Email Service Notes 17th November (Tony)

Did you purchase anything online on 11.11? I did. I’ve been shopping on Taobao for 7 years on and off. As one of the beginning online shopping malls, Taobao is the most successful one. However, it was unknown one decade ago when e-commerce was still a newborn industry .

Back then, there were only so many shops whose merchandise was limited to clothes and textiles. But now, there are millions of shops who sell everything you can imagine, or some things you can’t. It was far-fetched that a trade could go smoothly without the seller and the buyer seeing each other. But now, purchasing online has turned into a part of Chinese people’s daily routine. With benefits such as low prices, convenience and free shipping.

At the beginning, when Ma Yun and his team established Alibaba, people thought they were day-dreaming. However, these dreamers moved heaven and earth to achieve their dream of changing the way people live. On top of that, what makes them more admirable is when people think they are already at their peak, they are going the extra mile to reach even higher.