Online hourly professionals are becoming a newly emerging job, the Daily Business reported.
Online chatting for 10 minutes may cost eight yuan; taking one's place to play computer games may cost him one to eight yuan per hour; downloading a movie can cost one to five yuan, etc. All those price tags have become general business conditions.
According to Leaves, a manager in charge of a Taobao's online store, they mainly provide chatting, sending gifts on one's behalf, helping show love and other services, among which chatting is a best-selling item, with 144 in 30 days.
The online hourly professionals are mostly students, housewives and wage earners, with some monthly salary in excess of tens of thousands of yuan.