3 New H1 E-Commerce Services in 2009 by Alibaba.com

Alibaba Group subsidiary Alibaba.com (1688.HK) plans to release three new services in the first half of 2009:

New Mobile TrustPass Service
The new mobile TrustPass service will send shop information to subscribers' handsets via SMS and can be tried for free by purchasers of new one-year TrustPass memberships, priced at RMB 2,800 per company and RMB 2,300 per individual.

Business Analysis and Recommendations Service
Alibaba.com is also offering once-a-month business analysis, recommendations, and traffic data to users,

An updated "Winport" version
An updated version of e-commerce product "Winport" V 2.0 service that includes multiple display modes and password-protected private space. Market prices for products comparable to its new TrustPass, business analysis and Winport services are RMB 800 per year, RMB 1,000-1,500 per year and RMB 2,000-3,000, respectively, said Alibaba.com.

Alibaba Pay-per-Click keywords Ranking - Certainly a big move

Alibaba.com also announced plans to adopt a pay-per-click model for the top five rankings in its paid listing service with a minimum price of RMB 0.2 to RMB 2 per keyword starting March 1. Only China TrustPass members, the paying members of Alibaba.com's China marketplace, can use the service, and users need to open their account with a minimum of RMB 1,000. A current company promotion offers users who recharge paid listing accounts with RMB 1,000, RMB 2,000, RMB 3,000 and RMB 5,000 an additional RMB 188, RMB 388, RMB 588 and RMB 988, respectively.

Source: J.L.M. Pacific Poch China