Costco Settled In Tmall Overseas Purchasing Seller Days

For consumers, they can buy overseas products at a low price, but for some small Taobao sellers, their purchase orders are directly affected.

The second largest retailer in the United States is in Tmall international.

As the originator of the chain store retailer, Costco already has 72 million members, the second largest retailer in the United States and the seventh largest retailer in the world.

Reporters understand that Costco is a member supermarket in the United States, but there is no restriction on membership on Tmall. It was originally purchased for members only, and can be purchased on Tmall international.

Jim Murphy, global executive vice president of Costco, said: "facing the growing consumer demand of Chinese consumers for imported goods, Costco sees and is optimistic about the huge growth potential of the Chinese consumer market at present and in the future."

It has been revealed that both sides initially contacted with the intention of reaching cooperation and then went to the official flagship store of Tmall, which took only a few months.

Costco hopes to find a quick cut through the Tmall international to develop China's consumer market.

Alibaba group COO Zhang Yong believes that "Tmall international innovation business mode, order information, payment information, logistics information and customs clearance of China customs inspection electronic port, so that with the support of the Chinese government, expand the cross-border retail import of consumer goods, and give consumers better cross-border shopping experience."

The days of sellers buying overseas are sad.

Costco after Tmall international set up flagship store, food and health products and other advantages will enter the Chinese market.

The reporter opened Costco's website on Tmall international, and now its products are mainly health care, beauty, baby products, snack foods and home life.

In terms of price, Costco has obvious advantages.

For example, a Kirkland Signature cokland deep sea fish oil soft capsule with a size of 1200 mg / 180 is priced at 89 yuan at Costco Tmall international official flagship store, which is almost half the price of this kind of health product with the same quality specifications. It is also the lowest price of Costco in China's whole network channel, which is more favorable than Taobao purchase and all other formal import channels.

Many snacks are still products.

For example, a 1130 gram of the synthetic nut is prepaid in the form of 25 yuan prepaid deposit.

Miss Wan, who is always preparing nuts for her family, said: "this amount of nuts is really very affordable if only 125 yuan. If you usually buy such a product at the usual time, it is estimated that the postage has already spent more than half."

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Tmall, some of the sellers who buy overseas products on Taobao platform are anxious.

Lucy, who specializes in purchasing American daily necessities for the buyer, told reporters: "we usually buy directly in the US stores. If the US retailers directly access Tmall, the price is definitely the cheapest in the whole network. For some vendors who are just beginning or have no price advantage in their own channels, the impact will be relatively large, and some may even withdraw from this business."

However, Lucy feels that the problem is not very big for the big sellers who have good credit and do better. "After all, there are all kinds of purchasing products. Costco is not going to pick up products on Tmall's shelves. As long as the product does not crash, there is still business to do."