The document discusses major e-commerce marketplaces in Asia and the US. For Asia, it lists 10 marketplaces including Taobao and Flipkart in China and India respectively, and provides details on their business models, founders, funding, and operations. For the US, it lists the top 10 online retailers by estimated monthly website traffic, led by Amazon, Walmart, and eBay. It also briefly lists the top 10 European e-commerce sites.

1. Topic of Assignment: E-commerce marketplaces
Submitted To: Sir Farhan
Submission Date: 28-10-2020.
E-commerce places in Asia
1) Taobao (China)

2. Business Model: C2C (consumer-to-consumer) ecommerce marketplace
Founded: 2003, Hangzhou, China
Founder: Jack Ma (Alibaba Group)
Operation: China (Delivery: global)
Funding: N/A – Subsidiary of Alibaba Group, an IPO with market cap of US$201.7 billion
2) Flipkart (India)
Business model: Ecommerce marketplace
Founded: 2007, Bangalore, India
Founders: Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal
Operation: India
Funding: US$3.15 Billion
3) Alibaba.com (China)

3. Business model: B2B (business-to-business) ecommerce marketplace
Founded: 1999, Hangzhou, China
Founder: Jack Ma
Operation: Worldwide
Funding: N/A – Subsidiary of Alibaba Group
4) Snapdeal (India)
Business Model: Ecommerce marketplace
Founded: 2010, New Delhi, India
Founder: Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal
Operation: India
Funding: US$1.9 Billion
5) Didi Kuaidi (China)
Business Model: Online taxi-hailing service
Founded: Formed in 2015 with the merger of Didi Dache (2012 in Beijing) & Kuaidi Dache
(2012 in Hangzhou)
Founder: Cheng Wei (Didi Dache); Joe Lee, Cheng Wen (Kuaidi Dache)

4. Operation: China
Funding: US$4.42 billion
6) Rakuten (Japan)
Business Model: Electronic ecommerce marketplace
Founded: 1997, Tokyo, Japan
Founder: Hiroshi Mikitani
Operation: Japan; worldwide through acquisitions
Funding: An IPO with market cap of US$24.7 billion
7) Coupang (South Korea)
Business model: Ecommerce marketplace + daily deals platform
Founded: 2010, Seoul, South Korea
Founder: Bom Kim
Operation: South Korea
Funding: US$1.42 billion
8) Lazada (Southeast Asia)

5. Business Model: Ecommerce marketplace
Founded: 2012
Founders: Alexander Samwer, Marc Samwer, Oliver Samwer
Operation: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Funding: US$710.37 million
9) GrabTaxi (Southeast Asia)
Business Model: Taxi booking app
Founded: 2012, Malaysia (Headquarters: Singapore)
Founders: Anthony Tan, Tan Hooi Ling
Operation: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Funding: US$680 Million
10)Meituan (China)
Business Model: Daily deal website
Founded: 2010, Beijing, China
Founders: Wang Xing
Operation: China
Funding: US$1.07 billion

6. E-commerce markets in US
1) . Lowe’s
Website: lowes.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 70 Million visits
2) Macy’s
3) Wayfair
Website: wayfair.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 77.7 Million visits

7. 4) Best Buy
Website: bestbuy.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 92.4 Million visits
5) Target
Website: target.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 128 Million visits
6) Home Depot
Website: homedepot.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 129.5 Million visits

8. 7) Etsy
Website: etsy.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 222.5 Million visits
8) Walmart
Website: walmart.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 294.5 Million visits
9) eBay
Website: ebay.com – Estimated monthly traffic: 746.5 Million visits

9. 10) Amazon
E-commerce markets in Europe
1) Allegro
URL; www.allegro.pl
2) Asos
3) Cdiscount

10. URL; www.cdiscount.com
4) Emag
www.emag.com
5) Flubit
6) Fruugo

11. 7) Mobile.de
URL; www.mobile.de
8) OnBuy
9) OTTO
10) Real.de