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Alibaba.com International (www.alibaba.com) operates the leading global e-commerce platform for small businesses around the world.
Upgraded from the previous Alibaba.com International Core Business Unit in July 2012, it aims at creating the go-to English-language platform for cross-border trade and purchases as well as helping small businesses worldwide expand to overseas markets.
As of June 30, 2012, the platform had 29.4 million registered users from more than 240 countries and regions and showcased 2.5 million supplier storefronts.
14.5 million new registered users and more than 1.4 million storefronts on Alibaba.com’s international and China marketplaces added in 2011 .
Alibaba.com International is one of Alibaba Group’s seven major business groups.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s marketplaces had a total of 76.3 million registered users, 10.0 million storefronts and 765,363 paying members.
Alibaba.com has three major business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces:
The company’s English language international marketplace (www.alibaba.com) serves to bring together importers and exporters from more than 240 countries and regions.
The China marketplace (www.1688.com) is developed for domestic business-to-business trade in China. AliExpress (www.aliexpress.com) offers a transaction-based wholesale platform, which serves smaller buyers seeking fast shipment of small quantities of goods.
The privately held Alibaba Group, including its affiliated entities, employs more than 24,000 people in some 70 cities in Greater China, India, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
In June 2011,China’s Alibaba.com Corporation, which includes sites such as Taobao, Alibaba.com and Alipay, had 156.8 million visitors representing 11.3 percent reach of the worldwide audience age 15 and older accessing the Internet from a home or work location.
Alibaba.com total revenue saw 15.5 percent growth in total revenue in 2011, despite a decline in paid memberships, due to an increase in sales of value-added services (VAS) and a more balanced revenue mix.
Total revenue grew from US$ 862.4 million to US$ 995.7 million, year-on-year.
14.5 million new registered users and more than 1.4 million storefronts on Alibaba.com’s international and China marketplaces added in 2011 .
As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s marketplaces had a total of 76.3 million registered users, 10.0 million storefronts and 765,363 paying members.
Source:comScore, :Alibaba Group Company Overview