三个美国小哥在中国创业 建立英语导购网站Baopals - 2017年08月15日

EXPATS living in China often have a problem when it comes to shopping on the Alibaba platforms Taobao and Tmall, online marketplaces offering 800 million products. If they can’t read Chinese, they have to ask a local for help when ordering merchandise.

Until three American expats living in Shanghai who decided enough is enough. Two years ago, their frustration led Charlie Erickson, Jay Thornhill and Tyler McNew to create an e-commerce website called Baopals, which navigates Taobao and Tmall in English translation.

Baopals provides product descriptions, price and delivery information, customer comments and a channel for ordering goods — all in English.