Pinterest China (aka Fa Xian) by Alibaba.com

Fa Xian is an addition to B2C website etao.com powered by Taobao - a B2C website from Chinese B2B Marketplace Alibaba.com. What made Fa Xian got the attention of news all over the world is its striking resemblance to Pinterest. As per one news from Reuters, the website is already attracting upto 60,000 unique visitors every day.

Pinterest is more like social bookmarking website and does not allow any sort of affiliate codes. On the other hand Alibaba on its ecommerce website has merged the concept of Pinterest by selling products while engaging visitors. All pinned products can be purchased.

Alibaba has taken this idea as an opportunity to capture more sales from Chinese market of young internet users who easily get admired to fun oriented.

Alibaba.com Reports Net Profit¹ of RMB339.2 million in Q1 2012

Continuous platform enhancements increase overall quality of the website

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alibaba.com Limited (HKSE: 1688) (1688.HK), the world’s leading small business e-commerce company, today announced unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. In the first quarter, Alibaba.com stepped up its efforts to upgrade the trustworthiness of suppliers and enhance the user experience. Although Alibaba.com reported a profit of RMB339.2 million (USD53.8 million), its financial growth slowed compared with previous years as a result of business model upgrades and the strategic shift in focus to the quality of the marketplace and buyer experience.
Excludes profit attributable to non-controlling interests. 

Q1 2012 Financial and Operational Highlights
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (UNAUDITED)		Q1 2011 RMB million		Q1 2012 RMB million		YoY Change		Q4 2011 RMB million		QoQ Change
Revenue		1,531.7		1,589.1		+3.7%		1,659.0		-4.2%
Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization (“EBITA”)		509.8		374.8		-26.5%		529.0		-29.1%
Profit attributable to equity owners		452.5		339.2		-25.0%		385.9		-12.1%
Share-based compensation expense		85.2		65.5		-23.1%		67.1		-2.4%
Deferred revenue and customer advances		4,210.2		4,285.3		+1.8%		4,423.1		-3.1%
Recurring free cash flow		158.6		19.2		-87.9%		957.7		-98.0%
EBITA margin (before share-based compensation) (%)		38.8%		27.7%		-11.1% pts		35.9%		-8.2%pts
Earnings per share, basic (HK$) (Notes 1 & 3)		10.6 cents		8.4 cents		-20.8%		9.4 cents		-10.6%
Earnings per share, diluted (HK$) (Notes 1 & 3)		10.5 cents		8.4 cents		-20.0%		9.4 cents		-10.6%

OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS		March 31, 2011		March 31, 2012		YoY Change		December 31, 2011		QoQ Change		Q1 2012 Net change
Registered users		65,034,254		79,786,659		+22.7%		76,332,163		+4.5%		3,454,496
International marketplace		19,723,404		27,341,926		+38.6%		25,517,089		+7.2%		1,824,837
China marketplace		45,310,850		52,444,733		+15.7%		50,815,074		+3.2%		1,629,659
Storefronts		8,847,072		10,314,802		+16.6%		10,023,832		+2.9%		290,970
International marketplace		1,777,292		2,354,756		+32.5%		2,235,416		+5.3%		119,340
China marketplace		7,069,780		7,960,046		+12.6%		7,788,416		+2.2%		171,630
Paying members (Note 2)		832,469		753,955		-9.4%		765,363		-1.5%		-11,408
China Gold Supplier		116,454		87,544		-24.8%		99,005		-11.6%		-11,461
Global Gold Supplier		9,549		7,641		-20.0%		7,558		+1.1%		83
China TrustPass		706,466		658,770		-6.8%		658,800		+0.0%		-30

Pakistan Will Tour To India In December 2012

Pakistan will tour India in December, giving their players (pictured here after the 2011 World Cup semi-final) a chance to renew friendships and rivalries. It will be great tour for friendly relations between both the countries. The Pakistan board has said that it has not sought a share of the revenue from the series in India later this year. Earlier this week, the two countries had agreed to a short limited-overs series in December, ending a five-year gap in bilateral relations.

Chinese New Year Celebration

 
Tonight, in a deafening blitz of pyrotechnics, more than a billion Chinese will ring in the new lunar year – the 4,710th of the Chinese calendar, if you're counting. But the festivities will run over the next 15 days until the first full moon, with ample opportunities for visitors to get in on the action at New Year (also known as Spring Festival) events across the mainland and Hong Kong.

