Alibaba's Xianyu Launches Outlet Channel for Idle B2C Business

TapTechNews September 14th news, recently, the Xianyu Outlet channel quietly launched on the homepage of Xianyu, a second-hand idle platform under Alibaba. On September 13th, Xianyu Outlet officially opened. Different from the traditional C2C model of Xianyu, the outlet store positions the idle B2C business, mainly featuring slightly flawed bargain hunting, brand 99% new, and big brand clearance.

The sources of goods in this channel mainly come from e-commerce return and exchange goods, brand channels, and some brand distributors. Currently, the categories of goods launched mainly cover digital home appliances, wine and travel tickets, outdoor sports, food and beverages, etc.

The defect degrees of Xianyu Outlet goods are divided into brand new, only unpacked and slightly flawed. Xianyu officially stated that its outlet sources come from e-commerce return and exchange goods, reliable sources of brand channels, etc., and promised compensate three times for one fake.

TapTechNews noticed that this is another trial of Xianyu's B-side business. Xianyu once swayed between the B-side (enterprise-level users) and the C-side (consumer-level users), and the influx of a large number of professional sellers has led to the boundary between the B-side and the C-side of the platform becoming increasingly blurred.