What's the difference between Alibaba and global sources?

The traditional B2B platform, the mainstream foreign trade platforms in the market are Alibaba, global sources, and made in China with a relatively small market share. Other small platforms are not worth mentioning.

1 Alibaba

In terms of traffic and clicks, Alibaba is the highest among foreign trade platforms. Of course, the number of suppliers is very large. It claims to have 65,438+10,000 paid suppliers, with thousands of slightly popular product keyword search results and 40 suppliers per page. If you are behind 10, do buyers have the patience to see 10? Will they turn it over with a little patience?

In terms of buyers' quality, the number of world-renowned buyers, large and medium-sized buyers in the industry and professional B2B buyers is basically not too large every year, and they don't often browse on the website. So this click volume and traffic are basically supported by B2C and B2 small B buyers, that is, individual buyers and small buyers. Of course, this part of the buyers will be faster when they are single, and they can be done with chat tools. The question they ask is basically: Do you have any stock? Can you deliver tomorrow? Can the price be a little lower? For newcomers to foreign trade, I like to use Ali, because the order is faster, and this order may be three or five, ten or eight.

Of course, there are also big buyers on Alibaba, but how can I find you from hundreds of suppliers? This is quite difficult.

So Alibaba is more suitable for B2C.

B2 supplier of Xiao B.

Or if you are not short of money, burn P4P all year round to ensure the exposure.

2 global sources

Focusing on foreign trade B2B industry for 48 years, it was listed on NASDAQ in 2000, and now it is wholly owned by Blackstone Group and becomes its subsidiary.

Global sources is promoted through websites, magazines, exhibitions and multiple channels.

Traffic and clicks are not as good as Alibaba, so there is no way to compare them.

However, it is much stronger than the small platforms made in the domestic and global markets, and the quality of buyers is also the highest in the industry. The old foreign trade salesmen who work a little longer have a good reputation.

The top 250 retailers and top 500 buyers in an industry will be certified, and the authenticity of the buyers will be verified through the exhibition.

Buyers have been verified to help you screen quality buyers.

Help you find quality buyers.

More than 40% of the inquiries have buyers' websites and company mailboxes, and more than 40% come from Europe and America.

The background operation is simple and fast.

The scheme is cost-effective, the purchase scheme is ranked and there are many value-added services to help expose it. If you want to find some medium and large buyers, global sources is worth considering. However, the higher the quality of the buyer, the greater the order volume. The negotiation cycle is relatively long, three months and five months are common, and some buyers even follow up for one or two years before placing an order. However, if such buyers cooperate, they will not easily change suppliers, and the company will go to a higher level. Global sources is more suitable.

3 Made in China

The key industries are heavy industry and large machinery. Thanks to the good name, the international popularity is low, and the number of inquiries is pitiful.

Free can also have a good effect, but if you pay, the effect will be poor, because everyone thinks about it.

The above personal views are welcome to pay attention to me and communicate with me.