According to a Tencent spokesperson, cited by online media outlet Marbridge Daily, the new platform will raise the barrier to entry for merchants in order to streamline the existing stable of QQ Buy and QQ Mall merchants.
Allegedly, the company will connect the backends of its two B2C platforms, QQ Buy and 51Buy, during the latter half of 2013. Once the platforms are connected, an initial batch of 100,000 products will become available for delivery through 51Buys self-developed logistics service. By the end of July 2013, Tencent will have implemented seamless interconnectivity between QQ Buy and 51Buy product orders, customer accounts and payment systems.
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