Selling Clothing Buttons Online Can Really Make Some Good Money

Randy Cheung, May 7, 2013 6:12 AM, 209 views, Got something to say ?,

A Hong Kong-based e-commerce site selling buttons has turned a profit in its first year, selling over 15,000 China-made buttons to US clients. “Lots of Buttons” was established by a US-born Hong Kong resident, after he found that the niche selling buttons to the US could quickly lead to profits as high as 70 percent a year, which is significantly more than establishing a clothing company. The site went online in June last year, the operation focuses on handicraft stores and small US garment factories, which are unlikely to visit China for their small volume of button purchases, and therefore cannot establish long-term deals with Chinese button factories. Polo Ralph Lauren recently became a new client of Lots of Buttons after it placed orders for its new designs …

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The Return of Alibaba’s Aliyun Operating System to Compete with Android

Star Chang, Apr 19, 2013 3:23 AM, 836 views, 1 Comment »,

AliCloud, the subsidiary of China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba, has staged a comeback by unveiling an upgraded version of its smartphone operating system and a strategic alliance with several local smartphone vendors. Last year, Acer abruptly cancelled a new smartphone launch which the phone was running the Aliyun OS, in response to threats from Google. The search giant said Aliyun OS is a “non-compatible version of Android.” Google expects Acer to build one Android ecosystem — not a incompatible versions. This week, AliCloud launched a slightly revamped version of Aliyun OS in China, and invited telecom operators and software developers to build product or services on top of it. The company promises to share all the possible revenues with all third parties. It will also invest a total of one billion yuan (US$161 million) as income shares to encourage app developers to work on Aliyun platform. Alibaba is pushing its Linux-based mobile operating system to become the “Android of China” and provide another option for smartphone makers …

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Chinese Shopping Website to Compensate Over US$70,000 for Selling Returned iPhones

Star Chang, Mar 24, 2013 12:50 AM, 430 views, Got something to say ?,

A Chinese shopping website has to compensate two customer US$76,950 for reselling iPhones that were returned for defects. The website, Dangdang.com, had sold twenty iPhone 4 to two Beijing man surnamed Chen and Song last August at 4,850 yuan (US$780) per phone. The two man suspected the iPhones were not genuine because of the color of the packaging, so they sent all their goods to Apple for verification. After checking, nineteen of the phones were verified as returned defective unit, while the serial number of another could not be located in Apple’s database, suggesting a fake. Chen and Song initially contacted Dangdang for compensation but their request was denied, though the company agreed to refund them if they could provide Apple’s test reports as proof …

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Microsoft Taps Popular China Shopping Site to Push More Windows Phone and Tablet

Randy Cheung, Mar 19, 2013 6:10 PM, 310 views, Got something to say ?,

After launching its own Chinese online store last year, Microsoft has opted to partner with popular Chinese seller Tmall to launch another online store in the region. The new partnership will see over 50 products made available on Microsoft’s Tmall store, including Surface, Office, Windows Phone, and other hardware and accessories. Tmall is ran by Alibaba.com, the country most influential e-commerce company. The business-to-consumer shopping site handles goods for more than 50,000 merchants, including major brands like Dell, Lenovo and Samsung. Tmall is a popular destination for Chinese consumers. The significant move is expected to help boost Windows Phone sales in Chinese market, as well as Microsoft’s new Surface tablet. Surface RT has been reportedly off to a slow start worldwide, the market share amounted to only 1 percent in China market, and Nokia couldn’t deliver enough Windows Phone device for Chinese customer. Right now, Android Handsets dominate in China, while Apple maintains its niche in the high-end segment, leaving only little room for Windows-based phones. We’re just hoping the additional online outlets can help to increase Microsoft’s prospects in China.

So Much News in China… #074

Star Chang, Mar 11, 2013 11:06 AM, 343 views, Got something to say ?,

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories onSmart TV’s user habit in China, Alibaba’s online shopping credit, China better internet infrastructure and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a tourism video of Dongguan city telling the world they are not “Dickensian Factory City”… Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.

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Chinese Authorities Concern Too Much China’s Smartphones Run Google’s Android

Star Chang, Mar 6, 2013 5:44 PM, 505 views, 1 Comment »,

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Google has too much control over China’s smartphone industry via its Android OS, and the communist believe they had the ability to create its own mobile operating system. The authorities are not so happy while the core technology and roadmap is strictly controlled by Google. They are having a report saying Google had discriminated against some Chinese companies developing their operating systems by delaying the sharing of codes. Google had also used commercial agreements to restrain the business development of mobile devices of these companies …

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So Much News in China… #068

Star Chang, Jan 21, 2013 9:48 AM, 296 views, Got something to say ?,

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news we have left behind because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on Lenovo’s success, Alibaba CEO resigning, Chinese brands at CES and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: Dealing with Beijing pollution … Hope everyone will have a fresh start to your week.

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Chinese Elderly Becomes New Target Customer for Online Shopping

Oska Lee, Jan 1, 2013 5:44 PM, 323 views, Got something to say ?,

Shopping online is not only a pronoun for young group in China, but also for the elderly. The data from Alibaba.com, the leading e-commerce company in China, showed that nearly 5 millions of elderly people over the age of 50 began online shopping during the year of 2012. Female shoppers outnumber men. Seniors in Shanghai appear to be the most active in the nation, accounting for about 10 percent of the total population, with Beijing coming next. Apparel tops are the most popular item for senior online shoppers. Nearly 9 million items of clothing have been purchased on Taobao, the country’s largest online shopping bazaar, in 2012 …

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Watch: Online Herb Shop Helps Poor Farmers in China Earn Extra Income

Star Chang, Dec 31, 2012 9:47 PM, 201 views, Got something to say ?,

Despite China’s economic rise, one-third of the country’s 1.3 billion people live as poor farmers. A handful of entrepreneurs believe the Internet can make a difference in their lives. By introducing e-commerce to rural China, farmers can access to wider markets and higher prices for their produce. At the Taihang mountains in China’s Henan province, in spite of the absence of computers, cellphone towers or fiber-optic cables, a farmer’s son has founded an online shop that sells natural plants and medicinal herbs, which gathered from the mountain villagers. Taobao, the country’s largest online marketplace, indicates there are several hundred thousand rural Chinese selling online. The online business now allow farmers to do what they have never been able to do before …

Vocational School Teaches Chinese Students to Become Online Retailers

Kevin Chen, Oct 24, 2012 9:10 AM, 753 views, Got something to say ?,

A vocational school in China offers speical course which trains students to become online business owners by setting shop on the consumer e-commerce site, Taobao Marketplace. It says one of the graduates currently has an annual turnover of 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million). The first batch of students graduated in June from the Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, located in the Zhejiang province, eastern China. Yiwu is the place well-known as the ‘China Commodity City’, where it is the largest small commodity wholesale market in the world. With huge geographic advantage, the school has been the focus since it launched its entrepreneurial classes three years ago …

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