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by adinobro 2473 days ago
Taobao shouldn't have many warehouses because of the business model.

I'm not sure about TMall but I know that in Beijing they used to have a distribution point roughly every 10km through the whole city.

When you used to setup your address you selected the closet distribution center to you (I assume because the maps were not setup then. You don't select it any more.)

When I buy packages in Shanghai about half of them are delivered through a 3rd party and the rest are direct. It may just be my area though. I assume it depends where the product is come from...