Has anyone purchased anything through them? I also don’t understand what I’m looking at. It has to be a gimmick? ♂️
What? Alibaba entered the us market like 7 years ago. It’s cheap Chinese shit… a place to buy an egg timer and knock off airpods and maybe a plush waifu. Shipping is slow. Quality control is poor. Customer service is nonexistent. Prices are low.
If it's anything like AliExpress it's hit and miss. I got some Apple Watch bands on there a while back. Took like over a month to get here but they have been good. I ordered something on there one or two other times and it was bad or mediocre. But you get the stuff so cheap it's no big deal when it ends up being junk.
I ordered car parts from there once. Good price and got here reasonably quick. Couldn't find the part anywhere else for a anything close to a reasonable price.
Yep. Basically Asian Amazon. Everything is the Chinese copy of the original product. Rolling the dice on quality, but it’s essentially Amazon Prime Day every day. Had a buddy start his own baseball apparel company and morphed it into a supplier of pitching bands, weighted balls, trampolines, K-Zones, etc. because he could buy them in bulk incredibly cheap on Alibaba.
ALIBABA.COM Leading wholesale marketplace for global trade The first business of Alibaba Group, Alibaba.com (www.alibaba.com) is China’s leading integrated international online wholesale marketplace in 2020 by revenue, according to Analysys. It connects Chinese and overseas suppliers to overseas wholesale buyers, who are typically trade agents, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers and SMEs engaged in the import and export business, and provides sourcing, online transaction, digital marketing and digital supply chain fulfillment services to them. In the 12 months ended March 31, 2021, over 34 million buyers from approximately 190 countries had sourced business opportunities or completed transactions on Alibaba.com.
It's really nothing like Amazon. I've bought like 350k in stuff off it and you win some and you lose some. It's a complex process especially with the language barrier but you can find great suppliers on it.
Like I got a new pasteurizer and homogenizer for like 30k then like 20k in freight and tariffs. Same equipment that's been used for 30+ years in this country is like 165k. So yeah alibaba is awesome. Should start a consulting business about how to use it.
Texted my buddy to see if he still uses it. And the OP should listen to Mix. I’ve never used it myself and have only seen it secondhand. So assumed Amazon. But my buddy said he used it to stockpile the clothing and gear he was selling by buying in large quantities and was able to build an inventory pretty cheap. He used Alibaba until he was able to cultivate a relationship to get his shit made and shipped direct from a factory in China. Guess it all depends what the OP is looking to do whether or not Alibaba would be useful.
Half the shit on Amazon is just bought on alibaba and resold there. They even have options on smaller stuff to ship directly to Amazon facilities with all the Amazon barcodes and tracking and everything ready to go. Being a middle man pays well.
Alibaba is a tech company disguised as an e-commerce company. seems like they got on the wrong side of the Chinese gov't though.
Would you take a chance on an outdoor spiral staircase for your deck? Their prices look about 1/4 of everywhere in the U.S
I mean the metal should be declared and everything so you will know if its a good structure. I would assume it comes down to your own installation by then. As long as it doesn't rust out should be fine. But look up tariffs and shipping.