Profiles are automatically created for Taobao users, though the vast majority are skeletons; only a fraction of users are active.

淘宝用户会自动生成档案，然而大多数都是“傀儡”。只有一小部分活跃用户。

youdao

For example, Alipay is only really useful inside the Taobao environment. If you have Alipay set up, your barrier to make a purchase on Taobao has gone down dramatically.

例如，支付宝是淘宝上唯一真正有用的支付体系，如果你树立了支付宝账户，那么在淘宝购物的障碍就已经大大下降。

youdao

Thee new rule only affects individual users and does not apply to Taobao vendors or offline merchants that use Alipay to collect payment from buyers.

这项新举措仅对个人用户有影响，对其他使用支付宝收费的淘宝店家或者线下商户并无影响。 。

youdao

Most investors over here think of Taobao as only an eBay clone.

FORBES: Pulling Back the Curtain on Taobao -- and Yahoo!'s Hidden Value

Although Taobao and its sister site Taobao Mall, where only professional sellers are allowed, somewhat resemble eBay and Amazon, their executives have a grander ambition.

ECONOMIST: Chinese internet companies

That only leaves their private investment in Alibaba Group (primarily consisting of Taobao and Alipay).

FORBES: Why Microsoft Would Be Making Money on Yahoo! If They'd Bought It In 2008