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Revenue
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Revenues [Abstract]  
Revenue
5.
Revenue

Revenue by segment is as follows:

 

 

Year ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

 

RMB

 

 

RMB

 

 

RMB

 

 

(in millions)

 

Taobao and Tmall Group:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China commerce retail (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Customer management

 

 

291,541

 

 

 

304,009

 

 

 

322,346

 

- Direct sales and others (ii)

 

 

103,811

 

 

 

110,405

 

 

 

103,180

 

 

 

395,352

 

 

 

414,414

 

 

 

425,526

 

China commerce wholesale (iii)

 

 

17,854

 

 

 

20,479

 

 

 

24,301

 

Total Taobao and Tmall Group

 

 

413,206

 

 

 

434,893

 

 

 

449,827

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International commerce retail (iv)

 

 

50,933

 

 

 

81,654

 

 

 

108,465

 

International commerce wholesale (v)

 

 

19,573

 

 

 

20,944

 

 

 

23,835

 

Total Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group

 

 

70,506

 

 

 

102,598

 

 

 

132,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud Intelligence Group (vi)

 

 

103,497

 

 

 

106,374

 

 

 

118,028

 

Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Limited (vii)

 

 

77,512

 

 

 

99,020

 

 

 

101,272

 

Local Services Group (viii)

 

 

50,249

 

 

 

59,802

 

 

 

67,076

 

Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group (ix)

 

 

18,444

 

 

 

21,145

 

 

 

22,267

 

All others (x)

 

 

197,115

 

 

 

192,331

 

 

 

206,269

 

Unallocated

 

 

866

 

 

 

1,297

 

 

 

1,924

 

Inter-segment elimination (xi)

 

 

(62,708

)

 

 

(76,292

)

 

 

(102,616

)

Consolidated revenue

 

 

868,687

 

 

 

941,168

 

 

 

996,347

 

 

(i)
Revenue from China commerce retail is primarily generated from China commerce retail business and includes primarily revenue from customer management services and sales of goods.
(ii)
Revenue from direct sales and others under China commerce retail is primarily generated from direct sales businesses, comprising mainly Tmall Supermarket and Tmall Global and primarily consists of revenue from sales of goods, as well as other revenue from logistics services and other value-added services.
(iii)
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.
(iv)
Revenue from International commerce retail is primarily generated from AliExpress, Trendyol and Lazada and includes revenue from customer management services, sales of goods and logistics services.
(v)
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.
(vi)
Revenue from Cloud Intelligence Group is primarily generated from the provision of cloud services, which include public cloud services and non-public cloud services.
(vii)
Revenue from Cainiao represents logistics services revenue from the domestic and cross-border fulfillment services.

 

 

 

5. Revenue (Continued)

 

(viii)
Revenue from Local Services Group primarily represents platform commissions, logistics services revenue from the provision of on-demand delivery services and revenue from other services provided by Ele.me, and revenue from software and technology services provided by Amap.
(ix)
Revenue from Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group is primarily generated from Youku and Damai Entertainment, and includes revenue from membership fees, content investment income, customer management services and ticketing services.
(x)
Revenue from All others represented revenue from businesses including Freshippo, Alibaba Health, Lingxi Games, Intelligent Information Platform, Fliggy, DingTalk, Sun Art, Intime and other businesses. The majority of revenue within All others consist of direct sales revenue, which is recorded on a gross basis. During the year ended March 31, 2025, the sale of Sun Art was completed and the sale of Intime was substantially completed. Details of the disposals are set out in Note 4(b) and Note 4(c) respectively.
(xi)
Inter-segment elimination consisted of revenue primarily from Cainiao and Cloud Intelligence Group.
(xii)
For the year ended March 31, 2024, as a result of the change in composition in reportable segments (Note 28), the Company reclassified revenue by segment. Figures for the year ended March 31, 2023 were reclassified to conform to this presentation.

Revenue by type is as follows:

 

 

Year ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

 

RMB

 

 

RMB

 

 

RMB

 

 

(in millions)

 

Customer management services (i)

 

 

355,144

 

 

 

386,571

 

 

 

424,877

 

Membership fees and value-added services

 

 

40,078

 

 

 

41,956

 

 

 

46,613

 

Logistics services

 

 

89,214

 

 

 

114,073

 

 

 

123,379

 

Cloud services

 

 

76,648

 

 

 

76,459

 

 

 

84,517

 

Sales of goods

 

 

271,016

 

 

 

283,273

 

 

 

274,276

 

Other revenue (ii)

 

 

36,587

 

 

 

38,836

 

 

 

42,685

 

 

 

868,687

 

 

 

941,168

 

 

 

996,347

 

 

(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, other value-added 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, 2023, 2024 and 2025 were not material.