1. The positioning of the platforms is different.

1688 TrustPass is positioned as a wholesale market, which is professionally called B2B; Taobao is positioned as a retail market, which is B2C or C2C.

2. The main bodies of the shops are different. Because of the different positioning, most of the merchants who open shops on 1688 TrustPass are manufacturers, and of course there are also some dealers; but relatively speaking, manufacturers are more likely to survive, because most of the wholesale market is large items, and it is difficult for manufacturers to take these orders; of course, imported goods are mainly dealers, traders, and agents; at the same time, it is not ruled out that many small dealers are doing it; but most of the ones I know do not make much money, because the price is not as good as those of the source manufacturers. The main body of Tmall is mostly e-commerce companies, such as Han Du Yishe and Three Squirrels; Taobao is mainly dominated by individual traders, and especially low-level Taobao stores are basically part-time dropshipping stores.

3. Different sales forms. Because Chengxintong is a wholesale market, most of them use interval prices, which are priced by quantity. Normally, the minimum order price of one or two pieces is similar to the retail price. Then, in the next two intervals, the higher the minimum order quantity, the closer it is to the ex-factory price. At that time, Taobao and Tmall basically all had retail prices. Of course, it is not ruled out that many merchants do loss-making promotions, which is profitable, but these products are normally defective or tail products, and the quality may be worse than the genuine products.

4. From the source of the product, the source of 1688 Chengxintong stores is basically based on direct sales by manufacturers or general agents; while the source of Taobao is mainly to find factories for processing, distribution, and one-piece delivery. In particular, small sellers basically look for wholesale markets to do one-piece delivery, and the source of one-piece delivery is basically from 1688 Chengxintong stores. To put it bluntly, 1688 Chengxintong stores are the upstream source of Taobao, and Taobao is a distribution channel for Chengxintong 1688.

For example:

(1) You go to Taobao and search for a keyword, then find the product you want and get the link, just like the link I got for a product below