Alibaba Group and Taobao's Growth in China's E‑commerce Market (1999–2014)

1. Alibaba is founded as a B2B marketplace

   Jun 28, 1999Labels: Alibaba, Jack Ma, Hangzhou

   • Britannica
   • Alibaba Group

2. Alibaba receives major early venture investment

   Oct 1, 1999Labels: SoftBank, Venture funding

   • Alibaba Group

3. Taobao is launched to enter consumer e-commerce

   May 1, 2003Labels: Taobao, C2C marketplace

   • Taobao
   • Xinhua ChinaDaily

4. Alipay launches to build trust with escrow payments

   Jan 1, 2004Labels: Alipay, Escrow payments

   • Taobao
   • Alibaba 424B3

5. Yahoo invests and merges Yahoo China into Alibaba

   Aug 11, 2005Labels: Yahoo, Yahoo China

   • Wired
   • Forbes

6. Alibaba.com lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

   Nov 6, 2007Labels: Alibaba com, HKEX

   • CNN
   • Forbes

7. Taobao Mall launches to attract brand retailers

   Apr 1, 2008Labels: Taobao Mall, Tmall

   • Tmall
   • ChinaDaily

8. Alibaba launches Singles’ Day shopping festival

   Nov 11, 2009Labels: Singles' Day, 11 11

   • CNBC
   • TechCrunch

9. Tmall launches tmall.com as an independent domain

   Nov 1, 2010Labels: Tmall, tmall com

   • Tmall

10. Alibaba’s Alipay spin-off becomes a public dispute

    May 11, 2011Labels: Alipay, Jack Ma

    • Forbes
    • CNN

11. Taobao is reorganized into separate business units

    Jun 1, 2011Labels: Taobao Marketplace, Tmall

    • Tmall
    • Xinhua ChinaDaily

12. Taobao and Tmall pass 1 trillion yuan turnover milestone

    Nov 30, 2012Labels: Taobao, Tmall

    • Xinhua ChinaDaily

13. Cainiao is launched to strengthen e-commerce logistics

    May 28, 2013Labels: Cainiao, Logistics

    • Cainiao
    • Alibaba Group

14. Alibaba completes New York Stock Exchange IPO

    Sep 19, 2014Labels: Alibaba, NYSE

    • NYSE ICE IR
    • TechCrunch
    • Alibaba Group