🆚 eBay vs. Taobao

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Online marketplace
Online marketplace

About

eBay is a global online marketplace where individuals and businesses sell goods and services via auctions and fixed-price listings.

It offers a choice of listing formats, including auctions and buy-it-now, buyer and seller protections, including refund and dispute handling, and integrated payments that accept cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other local options.

Taobao is a Chinese online consumer-to-consumer e-commerce marketplace where individual sellers and small businesses list a massive assortment of products for buyers to browse and purchase.

It hosts over a billion product listings across diverse categories, integrates personalized recommendations, live-stream shopping, user reviews and direct seller communication, and leverages Alipay payments with buyer protection.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States
Hangzhou, China

Website

Categories

Marketplaces › Rank #4
Marketplaces › Rank #6
Classified Ads › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The eBay marketplace is 1.7 times more popular than Taobao.
Total websites

Market share

Marketplaces

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

eBay is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Taobao is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.
China
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Hong Kong
Australia
Italy
Indonesia
Canada
France

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

eBay is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Taobao is more commonly used on education and reference sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Portal Sites
Internet Services
Software/Hardware
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Motor Vehicles

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#405
#558
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Rank
#1,233
#1,704
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See also

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