海淘平台

hǎitáopíngtái

noun

Measure Word

一个海淘平台 gè

Meanings

1 overseas-shopping platform
2 cross-border shopping app / website

Characters

search out / sift

platform / stage

Examples

考拉和洋码头都是知名的海淘平台。

Kǎolā hé Yángmǎtóu dōu shì zhīmíng de hǎitáo píngtái.

Kaola and Ymatou are both well-known overseas-shopping platforms.

海淘平台上的商品包邮回国。

Hǎitáo píngtái shàng de shāngpǐn bāoyóu huíguó.

Goods on overseas-shopping platforms ship back to China free.

Tips

usage

海淘 literally means 'to dig/sift the sea' — an early-2010s coinage for scouring overseas websites for goods. A 海淘平台 is an app or site that packages this experience: aggregated listings, Chinese UI, consolidated shipping. Distinct from 跨境电商平台 which skew more toward bonded-warehouse B2C.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

淘 táo

平 píng

台 tái