This document provides an overview of Alibaba and its main products and business model. It summarizes that Alibaba operates B2B marketplace Alibaba.com, consumer marketplace Taobao.com, and business-to-consumer platform Tmall.com. It earns most of its revenue from commerce through sales cuts and fees. The document also briefly outlines Alibaba's history of founding in 1999 and strategic growth since through new products and a 2014 IPO that became the largest in history.

1. William Zhang (bwzhang)

2. Main Products

3. Alibaba.com
● Business to business marketplace
● Handles sales in ~200 countries
● Connect exporters with importers

4. Taobao.com
● Consumer to consumer platform
● Similar to eBay
● 3rd most visited site in China

5. Tmall.com
● Business to consumer platform
● Connect brand names to consumers
● 4th most visited site in China

6. Other Products

7. Financial Info

8. Business Model
● Most revenue from commerce - 87%
● Alibaba.com - cut of sales
● Taobao.com - advertisements
● Tmall.com - merchant fee, cut of sales

9. History
● 1999: Founded by Jack Ma and 17 others
● 2002: Alibaba is cash flow positive
● 2003-2014: Launching of various products(Taobao, Alipay, Tmall, Aliyun,
etc.)
● 2005 - Strategic partnership with Yahoo
● 2014 - IPO in US. Becomes largest IPO in history, $25 billion

10. Hot / Secret Sauce
● Right place, right time
● Tailor products to China
● Solely act as middleman

11. Competition
Market share of B2C and C2C shopping in China

12. Future Outlook
● Established and still growing
● Dominant hold in Chinese market
● Still researching and pursuing new ventures
Success in the future? Yes

13. Questions?