Alibaba 3rd most visited Ecommerce Marketplace

 Alibaba 3rd most visited Ecommerce Marketplace on Internet

Great achievement for Alibaba.com. In recent study by comScore about online global retail and auctions sites discovered that reached the largest global audience. Alibaba.com with over 156 million visitors in June 2011 was ranked third. Almost 20.4 % of the worldwide Internet population visited alibaba.com.

Gian Fulgoni, comScore co-founder and chairman said "While retail e-commerce has already grown to become a $150+ billion annual industry in the U.S., it still presents enormous upside opportunity across much of the globe,"

"Technology has changed the way consumers behave, and increasingly they are opting for the convenience and pricing advantages offered by the online channel. Several global retail brands have already capitalized on this global consumer trend, and many other retailers are sure to pursue their share of the pie."

Select Retail and Auction Sites Ranked by Unique Visitors (000) June 2011 Total Worldwide Audience, Visitors Age 15+ – Home/Work Locations Source: comScore Media Metrix
	Total Unique Visitors (000)	% Reach
Total Internet : Total Audience	1,383,098	100.0%
Amazon Sites	282,233	20.4%
eBay	223,520	16.2%
Alibaba.com Corporation	156,780	11.3%
Apple.com Worldwide Sites	134,296	9.7%
Rakuten Inc	57,785	4.2%
Wal-Mart	44,650	3.2%
Hewlett Packard	38,491	2.8%
MercadoLibre	33,481	2.4%
Otto Gruppe	31,779	2.3%
Groupe PPR	31,686	2.3%

*Excludes visitation from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

Regional Audience Composition Analysis of Select Retail and Auction Sites June 2011 Total Worldwide Audience, Visitors Age 15+ – Home/Work Locations Source: comScore Media Metrix
	Percent Composition of Unique Visitors
	North America	Europe	Asia Pacific	Middle East – Africa	Latin America
Total Internet	14.9%	26.7%	41.1%	8.7%	8.6%
Amazon Sites	35.4%	31.8%	24.1%	4.5%	4.2%
eBay	34.6%	46.9%	11.7%	4.0%	2.8%
Alibaba.com Corporation	4.5%	5.3%	85.7%	2.5%	1.9%
Apple.com Worldwide Sites	32.0%	29.6%	24.9%	8.0%	5.6%
Rakuten Inc	5.3%	19.8%	72.7%	1.5%	0.7%
Wal-Mart	83.4%	8.9%	0.7%	0.5%	6.4%
Hewlett Packard	45.1%	26.4%	14.3%	6.7%	7.5%
MercadoLibre	1.7%	4.5%	0.4%	0.2%	93.3%
Otto Gruppe	4.3%	92.3%	1.0%	2.1%	0.2%
Groupe PPR	16.1%	74.4%	2.2%	4.7%	2.6%

*Excludes visitation from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

What Is Search Engine Marketing?

We can get some useful knowledge from this video regarding What is "Search Engine Marketing", and how to do "SEM"? 

Tradekey Strongest Weapon

Service Delivery is most strongest weapon of Tradekey. They have very energetic, talented, and experienced peoples. Who providing valuable services to their valuable customers. That's why Tradekey retained their 50% members. Which is very good retention ratio. Even Alibaba is unable to achieve 50% retention ratio. I think that's why they are fast growing company in B2B industry.

Alibaba 3rd most visited Ecommerce Marketplace on Internet

In recent study by comScore about online global retail and auctions sites discovered that reached the largest global audience. Alibaba.com with over 156 million visitors in June 2011 was ranked third. Almost 20.4 % of the worldwide Internet population visited alibaba.com.

Gian Fulgoni, comScore co-founder and chairman said "While retail e-commerce has already grown to become a $150+ billion annual industry in the U.S., it still presents enormous upside opportunity across much of the globe,"
"Technology has changed the way consumers behave, and increasingly they are opting for the convenience and pricing advantages offered by the online channel. Several global retail brands have already capitalized on this global consumer trend, and many other retailers are sure to pursue their share of the pie."

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Which One Is Better?

