Shipping from Alibaba The person I am in contact with at Alibaba is ready to ship my product. There is a trade assurance link to make the rest of the payment but I think she wants me to type in the chat my “contact name, address, and phone number”. Is that necessary or normal? submitted by /u/Economy-Roll-555

My Alibaba supplier stuffed up my order. WHAT TO DO HELP!!! Pretty much I have order $5000 worth of stock (material product) with a logo on it. Prior to this, I recieved samples and critqued the samples quite heavily. Fast forward 2 months later, I have finally recieved my stock and the logo locations are all WRONG and nothing like compared to the sample locations. Also they are not straight and…

Alibaba help Does anyone have experience with wanting to make specific customizations to a pre-existing product on Alibaba? submitted by /u/Drag-Either

How to screen alibaba/1688 suppliers before contacting them? Apart from moq and cost, what other key information you use to screen suppliers? Like years or reviews? submitted by /u/Big-Language8668

How can I find freight forwarder from China to USA (for Alibaba) I am just a small seller trying find my spot in the e-commerce world. I have been purchasing stuff from Alibaba in bulk and selling on eBay, Amazon, fb marketplace etc… Lately I wanted to buy little bit heavier items but vendors are asking I need freight forwarder in China. Normally I just buy and use sellers recommended freight service and ne…

DDP 20% Vat (ALIBABA) Total cost is around £800 using DDP. I am a vat registered company. I have asked the supplier to provide me an invoice showing vat amount and a vat number, so I can claim it back. They have no clue they just sent me a commercial invoice with a stamp. How do I get an invoice? Is it better to use DAP for future orders? submitted by /u/erks…

Question about Alibaba Manufacturer So I just got quoted for an initially batch of my product and the agent I’m speaking with wants my name, my shipping address, phone number, and email in order to send me payment link. When I search them they have two profiles, both with the blue verified check mark and one without the trade assurance mark. Is this “link” normal? I’m not sure I s…

Other supply sites like Alibaba? Are there any other product sourcing sites like Alibaba? It seems like the shipping for them is often more than the actual cost of the products. For instance, a company allows you to order samples. I try to order the samples, which are around $50, but the shipping is $700? These were 2 skincare jars and bottles…nothing large or heavy. submit…

Alibaba supplier won’t sell me products I’ve been trying to buy a product from this supplier for 5 days now and they text me once a day with 0 information. They keep saying “we can’t match”. All I’ve asked for is what products they sell and some prices. Does anyone know what they mean or how I can speak to a different sales rep? submitted by /u/Itchy_Present_8159

How Temu parent PDD dethroned Alibaba to become China’s most valuable e-commerce company PDD Holdings reported stellar first-quarter results last week, sending its shares surging and driving its market-cap past that of rival Alibaba Group.

Alibaba order is completely f%cked. What now? Hi everyone. I have a situation with an Alibaba order and I don’t know what my options are, or what my best option is as the moment. Here’s the situation: I’ve trialled working with a new company, they were gold standard, verified, have trade assurance, lots and lots of positive reviews and many years of experience. They offered a price and the …

Alibaba shares jump after founder Jack Ma reemerges with praise of Chinese giant’s ‘transformations’ In the past year, Alibaba underwent a historic reorganization and sweeping management changes in a bid to return the Chinese technology giant to growth.

Very High Shipping Costs from Alibaba Seller Hey everyone, I found a basketball rebounder net for $68, but when I asked about shipping, the seller quoted $140 for a 22kg package. That’s far above the usual $2 per kg rate. Should I consider finding my own freight forwarder to handle the shipping, or is it better to rely on the seller’s shipping arrangements? Has anyone faced similar situati…

Alibaba sheds $20 billion in market value after scrapping plans to list its cloud business Alibaba lost more than $21 billion in market cap off the back of its ill-fated cloud spinoff plans, according to CNBC calculations of data from FactSet.

Alibaba shares slide over 8% after it shelves cloud spinoff, citing U.S. chip restrictions Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba slid after it announced that it would not proceed with the full spin-off of its cloud group.

How can I see export/ import records for free on alibaba? How can I see export/ import records for free on alibaba? submitted by /u/Clotthesxx

Chinese tech giant Alibaba launches upgraded AI model to challenge Microsoft, Amazon Alibaba announced Tongyi Qianwen 2.0, its latest large language model, as the Chinese giant looks to compete with U.S. rivals like Amazon and Microsoft.

Does tax exempt status help at all? Alibaba Im not registered for VAT, and so Im paying 20% on top of all orders. I just wanna confirm that registering to get tax exempt won’t help at all, as I will have to charge the customer anyway and pass on to HMRC? Using Alibaba btw, where they allow u to submit tax exemption status submitted by /u/Sheeesssh59

Shipping from Sellers in China (AliBaba) Hello I’m new to buying from Alibaba I’ve seen some products that I would like to buy. The problem is mainly in the shipping. I’ve been told different shipping prices. I’ve heard shipping prices from 25$ to 100$. Some sellers told me about freight forwarders, but I don’t know what that is and if it’s safe to me as a buyer in case the shipment wa…

Alibaba Listing Duplicates? I’m looking at a product listing and I see two different sellers listing the same product. One is for $1,500 per unit (Company A), and the other is $50-$100 (Company B). The same product, the sellers have similar names (Very similar). They both have a verified seller badge, and cite SGS for their verification. A few minutes later, I see that Cam…