Inflatable sex dolls were a hot item during Singles’ Day sales on November 11. The trend seems appropriate in light of the holiday’s theme.
Usually about 500 sex dolls a day are sold online in China. On Singles’ Day, 500 dolls were sold in an hour. At peak, 50 per minute were sold. Most dolls were sold at night.
When you search for “inflatable doll,” on a Chinese e-commerce website, there are about 62,700 search results. The silicon dolls resemble beautiful woman and are generally well-designed. They are sometimes made to look like certain celebrities. The cheapest sex dolls costs less than 100 Yuan, and there are high end models that range from a few hundred to several thousand Yuan.
“As long as you are willing to spend the money, you can buy a hyper-realistic inflatable doll called an entity doll,” said a seller.
One seller said that she sold 1,500 limited time Singles’ Day inflatable dolls on the holiday and 1,000 of various other models.
Another seller’s most popular doll originally cost 557 Yuan and was reduced to 159 Yuan for the holiday month. In 30 days, the shop sold 3,919 dolls. “In fact, several other dolls sold well this month as well,” said the seller.
In the end of 2014, China had 33.76 more men than women, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. For young people born in the 1980s, the gender ratio for singles is 136:100. For those born in the 1970s, it is as high as 206:100. That’s a lot of single guys looking for a companion whether she be real or inflatable.
75 percent of Chinese use sex toys and adult products, and most prefer to buy them online. 65 percent say that adult products are appropriate gifts, and 23 percent have received a sex toy as a gift.
The market for adult products in China experienced a 50 percent annual growth, according to data from Taobao. In 2014, an estimated 30 million Chinese consumed adult products. Chinese sex toy buyers are mainly young adults, and 65 percent are males aged 18 to 29. Chinese under the age of 40 purchased 90 percent of adult products sold in the country this year.
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