Research and Markets: Top 350 Online Shops in Asia-Pacific 2012

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z6jzj2/top_350_online_sho) has announced the addition of the "Top 350 Online Shops in Asia-Pacific 2012" report to their offering.

“Top 350 Online Shops in Asia-Pacific 2012”

In Japan, where the online market is dominated by mass merchants, Rakuten.co.jp beat Amazon.co.jp, whose visitor numbers in May 2012 were slightly lower than those of shopping mall Rakuten. In China, the market was also dominated by mass merchants. In 2011, Tmall.com generated the highest trade volume ahead of 360buy.com and Amazon.cn. In South Korea, the market was mostly dominated by local competitors.

In May 2012, in terms of traffic volume, mass merchant Gmarket.co.kr came out on top with 13 million unique visitors, ahead of 11st.co.kr and Shopping.Naver.com (both also mass merchants). In India, mass merchants Jabong.com, Flipkart.com and Homeshop18.com took the lead and in Australia, mass merchant Oo.com.au had the highest number of unique visitors in May 2012 ahead of mass merchant Myer.com.au and apparel/accessories online shop Asos.com.

Key Findings:

- In Japan, where the online shopping market is dominated by mass merchants, Rakuten.co.jp beat Amazon.co.jp, whose unique visitor numbers in May 2012 were slightly lower than those of Rakuten.

- In China, the market was also dominated by mass merchants. In 2011, Tmall.com generated the highest trade volume, ahead of 360buy.com and Amazon.cn.

- In South Korea, the market was mostly dominated by local competitors. In May 2012, in terms of traffic volume, mass merchant Gmarket.co.kr came out on top, ahead of 11st.co.kr and Shopping.Naver.com (both also mass merchants).

- In India, mass merchants Jabong.com, Flipkart.com and Homeshop18.com took the lead and in Australia, mass merchant Oo.com.au had the highest number of unique visitors in May 2012.

Companies Mentioned

- 11st.co.kr

- 360buy.com

- Amazon.cn

- Amazon.co.jp

- Apple.com.cn

- Asos.com

- Flipkart.com

- Gmarket.co.kr

- Jabong.com

- Myer.com.au

- Nissen.co.jp

- Oo.com.au

- Rakuten.co.jp

- Shopping.Naver.com

- Snapdeal.com

- Tmall.com

- Tuan800.com

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