The main overseas e-commerce platforms are:

(1) Amazon

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the largest online e-commerce company in the United States, located in Seattle, Washington. It is one of the earliest companies to start e-commerce on the Internet. Amazon was founded in 1995. At the beginning, it only operated online book sales business. Now it has expanded to a wide range of other products. It has become the world's largest online retailer with the most product varieties and the world's second largest Internet company. Under the company's name, it also includes subsidiaries such as AlexaInternet, a9, lab126, and the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

(2) eBay

eBay (EBAY, Chinese: Electronic Bay, eBay, Yibei) is an online auction and shopping website that allows people around the world to buy and sell items online. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar on September 4, 1995 in San Jose, California under the name of Auctionweb. People can sell goods online on eBay.

(3) AliExpress

AliExpress was officially launched in April 2010. It is the only online trading platform under Alibaba that is designed for the global market. It is called the "international version of Taobao" by many sellers. AliExpress targets overseas buyers, conducts guaranteed transactions through Alipay international accounts, and uses international express delivery. It is the world's third largest English online shopping website.

(4) Paytm

Paytm is India's largest mobile payment and business platform. Paytm currently operates a variety of products online, including mobile phones and their accessories, electronic products, men's and women's fashion, baby toys, kitchenware, etc. At present, the number of active users on its platform has reached 130 million, and the transaction volume of goods has reached US$3.5 billion.

On September 29, 2015, Alibaba and Paytm issued a joint statement announcing that Alibaba Group and its financial subsidiary Ant Financial will inject new funds into Paytm.

(5) Newegg

Founded in 2001, Newegg is headquartered in Southern California, USA. Its website mainly sells 3C products such as computers, consumer electronics, and communications online. In the United States, it sells up to 55,000 kinds of goods, making it one of the largest IT digital online retailers in the country.

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Introduction to e-commerce platforms

E-commerce platforms are platforms that provide online transaction negotiations for enterprises or individuals. Enterprise e-commerce platforms are virtual network spaces for business activities established on the Internet and management environments that ensure the smooth operation of business. They are important places for coordinating and integrating the orderly, related, and efficient flow of information, goods, and funds. Enterprises and merchants can make full use of the shared resources such as network infrastructure, payment platforms, security platforms, and management platforms provided by e-commerce platforms to effectively and cost-effectively carry out their own business activities.