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Alibaba.com is a B2B (business-to-business) online platform allowing Chinese suppliers and international buyers to meet together. Alibaba websites account for over 60% of the parcels delivered in China and is a search engine for products made in China.
The company was founded by a Chinese entrepreneur called Jack Ma. Ma now serves as CEO of Alibaba Group. Alibaba, a China-based business-to-business marketplace website, currently serves more than 79 million suppliers and buyers from more than 240 countries.
Alibaba Group is a privately owned Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses including business-to-business online web portals, online retail and payment services, a shopping search engine and data-centric cloud computing services. In 2012, two of Alibabas portals together handled 1.1 trillion Yuan ($170 billion) in sales, more than competitors eBay and Amazon.com combined. The company primarily operates in the Peoples Republic of China, and in March 2013 was estimated by The Economist magazine to have a valuation between $55 billion to more than $120 billion.
Alibaba.com as a leading B2B e-commerce website in the world is an open source website for suppliers to use it to reach customers around the world. Some of the services provided by the platform can be accessed for free while other services demand premier membership.
Due to rapid development of China economy accelerated by industrialization, nowadays there are about thousands of Chinese suppliers available on Alibaba.com. Therefore, a wide range of suppliers to choose from is available. However it can be very hard to distinguish between legitimate suppliers and illegal suppliers (or scams) on Alibaba.com.
Some suppliers on Alibaba mostly trading companies are just there to represent other companies especially manufacturers and are not owned by the actual supplier, on top of that, some tends to act as other companies and get a kick from them when they bring in customers. Moreover other companies out there are not real companies are just names only and non-existent. Its not easy for Alibaba group to manage all the suppliers on their website because those companies have no premier membership with Alibaba.
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The company was founded by a Chinese entrepreneur called Jack Ma. Ma now serves as CEO of Alibaba Group. Alibaba, a China-based business-to-business marketplace website, currently serves more than 79 million suppliers and buyers from more than 240 countries.
Alibaba Group is a privately owned Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses including business-to-business online web portals, online retail and payment services, a shopping search engine and data-centric cloud computing services. In 2012, two of Alibabas portals together handled 1.1 trillion Yuan ($170 billion) in sales, more than competitors eBay and Amazon.com combined. The company primarily operates in the Peoples Republic of China, and in March 2013 was estimated by The Economist magazine to have a valuation between $55 billion to more than $120 billion.
Alibaba.com as a leading B2B e-commerce website in the world is an open source website for suppliers to use it to reach customers around the world. Some of the services provided by the platform can be accessed for free while other services demand premier membership.
Due to rapid development of China economy accelerated by industrialization, nowadays there are about thousands of Chinese suppliers available on Alibaba.com. Therefore, a wide range of suppliers to choose from is available. However it can be very hard to distinguish between legitimate suppliers and illegal suppliers (or scams) on Alibaba.com.
Some suppliers on Alibaba mostly trading companies are just there to represent other companies especially manufacturers and are not owned by the actual supplier, on top of that, some tends to act as other companies and get a kick from them when they bring in customers. Moreover other companies out there are not real companies are just names only and non-existent. Its not easy for Alibaba group to manage all the suppliers on their website because those companies have no premier membership with Alibaba.
How can you avoid being cheated by suppliers on Alibaba website?
There are so many ways to that; the followings are some of ways that importers can consider:
First, hire a sourcing agent in China to work for you; a sourcing company like TEW will help you to find a right manufacturer according to your budget and requirements. A sourcing agent not only helps you to save time but also money that you would spend on hotels and flight tickets.A sourcing agent can assist you with market research, quality control, pre-shipment inspection, shipping documents preparation and sending these documents to you.There are so many ways to that; the followings are some of ways that importers can consider:
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