While this may sound like great news to US #merchants, this is barely worth mentioning in #China.
That’s because nobody shops in independent stores in China. Sure, private traffic is a buzzword. But over 70% of all ecommerce happens on just Tmall & JD alone. It’s rare for people to shop on independent sites.
It would be great if #Shopify merchants could just plug into Tmall and run everything using Shopify’s existing system & processes.
But there is no passive way to participate in Tmall. Maintenance #costs & set up fees are high compared to the US. Promotional events play a major role in every store and require active involvement of a Tmall marketing & operations team.
Despite that, a direct Tmall-Shopify #partnership could open the floodgates to Tmall Global.
Do you think #Alibaba will ever open up to allow such an #integration?