I am currently using English Alibaba and have been using it for almost half a year. I feel that there are some things that are not satisfactory. Do you think so? In the past few days, there are always people from Global Sources coming to promote them. I went to learn about them by the way. I feel that some things from Global Sources are much better than English Alibaba. What do you think? Let's discuss it, maybe it will be a reference for everyone to choose a platform in the future.

1. Let’s talk about the price first:

We are currently a gold medal supplier of 60,000 yuan in English Alibaba, which can put 26 pictures. We have not yet done so in Global Sources, but I understand that it is about 150,000, but English Alibaba is a single website promotion. Although it is also publishing a magazine now, it only publishes one issue during the exhibition. Universal does website and magazine promotion, and also publishes it during the exhibition. There will be additional issues. In terms of price alone, Global is more than twice as high as Alibaba.

2. Then the number of customers:

Now English Ali is said to have 430,000 buyers, and Global is said to have more than 490,000 buyers. Relatively speaking, it is Global’s buyers. There are many companies, but there is a problem, that is, Alibaba has only been established for 7 years, while Global Sources has been around for 35 years. On the surface, it seems that the English Alibaba is developing faster, but in fact, as far as I know, there is a The reason is: the buyers counted on English Ali do not need to be certified, which means that a factory-based company like me can also register a buyer. For Ali, it is also a professional buyer. Of course, we There is also procurement, but we are not professional procurement. For Global Sources, if you want to become a professional buyer of Global Sources, you need to be certified. You must provide some data, such as the main products purchased, quantity, company establishment time, size, etc., so this is to a certain extent. There are restrictions on casual registration of buyers. I personally think Universal is doing a better job than Alibaba at this point.

3. There is also the quality of customers:

I am not very clear about the quality of Global Sources’ customers, but I don’t think the quality of Alibaba’s customers is very high. Basically, it is some The company mainly deals with inquiries, and the order volume is not very large. Several of my customers are ultimately retailers, the kind who open their own small stores, and some are even sellers on the Internet. Personally, I feel that the current English Alibaba is more like C2C websites such as eBay and Taobao on the customer side. As for Universal's customer quality, I think those who are doing it have a better say, and I hope we can come in to discuss it.

4. For inquiries:

Alibaba’s inquiries are often sent in bulk. For example, our company’s main industry is toys, so if there are customers on the Internet If you send a purchase request for a toy, Alibaba's system will automatically match it, and then send the purchase request to your email. But I think there is a big problem with this, because I am not the only factory on English Alibaba. When making toys, the result of this is that the system will send the same inquiry to the mailboxes of many factories. For example, if it is 100 factories, then 90 of the 100 factories may respond, which means that the customer will receive When we reach 90 replies to emails, many customers will not even read the replies and delete them directly. This results in us often not having any information after replying to an inquiry. Another method adopted by Universal is that if a buyer wants to purchase a product, he can customize a purchasing information on Universal. If the system finds matching information, the system will send it to the customer's mailbox. This is very useful for For customers, one is passively receiving emails, and the other is actively receiving emails. This is a huge contrast to the buyer's psychology.

5. For suppliers:

Alibaba is now developing suppliers everywhere. Take our Yiwu as an example. Alibaba’s advertisements are everywhere: If you want to export, look for Alibaba , be a Chinese supplier. But I think for a platform, it is not about how many supplier members you have, nor how well you serve suppliers. Everyone knows that the current market competition is very fierce. In fact, compared to online platforms, supply The more suppliers there are, the fiercer the competition will definitely be. But for Ali, it is understandable for him to do this, because everyone wants to make money. He can only make more money if he has more supplier members. But if a The online platform puts its main focus on the supplier side rather than the buyer side, so you can imagine the quantity and quality of buyers.

Of course, I’m not very clear about Universal’s specific operations now, and Universal seems to be working in this direction now, and maybe it’s because I can’t sit still just watching Alibaba do this.

6. Regarding services:

As I just said, Alibaba seems to focus mainly on service providers now, so his services are relatively good, including Things like Tradelink, customer management system, training, etc., these things are really helpful to a foreign trade company that has just started to develop, but it seems that Universal has not done enough in this regard.

Having said so much, these are just some of my personal thoughts on using English Alibaba and some understanding of Global. What is the specific situation? I hope everyone can discuss it more. My current thoughts are in English. After Ali expires, it is very likely that it will not be used. After all, if Ali continues to develop like this, the situation will still be cannibalism. It is just moving the real market to the Internet, so I sincerely ask everyone to give A suggestion, or you can also tell me what platform you are using now and how effective it is, and give me a reference for choosing a platform in the future. Thank you!