Also it DOES provide a SSL login page<p><a href="https://login.taobao.com/member/login.jhtml" rel="nofollow">https://login.taobao.com/member/login.jhtml</a><p>plaintext version<p><a href="http://login.taobao.com/member/login.jhtml" rel="nofollow">http://login.taobao.com/member/login.jhtml</a><p>IIRC most of these popular sites provide a switch option between HTTPS and HTTP.