The world's largest webstore offers online sperm donation
China's largest online retailer, the Taobao has pushed the boundaries of retail further by offering services including paternity tests and sperm donation.
More than 20,000 men made appointments to donate sperm within three days after Taobao launched the offer. The website also attracted 137 customers for paternity tests and 4,060 for sperm fertility testing.
The deal, available from last Wednesday to Friday, was jointly offered by Taobao and KingMed
Diagnostics, China's biggest third-party medical laboratory group.
Within 72 hours, 22,017 men had signed up for sperm donations at one of seven sperm banks nationwide. Some 69 percent of donors were from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. (MTI)
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