Ep. 106: Making Taobao shopping available to foreigners with Jay Thornhill

China Business Cast

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About Jay Thornhill

Starting as a English teacher Jay is an Australian-American, born in Australia and grew up in the US. To cease his entrepreneurial spirit he left his home and travelled to China. With the intention of staying for 1 year he ended up staying for over 12 years now.

In 2015 he ventured Baopals together with two of his friends Charlie and Tyler Baopals.com as the first platform to give foreigners in China an easy and enjoyable way to shop on Taobao, Tmall and JD.com. All 1 billion plus products on these platforms are available, with up-to-date pricing and product info, in English, and reorganized to make shopping on baopals as easy as pie. The pas years they have sold over millions of product become a solid market leader in the industry.

They are an digital interface between the factory of the world and foreigners in China eager to buy online. With a multi-cultural team of 40 they are bound to make a bigger footprint for foreigners in China and exploring ways to service a much more global audience. And even paying it forward to other start-up entrepreneurs with different business services.

Episode Content:

How to benefit from grants as a foreign start-up in China
Jay's and his China dream
What problem they are trying to solve with their business
How getting started and perseverance paid off
Entrepreneurship in China
How to reach scale targeting foreigners in China
How to keep a friendly vibe and company culture after maturing the business
Navigating platform based selling and social selling and incorporating this into Baopals
What peak season festivals such as Single's Day (11-11), 12-12 and 618 looks like
How focus helped progress the business
Giving back to China's start-up communities
His China war story

Episode Mentions:

Find Jay on LinkedIN or reach out via email: jay@baopals.com
Website: www.baopals.com
Platforms: Taobao.com, Tmall.com, JD.com, Xiaohongshu.com, Fancy.com
Social shipping platforms: Pinduoduo, Toutiao, Douyin.
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