 



- Is why Alibaba still better than Tradekey?
- Is there any difference in sales pitching style between these two measure B2B plateforms?
- Can Alibaba understand Chinese peoples mentality batter than Tradekey?
- Why most of Chinese peoples preferred to go to the agent in China for Tradekey premium membership?
- Can anyone want to give answer the above questions?

Yahoo Sued Over Alibaba Payment Restructuring

News from Yahoo! Inc. regarding Alipay restructuring and getting misled by Alibaba Group caused Yahoo! Inc. to get sued by its shareholders.

The investors, in a complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco, claim that Yahoo! was failed to tell them by May 10, 2011 that its $1 billion investment in Alibaba was “severely impaired” by the transfer of the payment business, Alipay, to a closely held company controlled by Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma.

Yahoo management was informed no later than March 31 about the restructuring, which reduced the value of the company's investment in Alibaba by billions of dollars, according to the complaint.

According to the suit: Chinese regulations that precipitated the restructuring were anticipated in 2009, requiring “Yahoo or Alibaba to divest themselves of Alipay but Yahoo had failed to develop a strategy to recover the value it had in Alibaba,"

Alibaba in response had said in July 29, 2011 that its two biggest shareholders, Yahoo and Softbank Corp. (9984), Japan's third-biggest mobile carrier, agreed to a compensation deal that may result in Alibaba receiving as much as $6 billion from Alipay. The agreement ended a four-month dispute between Alibaba, China's biggest e-commerce company, and foreign shareholders over the spinoff of Alipay.

Yahoo said previously that the sale of the online payment business to Jack Ma's company last year lacked the approval of the board and was only disclosed to investors in March 2011.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Twin City Pipe Trades Service Association based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Dana Lengkeek, a Yahoo spokeswoman, had no immediate comment on August 8, 2011.

The case is Twin City Pipe Trades Pension v. Yahoo! Inc., 11-03870, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).

zulfiqar mirza unsensible statement. 13th july 2011 By Syed

Pakistan Peoples Party Senior Minister Zulfiqar Mirza.

Very irresponsible statement by zulfiqar mirza. 

Mozilla Firefox 5

Mozilla Firefox 5 released and it is available for download after three month of Firefox 4, Firefox 5 is faster than Firefox 4, New release have fixed some bugs, and some new features.Also more exciting. Users can feel more comfortable.

Here is a list of some new features .

• Support for CSS animations
• Better visibility for the Do-Not-Track header preference
• Improved canvas and JavaScript support
• Better standards support for canvas, HTML5, XHR, MathML and SMIL
• Better tuned HTTP idle connection logic

You can download it via following link:
Download Firefox 5

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Harry potter final part (version 2) will be release on July 15th 2011, So let's count down start my friends...

Here you can watch the trailer of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Final Version).

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Trailer

Alibaba Group Launch Mobile Operating System (OS) In Q3

China’s top e-commerce group Alibaba Group is preparing to launch a mobile operating system in the third quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Is Alibaba unbeatable for their competitors?

The mobile operating system, to be developed by Alibaba’s cloud computing unit, will also provide mobile applications, the paper said quoting an unnamed source close to the matter.

An Alibaba Group spokesman declined to comment.

Chinese Internet firms have expanded their mobile presence by developing operating systems, games and applications to tap the high growth of the segment.

China’s top search engine Baidu is also developing its own mobile operating system based on Google’s Android platform, local media reported recently.

How to get high Google Pagerank

If anybody want to get high Google Pagerank, Then they should follow the following tricks.
Everyone knows that if your website has a high Google Pagerank, you have all chances to reach good search engine positions, to get serious partners, or simply get more money selling text links.
But how to get a high Pagerank? (Let's clarify: saying ‘high Pagerank', we mean at least PR6)
Of course there are many different ways. You may start exchanging links with PR1-2 websites, then with PR2-3, then with PR3-4 etc… and after a year of this madness you'll probably get a result. But till that time, your mailbox will burst from tons of “link exchange proposals” and your website will look more like a free-for-all directory. Or you may start writing articles adding your website URL in the bottom, but not everyone can do this, and it'll also require many months of efforts.
But here's the better way!
There are many websites with strong search engine positions and high Pagerank, where you can buy text links for a certain fee. Depending on the strength of a website and the value of its links, it may cost from $10 to $3000 (and more) for a ROS (run-of-site) text link. Everything will depend on your budget and goals. If your goal is PR6 - it may cost for example $200 per month to reach it. Yes, it's not cheap, but it's only the first step…
So, you go ahead and buy the link(s); and after the next Pagerank update (generally once a month), you get your fair PR6 (let's suppose that it takes 1 month and $200).
During the second month you need to hurry up, and to organize several link exchange campaigns with other PR6 (or even PR7) websites. Remember: you're not a newbie any more - you're “PR6 website”.
3-5 campaigns should be enough. This month will also cost you $200… BUT… after the end of the month, when you have several working link exchange campaigns, you simply stop buying text links and wait for the next update.
If you made everything correctly, you will not loose your Pagerank (maybe even increase it).
So here's the simple way to reach PR6 for quite reasonable price. Or course $400 may be a big amount for a young webmaster or a newbie. But it'll save you from many months of exhausting work, from headaches; and it'll save your time. Finally, you'll also be able to sell your own text links in order to return your investments.
Good luck.

