🆚 Shopee vs. Taobao

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Online marketplace
Online marketplace

About

Shopee is a Singapore-based online marketplace that connects buyers and sellers through a mobile-first platform widely used across Southeast Asia.

It supports consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales, in-app payments via ShopeePay, integrated logistics with cross-border shipping, buyer protection and escrow-style payments, and localized storefronts adapted to multiple regional markets.

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

Singapore
Hangzhou, China

Website

Categories

Marketplaces › Rank #7
Marketplaces › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Taobao marketplace is as popular as Shopee.
Total websites

Market share

Marketplaces

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Taobao is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States, while Shopee is more popular in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand.
China
Indonesia
Vietnam
Thailand
Hong Kong
Taiwan
United States
Malaysia
Singapore
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Taobao is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and portal sites, while Shopee is more commonly used on online shopping, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Portal Sites
Education/Reference
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Software/Hardware
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#1,102
#1,241
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Rank
#1,233
#1,704
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See also

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