Yahoo Finance recently ran an article entitled Think you’re buying on Amazon? It’s actually from Alibaba. A few people in the US noticed that many products they can buy on Amazon.com can also be found on Alibaba.com. Let's unpack their differences: Amazon.com is a B2C marketplace that sells to consumers. Very often, products are bought 1 at a time. Alibaba.com is a B2B directory that serves as advertising to manufacturers and trading companies. I would guess the average order is in … [Read more...]
An Alibaba Gold Supplier Status Doesn’t Mean Anything
I regularly receive messages from importers who were cheated by a Chinese company and seem very surprised because they were dealing with a company which had 'Alibaba gold supplier status.' … [Read more...]