Unlike Western e-commerce platforms, Alibaba charges no commission on sales, making its money from extras such as fees for gold status.

不像西方的一些电子商务平台，阿里巴巴在交易中不索取任何佣金，而从附加产品如收费或金牌等级上获取利润。

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Amazon says sales of third-party items, from which it takes a commission, have increased from 6% of all items sold in 2000 to 28% in 2005.

亚马逊从第三方产品的销售中获取佣金。它称第三方产品的销售增长率从2000年的6%攀升到了2005年的28%。

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We shall base our sales on the net prices and collect our commission from the buyers.

——我方以净价为基础销售货品，并向买方征收佣金。

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The company said this improvement is principally due to higher auction commission revenues resulting from a 23 percent increase in net auction sales, partially offset by a decline in auction commission margin from 17.2 percent to 16.4 percent, attributable to the sales mix.

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The most disinterested advice, if not always the cheapest, will come from someone paid by the hour, not with a sales commission.

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In fact, this memo from the California Alcoholic Beverage Commission appears to suggest Groupon, as an Internet provider soliciting sales that include (or can include) alcohol, needs to hold a license in that state.

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