Sharmila Farooqi With Mubasshir Luqman

Nine zero phones disconnected by the Govt.

Is there any plan to attack on nine zero by Zulfiqar Mirza?
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Anees Qaimkhani has said that they are sons of Sindh soil and warned the government not to marginalize MQM otherwise the former do not complain tomorrow, Geo News reported.
Addressing a hurriedly called press conference at MQM headquarter Nine Zero (90), Anees Advocate said MQM in a press conference on Sunday rejected commissionerate system and after that landline telephones were disconnected.
MQM leader alleged that Mirza held meeting with Afaq Ahmed and planned to attack Nine zero with the help of terrorists of People’s Aman Committee.
He said this is not 92 or 95, it is 2011. He warned all PPP leaders and President Asif Ali Zardari for dire consequences if Nine zero attacked.
Anees said one PPP leader denies Mirza’s meeting with Afaq while other accept it.
He said now media and judiciary is independent today. He demanded of the CJP to take suo moto notice of disconnection of telephone lines of Nine zero as well. Conspiracy is being hatched against Sindh and Pakistan, he added.
Anees Qaimkhani asked for acceptance of resignation of MQM minister and said that PPP government should handle MQM democratically.

Is Tradekey & Alibaba Have Limited Buyers

Real buyers are the real problem of world's largest B2B portals, like Alibaba, Tradekey
There have lots of buyers are inactive. They are not using these portals for buy any product. It is the problem for sellers too, How to find real buyers.

36 suspects Arrested by China Polic Over Alibaba Fraud Case

China Police taken an brilliant action against the scammers.
36 suspects have been arrested in China for allegedly operating scams that netted US$6.6 million from customers of B2B websites like Alibaba.com, Tradekey.com, etc...

The arrested suspects operated by pretending to be legitimate suppliers on Alibaba.com. The arrests were made in the Putian, Chinese in April 2011, but were only disclosed on Wednesday at a news conference held by Alibaba and Hangzhou's public security bureau.

Buyers either did not get the products ordered while payments had been made to sellers or either they recieved totaly different or lower quality product. In past few years since online B2B marketplaces developed rapidly it had become a norm for buyers to get scammed.

As per the statement issued from Alibaba Hanzhou, the suspects used Alibaba.com and others websites to scam customers. Names of other websites has not been issued by Chinese police yet.

Alibaba took action against 36 suspects who were allegedly seen involved in fraud cases that had threatened to damage the reputation of Alibaba.com. In February, company took a bold step and revealed 2,326 suppliers on the alibaba.com website who had been engaged in scams against overseas buyers from 2009 to 2010. The fraud was so extensive that 100 sales people, along with several supervisors and sales managers were found responsible for allowing the crimes to evade detection.

Alibaba.com, and its parent company Alibaba Group, have sought to reassure customers of the site's safety. Alibaba.com's CEO and COO both resigned in response to the fraud cases, while employees involved with the fraud were terminated. Alibaba has also paid $1.94 million to compensate buyers who were victims on the fraud.

The 36 suspects, however, were only responsible for part of the fraudulent transactions committed on Alibaba.com, said Chan. The company has been assisting Chinese police to track down other suspects involved with e-commerce scams.

Following the disclosure of the fraud cases, Alibaba.com has taken new measures to prevent scams from taking place. Since February, the number of fraud complaints received monthly by Alibaba.com has declined 70 percent, according to the company.