The traditional B2B wholesale market mainly develops offline. Although some products are not of good quality, they are quite distinctive. In the Internet era, the B2B wholesale market also caters to the times and begins to develop in an “online + offline” integration mode. Many potential products can also be found on some online B2B wholesale market websites.
In order to find quality and distinctive sources of goods, sellers spend a lot of effort, but sometimes the products still cannot satisfy users. Therefore, if novice sellers want to find a good source of goods, they must also have some understanding of B2B wholesale market websites.
A very famous B2B wholesale market in China-Alibaba’s 1688 website is the preferred channel for Chinese cross-border e-commerce sellers to purchase goods. The 1688 website takes wholesale and procurement business as its core, improves customer experience through professional operation, and comprehensively optimizes the business model of corporate e-commerce. At present, the 1688 website has covered multiple major industries such as raw materials, industrial products, clothing and accessories, and home furnishings, providing a series of supply services from raw material procurement, production and processing to spot wholesale.
Other websites similar to B2B wholesale markets mainly include the following:
(1) TradeKey website. It is a globally well-known and practical B2B website. It ranks among the top B2B websites in the world and is also a foreign trade B2B website that has received much attention from the foreign trade industry in recent years. TradeKey has been committed to collecting and analyzing global buyer data and has formed alliances with many powerful groups around the world. It is a website specially established for small and medium-sized enterprises. It is export-oriented and has become a leader in global B2B websites and one of the most popular foreign trade B2B websites for foreign trade companies.
(2) Global Sources website. It is a website founded by GlobalSources. Global Sources is a multi-channel B2B media company. Its core business is to promote export trade in Asian countries through a series of English media, including the Global Sources website, print and electronic magazines, procurement information reports, buyer-specific procurement meetings, trade fairs, etc.
(3) Made-in-China, a comprehensive domestic B2B e-commerce platform, covers industry categories including industrial products, raw materials, household goods and business services, and provides suppliers with free exhibition halls, free product releases, mobile marketing and in-depth promotion services.