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Summary of significant accounting policies (Details 3)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
USD ($)
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lease
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Dec. 31, 2017
CNY (¥)
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Dec. 31, 2016
CNY (¥)
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Dec. 31, 2015
CNY (¥)
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Jan. 01, 2018
CNY (¥)
Dec. 31, 2017
CNY (¥)
Revenue            
Net product revenues (formerly known as online direct sales) $ 51,000,478 ¥ 331,824,410,000 ¥ 237,943,632,000 ¥ 167,936,020,000    
Customer incentives and loyalty programs            
Types of discounted coupons | item 2 2        
Fulfillment            
Shipping cost   ¥ 12,691,013,000 9,329,269,000 5,866,294,000    
Marketing            
Advertising costs   ¥ 12,375,922,000 ¥ 7,789,906,000 ¥ 5,282,375,000    
Lease            
Number of capital leases | lease 0 0 0 0    
Segment reporting            
Number of reportable segments | segment 2 2 1      
Statutory reserves            
Appropriations of statutory reserves   ¥ 503,028,000 ¥ 77,378,000 ¥ 40,551,000    
Appropriations to other reserve funds   ¥ 0 0 0    
Recent accounting pronouncements            
Restricted cash $ 631,728   2,293,640,000     ¥ 4,110,210,000
ASU 2014-09 | Forecast            
Recent accounting pronouncements            
Impact of cumulative adjustment         ¥ 300,000,000  
ASU 2016-18            
Recent accounting pronouncements            
Restricted cash     2,293,640,000     ¥ 4,110,210,000
ASU 2016-01 | Forecast            
Recent accounting pronouncements            
Equity securities reclassified into retained earnings         ¥ 1,200,000,000  
PRC | General reserve fund | Foreign invested enterprise            
Statutory reserves            
Minimum portion of after tax profit to be allocated to general reserve under PRC law (as a percentage) 10.00% 10.00%        
Maximum percentage of statutory general reserve related to entity's registered capital 50.00% 50.00%        
PRC | Statutory surplus reserve | Domestic enterprise            
Statutory reserves            
Minimum portion of after tax profit to be allocated to statutory surplus under PRC law (as a percentage) 10.00% 10.00%        
Maximum percentage of statutory surplus reserve related to entity's registered capital 50.00% 50.00%        
Electronics and home appliance products            
Revenue            
Net product revenues (formerly known as online direct sales)   ¥ 236,268,621,000 179,821,655,000 134,519,246,000    
General merchandise products            
Revenue            
Net product revenues (formerly known as online direct sales)   ¥ 95,555,789,000 ¥ 58,121,977,000 ¥ 33,416,774,000