Buying things on Amazon’s e-commerce platform is not necessarily cheaper than on Taobao. Amazon is now the world’s largest e-commerce platform, and the richness of its products is also very impressive. However, the distribution model of Amazon’s products in mainland China is changing. Most of them used to be self-operated. Due to changes in operating costs and business concepts, most of the Amazon platform is now third-party e-commerce. And there is a considerable overlap between these e-commerce companies and Taobao Tmall and JD.com. Many e-commerce companies keep the same prices on major platforms.

Amazon’s price discounts and promotion methods are also relatively rigid, not as flexible as Taobao, so it is not necessarily that Amazon’s items are cheaper than Taobao.