Report outlines online shopping habits of Chinese market

Chinese online shoppers are increasingly buying products on overseas sites, says new research from Taobao.

Chinese online shoppers are increasingly buying products on overseas sites, says new research from Taobao.

Chinese Internet shoppers have expanded their overseas shopping options to more than 100 countries and regions in the past decade. According to the report, the US, Japan and South Korea are the favorites (based on trade volume and value) followed by Hong Kong, Germany, France, Taiwan, Australia, the UK and Denmark.

According to the study, new online consumers prefer cosmetics while experienced buyers favour food products. A metadata analysis in the report showed that mothers are the most active shoppers, taking almost half of the top hottest products purchased online abroad, which include baby formula and mother and baby products.

The study further showed that Shanghai ranked number one with a 12% share of total online shopping volumes in the past 10 years, followed closely by Beijing with 11 percent, then by Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Nanjing, Wuhan, Tianjin and Suzhou, in descending order.

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