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Five of the Biggest E-Commerce Sites in China
E-commerce has really been a part of our everyday lives, it enhanced the creativity of companies to come up with unique and innovative products on the market, and also helped a lot of people have a great shopping experience. And speaking of e-commerce, there are hundreds to thousands of e-commerce websites waiting for you to visit and make your first purchase.
Today, we’ll show you five of the biggest e-commerce sites in the world’s biggest e-commerce country, China.

Taobao
Year Founded: 2003
Estimated Monthly Traffic: 300 million
Taobao has been the biggest e-commerce site in China since then. This status has been achieved all thanks to the great competition given by eBay an American multinational e-commerce company that is also now continuing its colossal operations across the world. Taobao was also responsible for the existence of Alipay — one of China’s major payment systems.
Pinduoduo
Year Founded: 2015
Estimated Monthly Traffic: 280 million
Despite not being exposed for too long in the e-commerce scene, Pinduoduo has made its way to becoming one of China’s biggest e-commerce companies of all time. Pinduoduo has also been a great playground for innovations in the e-commerce industry such as team purchases, social commerce programs, and the C2M business model.
JD
Year Founded: 1998
Estimated Monthly Traffic: 170 million
Another challenge when it comes to the e-commerce industry. This e-commerce giant has been in the scene for almost 30 years. JD has been on the lookout for the latest advancement in technology such as AI-driven vehicles and drones. And although these are still in development, JD has already owned the biggest drone delivery infrastructure in the world.

Tmall
Year Founded: 2011
Estimated Monthly Traffic: 100 million
Probably the youngest on the list, Tmall may have been the latest to start but it was never a hindrance for this e-commerce giant to become China’s most popular e-commerce site, while it ranks third in the world. It also became the biggest Chinese cross-border marketplace not long after it released its branch called Tmall Global.
Xiaohongshu
Year Founded: 2013
Estimated Monthly Traffic: 50 Million
Founded 9 years ago, this e-commerce giant started as a community of people who discuss their thoughts and reviews about certain restaurants, places, and products bought online. This is where it became a very useful website for people that are still torn between buying a product or not.
These companies truly have made our shopping experience easier, and for sellers, having e-commerce sites this big will give them time, effort, and energy looking for people who can buy their products. Instead, people will be the ones who will come for your product and have their first purchases with your business completed.