2.2 Supply and Distribution Chain
Objectives can be achieved in e-business’s supply and distribution chain because it has obvious competitive advantages compared to traditional business with a shorter cycle period of e-procurement, adequate fulfillments and distribution supporting, diversify payment ways and efficient supply chain management. Also with comparison of Amazon, eBay and Alibaba’s strategies in supply and distribution chains, it is clear to know why they enable to remain growth in both domestic and international market in the future.
Supply chain plays an important role whatever the industry is. In e-commerce, the supply chain can generally contain the following activities: procurement, fulfillment, logistics, making payment …show more content…
Sarah et al., (2016) stated that the most common way to make payment is Visa and MasterCard, or choosing ‘alternative payments’ on the internet, including PayPal, Google Checkout and WebMoney. There are differences of payment methods in Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. Both eBay and Alibaba have its own payment application -- one is PayPal, another is Alipay. PayPal became the subsidiary of eBay since 2002 --- majority of eBay’s users are using PayPal for payment (Investopedia 2016 and OnDeck 2015). But eBay has split PayPal into a separate companies, taking account of fierce competition (e.g. Apply Pay) and PayPal would has more perspective growth independently. Relatively speaking, Alipay is the part of Alibaba, as well as generate considerable revenue through Alibaba’s marketplaces --- Taobao and Tmall where users have to use Alipay as payment way for online shopping. Under Alipay, 450 million users can choose numbers of debt and credit cards from different banks, also including Visa and MasterCard. In view of increase number of Chinese tourists travelled aboard, Alipay seek the new opportunity to announce the partnership with Wirecard which Chinese users be able to make payment by their smartphone within Europe without any currency exchange fees (Finextra 2016). Contrarily, Amazon does not have its own payment method which only available to use normal payment, like Visa, MasterCard and American Express or purchase the Amazon gift cards
Objectives can be achieved in e-business’s supply and distribution chain because it has obvious competitive advantages compared to traditional business with a shorter cycle period of e-procurement, adequate fulfillments and distribution supporting, diversify payment ways and efficient supply chain management. Also with comparison of Amazon, eBay and Alibaba’s strategies in supply and distribution chains, it is clear to know why they enable to remain growth in both domestic and international market in the future.
Supply chain plays an important role whatever the industry is. In e-commerce, the supply chain can generally contain the following activities: procurement, fulfillment, logistics, making payment …show more content…
Sarah et al., (2016) stated that the most common way to make payment is Visa and MasterCard, or choosing ‘alternative payments’ on the internet, including PayPal, Google Checkout and WebMoney. There are differences of payment methods in Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. Both eBay and Alibaba have its own payment application -- one is PayPal, another is Alipay. PayPal became the subsidiary of eBay since 2002 --- majority of eBay’s users are using PayPal for payment (Investopedia 2016 and OnDeck 2015). But eBay has split PayPal into a separate companies, taking account of fierce competition (e.g. Apply Pay) and PayPal would has more perspective growth independently. Relatively speaking, Alipay is the part of Alibaba, as well as generate considerable revenue through Alibaba’s marketplaces --- Taobao and Tmall where users have to use Alipay as payment way for online shopping. Under Alipay, 450 million users can choose numbers of debt and credit cards from different banks, also including Visa and MasterCard. In view of increase number of Chinese tourists travelled aboard, Alipay seek the new opportunity to announce the partnership with Wirecard which Chinese users be able to make payment by their smartphone within Europe without any currency exchange fees (Finextra 2016). Contrarily, Amazon does not have its own payment method which only available to use normal payment, like Visa, MasterCard and American Express or purchase the Amazon gift cards