I wonder how they avoid getting DDOSed to hell and back during their big sale week? You would think the DDOS extortion groups would be all over that.
Alibaba Posts $1B in Sales in 5 Minutes on Singles’ Day
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#42I wonder how they avoid getting DDOSed to hell and back during their big sale week? You would think the DDOS extortion groups would be all over that.
All of China hitting your servers aren't considered a DDOS by itself?
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#44> and a weakening yuan may curb enthusiasm for foreign wares. I don't get it. Aren't most brands these days made in China or south east Asia? (looking at you, fashion brands) Now, I don't speak Chinese so I stick to AliExpress, but you don't typically find non-Chinese made products for sale there (at least in the realm of clothing or electronics)
Many things are made in what China calls "Special Export Zones" (SEZs). This is for goods that require lots of imported machinery and components to make, which are basically brought into the zones duty free. But as a consequence, what is made in these zones can only be exported. So that iPhone you buy in China has to be imported into China with appropriate duty! Made in China but still imported on a dollar basis. Bes…
I seem to recall that before HK was turned over to China, HK companies would do all but the most final of assemblies in China and then ship it across the border so they could be sold as "made in Hong Kong". And this is how Shenzen go so massive, as it is right up stream from HK.
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#45If I go to the site aliexpress.com it looks like the deals don't start for another 12 hours. Are there different launch times for the sales?
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#46If I go to the site aliexpress.com it looks like the deals don't start for another 12 hours. Are there different launch times for the sales?
Singles' Day is Nov 11 (11/11), so I'm guessing you're in Pacific time zone? The big splash was when the sale started in China, which is quite a few hours ahead of the US.
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#47If I go to the site aliexpress.com it looks like the deals don't start for another 12 hours. Are there different launch times for the sales?
It's 11/11 in parts of Asia already.
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#48I work at a young company providing search as a service for multiple medium/big e-commerce sites (mostly those which don't have their own search teams) and 11/11 is indeed a crazy day. It's funny how till 2 years ago, Cyber Monday was the big event we looked at and we noticed major traffic spikes last year on veteran's day (11/11) only to later realize that this was in fact singles' day!
This year we were geared up and it's been a crazy rise in traffic as expected again! :)