Behind the贱Sale of QQ Numbers: The Impact of Taobao's Low-price Sales on Tencent's Revenue

The third quarter financial report as of this September showed that Tencent's total income for the season was 734 million yuan, with 490 million yuan coming from Internet added value services based on the above two services. "The key point is that once TenCent Wireless and online games businesses which rely on Q-coin operation suffer from low price dumping of Q-coin and consequent devaluation, the company revenue will be directly affected."

The war of words between Taobao and Tencent has escalated. Last month, Tencent Company, the copyright owner of QQ, sent a lawyer's letter to Taobao, accusing the netizens selling QQ numbers and Q-coin on Taobao of "infringing upon Tencent's copyright and property right". And Taobao providing message publishing platform for sellers was suspected of constituting "joint infringement".