Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Taobao
The 20 closest online marketplace alternatives to Taobao, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Taobao? The closest matches are AliExpress, Alibaba Group and Temu. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 13 ms
01 · Entity
About Taobao
Taobao taobao.com
淘宝
淘宝网 - 亚洲较大的网上交易平台,提供各类服饰、美容、家居、数码、话费/点卡充值… 数亿优质商品,同时提供担保交易(先收货后付款)等安全交易保障服务,并由商家提供退货承诺、破损补寄等消费者保障服务,让你安心享受网上购物乐趣!
Wikidata: Chinese website for online shopping
Summary by Claude
Taobao is a Chinese online marketplace owned by Alibaba where merchants and individuals sell clothing, beauty products, home goods, electronics, phone top-ups and many other items to consumers, with escrow-style payment and buyer protection services.
- Who it’s for
- Online shoppers in China
- Business model
- Merchant advertising and transaction fees
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Taobao’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Taobao
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Taobao, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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AliExpress German - Kaufen Sie günstig qualitativ hochwertige Produkte aus chinesischen Shops online - DE.AliExpress
Leidenschaft sollte nicht ein Vermögen kosten. Auf AliExpress finden Sie über 111 Millionen hochwertige Angebote in den Kategorien Mode, Accessoires, Computerelektronik, Spielzeug, Werkzeug, Heimwerkerbedarf, Schönheits- und Gesundheitsartikel, Haushaltsgeräte, Heim & Garten und vieles mehr! Dropshipping Erfahrungen zeigen, wie Sie chinesische Shops Online entdecken und Produkte Finden. Mit Rabattcode sparen mehr!
Very close cos 0.932 - 02
Alibaba.com: Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace
Find quality Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters, Importers, Buyers, Wholesalers, Products and Trade Leads from our award-winning International Trade Site. Import & Export on alibaba.com
Very close cos 0.929 - 03
Chinese online marketplace owned by PDD Holdings
Very close cos 0.920 - 04 1688.com Top 10K
阿里1688首页
阿里巴巴(1688.com)是全球企业间(B2B)电子商务的著名品牌,为数千万网商提供海量商机信息和便捷安全的在线交易市场,也是商人们以商会友、真实互动的社区平台。目前1688.com已覆盖原材料、工业品、服装服饰、家居百货、小商品等12个行业大类,提供从原料--生产--加工--现货等一系列的供应产品和服务
Very close cos 0.918 - 05
Singaporean e-commerce company
Very close cos 0.914 - 06
京东全球版-专业的综合网上购物商城
京东全球版-专业的综合网上购物商城,为您提供正品低价的购物选择、优质便捷的服务体验。商品来自全球数十万品牌商家,囊括家电、手机、计算机、服装、居家、母婴、美妆、个护、食品等丰富品类,满足各种购物需求。香港的用户支持自提、京东集运和国际卡支付,现时已覆盖香港、澳门、台湾、新加坡、马来西亚、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和日本等海外200多个国家和地区。
Very close cos 0.901 - 07 Very close cos 0.896
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Latvian e-commerce marketplace and mobile app
Very close cos 0.897 - 09
e-commerce platform
Very close cos 0.898 - 10
Error Page | eBay
American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com
Very close cos 0.897 - 11
Mercado Libre - Envíos Gratis en el día
Compre productos con Envío Gratis en el día en Mercado Libre. Encuentre miles de marcas y productos a precios increíbles.
Very close cos 0.896 - 12
Made-in-China.com - Manufacturers, Suppliers & Products in China
Source quality products Made in China. Find reliable China Suppliers, Manufacturers, Factories, Wholesalers & Exporters on the leading B2B e-commerce website Made-in-China.com.
Close cos 0.894 - 13
优酷-热门独播剧集综艺电影在线观看-为好内容全力以赴
优酷视频是中国领先的在线视频平台,提供海量正版高清电视剧、电影、综艺、动漫、纪录片等视频内容,独家热播剧集实时更新,畅享流畅观影体验。
Close cos 0.893 - 14
etsy.com
American e-commerce company
Close cos 0.893 - 15
Best Free Online Dating Site & App - Friends, Chat, Flirt | Badoo
Join Badoo’s community - the best free online dating app. Chat before you match, meet & date people in your area or make new friends from all over the world.
Close cos 0.887 - 16
Pinduoduo - Together, More Savings, More Fun
Pinduoduo - Together, More Savings, More Fun
Close cos 0.887 - 17
Indonesian e-commerce company
Close cos 0.890 - 18
Wish | Shop and Save
Discover affordable items for your home and life needs. Enjoy our money back guarantee, frequent discounts, flat rate shipping (select markets), and more.
Close cos 0.890 - 19
蘑菇街
蘑菇街是女生专属的一站式消费平台。这里有上万个精通购物和穿搭的时尚达人,每天在直播间里推荐当季值得买的时尚好物、限时折扣的品牌商品以及源自工厂的性价比好货。蘑菇街的商品均由平台官方审核供应商资质和品质,让消费者轻松享受变美体验。
Close cos 0.886 - 20
支付宝
支付宝,全球领先的独立第三方支付平台,致力于为广大用户提供安全快速的电子支付/网上支付/安全支付/手机支付体验,及转账收款/水电煤缴费/信用卡还款/AA收款等生活服务应用。
Close cos 0.884
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to taobao.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Taobao uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Taobao is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- React asset https://g.alicdn.com/code/lib/??react/18.2.0/umd/react.production.min.js,react-dom/18.2.0…
- Web servers
- Tengine header server: Tengine
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=c0c05a59dfd5a46b7e64e9b01d55193fe87bf5000…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: 6700845680277E6E919707AFBB2D732D
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=LBZ08JHonJZq0tUsFaqF7EzyYkdSQYSchh208…
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: NcvM6FnQshEU6o8Gfh9ltaJBbeIK3IvTHFov3cBgbnQ
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Taobao adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- GlobalSign 8/20
- Apple Business · not on taobao.com 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on taobao.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on taobao.com 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on taobao.com 6/20
- React 5/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on taobao.com 5/20
- Tengine 4/20
- Zendesk · not on taobao.com 4/20
- Mailchimp · not on taobao.com 4/20
- nginx · not on taobao.com 4/20
- Atlassian · not on taobao.com 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on taobao.com 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on taobao.com 3/20
- Miro · not on taobao.com 3/20