BEIJING, March 9 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- A researcher from TooTooMart.com (http://www.tootoomart.com/ ) says that C2C online shopping (http://www.tootoomart.com/promotion/weddingdress/ ) has shown its social value when it satisfies the purchasers’ need. The social value mainly lies in the fact that more and more people choose to open their stores on C2C platforms, and some of the buyers can even make a living via their online stores (http://www.tootoomart.com/promotion/electronics/ ).
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TooTooMart’s statistics show that a well-known C2C website can provide more than 1,000,000 jobs. A sample survey of online stores shows that every one online store can provide about 2.8 related employment opportunities. Take the logistics industry as an example. About 8.7% of employment opportunities are produced from logistics industry and statistics show that online stores are increasing by 30% each year.
An online business can be a good choice for undergraduates because it is easy to start and there are few risks with decent possibilities of earning a reasonable income. A report from TooTooMart.com shows that about 65% of shopkeepers choose to open online stores because it costs less than opening a traditional "brick and mortar" shop. About 40% of shopkeepers can earn between 1,000 yuan and 3,000 yuan every month. Some can even earn more than 10,000. Experts predict that a famous C2C website can even provide 2 million job opportunities by 2012.
Though it is easy to open an online store, it is not so easy to make a profit in the current global economic recession. So C2C platforms should provide more training and guidance to create a better environment for communication and competition. It should also enlarge the entire online market to provide more inexpensive, high quality goods for consumers. Recently, TooTooMart has launched a brand new Easter promotion (http://www.tootoomart.com/promotion/easter/ ) which gives sellers more chances to show their products.
