Your Guidebook for Sourcing on Alibaba
In modern days, almost everybody shops, at least once or twice on Amazon. For entrepreneurs in the hardware product development industry, it wouldn’t be too much of an exaggeration if you compare Alibaba to Amazon.
More and more startup companies choose to source on Alibaba for apparent reasons. First, who wants to travel all the way to the other side of the world if you could just have everything done at your desk? Second, Alibaba is like a giant virtual bazaar for global wholesale trade. All you need to do is search the item you want, and almost all the possibilities and options are presented to you. Most importantly, you will get supplier prices for the parts you would like to source for your products.
The Alibaba Group created two platforms for both international and domestic users. Internationally, there is alibaba.com which specializes in global B2B trade, whereas its Chinese website 1688.com, is more for companies that are focused on local business within China. The website itself is built in the Chinese language. If you would like to source through the Chinese website, you will need…
