Alibaba.com is the world's largest online B2B website and products & services marketplace.
Alibaba.com was founded by Teacher Jack Ma and 17 others in 1999 at a small apartment in Hangzhou.
It is the flagship business service of the Alibaba group that supports tri-language capability namely: english, chinese and japanese.
Today, it has over 32 million registered users from more than 200 countries.
It engage in product marketplace at eBay through Alibaba China eBay Store selling cheap electronic products.
They offer several membership benefits namely:
Gold Supplier Membership for suppliers based in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan giving members premium storefront, priority placement in search results, dedicated training and customer service.
International Trustpass Membership for suppliers outside of greater china givings members priority placement in search results at lower position than Gold Supplier members.
China Trustpass for Businesses engaging in domestic trade in China offering members standard storefronts, trust rating, priority placement in search results, dedicated training and customer service.
China Trustpass for Individuals provides members with a higher position than free members.
A member can interact with suppliers and buyers through Alibaba trade Manager, a free instant messenger that allows audio and video conferencing.
Members can extend or build their presence on alibaba website through domain names, massive capacity corporate email accounts, unlimited product listings and customized storefronts feature on their free Winport program.
In April 2008, Alibaba.com partnered with Infomedia to tap SMEs.
In July 2008, Alibaba.com launched its Taiwan website according to B2B Suppliers, Portal News Marketplace.
In August 2008, Jet Li and Alibaba joined hands to promote Chinese Charities at the Second (2nd) APEC Business Advisory Council SME Summit in Hangzhou.
In January 2009, Rob Jackson found out that the Android G2 Dream was listed in Alibaba from different manufacturers.
In February 2009, Banks extended the CNY6 billion to Alibaba to finance Alibaba's program to help small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs).
It is owned and operated by Alibaba.com Corporation located at Room 2403-05 Jubilee Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Alibaba.com was registered on April 15, 1999 through Network Solutions, LLC. and has a google pagerank of 7.
It is popular in China, US, India, UK, Pakistan, Indonesia, Germany, Iran, Italy, and Turkey.
