Online selling narratives controversy

"Taobao is the platform, do not sell their own goods, as a platform to welcome partners to join." "Taobao 29th response to the economic reference newspaper reporter on the" Online sale of drugs, "said. But Jingdong Mall for whether to carry out "online drug sales" business, as of 29th 22 o'clock has not yet replied.

June 25, Alipay announced cooperation with China Soft International, the two sides will expand the mobile payment business together in the pharmaceutical industry. Through cooperation, Alipay purse will be connected to hundreds of thousands of pharmacies in the country in the future, providing mobile payment services for consumers to purchase medicines. This prompted the industry to "Taobao ready to sell drugs on the internet," the opposition. Taobao, Jingdong Mall They both have a strong flow and data advantages, third-party sales of drugs will bring monopoly and the risk of runaway data. Said one industry insider.

"Online sales of drugs on the threshold of high, profit in the Taobao product is not high, so Mr Ma has not been looking at this business." Moreover, the sale of drugs on the internet required a very short delivery time, this is the general Third-party logistics companies do not do things. Taobao if you want to do online drug sales business, it is necessary to cooperate with the retail entity pharmacies. "A senior executive at a physical pharmacy told reporters. (Zengliangliang Hou Yunlong)