 | 男人在线天堂 | 日韩不卡一二三区 | 亚州国产视频 | 在线观看国产一区 | 国产成视频 | 国产精品亚洲欧美 | 久久福利资源站免费观看i 久久高清精品 | 日韩一级黄色毛片 | 亚洲欧美日产综合在线看 | 欧美成人h| www.99精品视频在线播放 |