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| Revenue | 5. Revenue Revenue by segment is as follows:
(i) Revenue from China commerce retail is primarily generated from Alibaba China E-commerce Group and includes primarily revenue from customer management services, sales of goods and logistics services. (ii) Revenue from direct sales, logistics and other revenue under Alibaba China E-commerce Group primarily represents direct sales businesses of Tmall Supermarket, Tmall Global and other businesses, and primarily consists of revenue from sales of goods, as well as logistics services. (iii) Revenue from Quick commerce is primarily generated through “Taobao Instant Commerce” and the Ele.me app. Quick commerce revenue is net of subsidies that are contra revenue, and includes primarily revenue from logistics services and customer management services. (iv) Revenue from China commerce wholesale is primarily generated from 1688.com and includes revenue from membership fees and related value-added services and customer management services. (v) Revenue from International commerce retail is primarily generated from AliExpress, Trendyol and Lazada and includes revenue from customer management services, logistics services and sales of goods. (vi) Revenue from International commerce wholesale is primarily generated from Alibaba.com and includes revenue from membership fees and related value-added services and customer management services. (vii) Revenue from Cloud Intelligence Group is primarily generated from the provision of cloud services, which include public cloud services and non-public cloud services.
5. Revenue (Continued)
(viii) Revenue from All others represented revenue from businesses including Freshippo, Cainiao, Alibaba Health, Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group, Amap, Qwen Consumer Business Group, Lingxi Games, DingTalk, Sun Art, Intime and other businesses. Revenue within All others includes primarily revenue from sales of goods, and logistics services. During the year ended March 31, 2025, the sale of Sun Art was completed and the sale of Intime was substantially completed. The sale of Intime was fully completed during the year ended March 31, 2026. Details of the disposals are set out in Note 4(c) and Note 4(d) respectively. (ix) Inter-segment elimination consisted of revenue primarily from Cloud Intelligence Group and Cainiao. (x) As a result of the change in composition in reportable segments (Note 29), the Company reclassified revenue by segment. Comparative figures for the year ended March 31, 2024 and 2025 were reclassified to conform to the segment presentation. Revenue by type is as follows:
(i) Customer management services mainly include CPC, CPM, time-based and CPS marketing and software services. (ii) Other revenue includes revenue from self-developed online games and multiple services provided through various platforms and businesses. The amount of revenue recognized for performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in prior periods for contracts with expected duration of more than one year during the years ended March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026 were not material. |
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