The Official Alibaba Course

Explore Alibaba Group and Alibaba.com, the leading global trade platform serving buyers and suppliers in over 190 countries across more than 40 categories, with more than 100k messages daily.

Learn to use Alibaba.com to grow or start a business by sourcing products from thousands of suppliers, importing at low investment, and even private labeling your own brand.

Navigate Alibaba.com to explore the site layout, promotions like super September, and rfq and trade services. Use the search bar to find products or suppliers and explore regional suppliers.

Sign up for an Alibaba.com account by entering an email, verifying it, and creating a secure password. Then select your country, role (buyer or supplier), and complete the profile.

Set your Alibaba sourcing preferences to personalize recommendations; choose your business type, top industries and subcategories, answer bonus questions about suppliers, and receive tailored product suggestions.

Discover how to find the best products on Alibaba, identify suppliers, and use two methods plus RFQ, with a real-life example.

Decide your product niche using three strategies by analyzing top Amazon bestsellers to identify products that are actually selling online, then locate similar items on Alibaba for sourcing.

Discover two methods to find great products on Alibaba.com: browse categories or use the advanced search in the search bar, then filter by supplier, location, minimum order quantity, and samples.

Learn to search and filter Alibaba product listings, compare prices and minimum order quantity, and analyze supplier details to choose the best option.

Upload a product image on Alibaba to identify items and view the best supplier offers via image recognition. Use image search to pull ideas from Amazon best sellers for sourcing.

Explore Alibaba's requests for quotation (RFQ) tool, learn how buyers share product details, receive quotes from suppliers, compare offers, negotiate, customize requests, and grow your business with faster sourcing.

Create an effective Alibaba RFQ by detailing product specs, keywords, quantity, attachments, and destination to receive accurate supplier quotes and negotiate the best price.

Navigate Alibaba's RFQ section to view supplier quotes, analyze details, negotiate prices, and close the deal, then complete the order for production and delivery to your address.

Identify the best Alibaba.com suppliers, including gold and gold plus, and evaluate their delivery and quality using Alibaba tools to ensure safe purchasing.

Learn how Alibaba's gold supplier and gold plus supplier memberships boost buyer confidence through on-site factory checks, production line verification, and trade protection for high-volume orders.

Learn to verify suppliers using Alibaba's verification services, including Avey check, on-site check, and assessed supplier, to ensure authentic, compliant partners for safe sourcing.

Learn supplier negotiation strategies to secure the best deal on Alibaba.com by analyzing suppliers, negotiating price, minimums, shipping, and free samples, with warranty tools.

Learn to contact suppliers on Alibaba via email, in-app chat, and the mobile app, and use real-time translation and audio translation to negotiate the best deals.

Learn five key elements to negotiate with Alibaba.com suppliers, including price, minimum order quantity, shipping, and free samples, while understanding supplier motivation and building a business relationship.

Learn to negotiate effectively by requesting comprehensive product details. Ask for recent pictures and videos of production, materials, quality, and packaging to verify items before sourcing for Amazon or eBay.

Negotiate the price by testing quantities and signaling your plan for future reorders. Ask for quotes at 20, 50, or 100 units and note that negotiation is common on Alibaba.com.

Learn to negotiate minimum order quantities with suppliers, test markets with small initial orders, and leverage flexibility to secure a workable MOQ and build supplier relationships.

Negotiate production time with suppliers to align price, minimum order quantity, and delivery deadlines, ensuring your product is ready on a specific date and shipments proceed smoothly.

Ask suppliers for all shipping options and prices, compare UPS, FedEx, and China Post, and weigh slower delivery against lower costs to negotiate the best shipping time and price.

Learn how to request free or paid samples on Alibaba to assess product quality before large orders, using the site's sample orders filter and changes in minimum order quantity.

Learn how Alibaba trade assurance protects your orders with payment, shipping, and quality guarantees from qualified suppliers worldwide, free for buyers and valid up to 30 days after receipt.

Find trade assurance suppliers on Alibaba.com, verify protection for product quality and shipping issues, and identify trusted vendors by the trade assurance symbol and supplier status.

Learn how to purchase on Alibaba.com using an RFQ, compare quotations, and negotiate terms with suppliers to start orders, manage shipping, and complete payments through trade assurance.

Learn how to complete an order on Alibaba.com: search products, set minimum order quantities, negotiate with suppliers, place orders, choose shipping and payment options, and use RFQ to compare quotes.

Identify the payment methods accepted by your selected supplier, including Visa, MasterCard, bank transfer, pay later, PayPal, MoneyGram, and Western Union.

Learn Alibaba's payment options, including credit cards, bank transfers, e-checking, PayPal, and pay later financing, with trade assurance to finance orders.

Discover how suppliers on Alibaba.com process your order, confirm production timelines, choose shipping options, and ship to your home office so you can analyze advantages for reselling.

Understand the trade-offs between air and sea shipping, and when to use fcl versus lcl. Compare prices and timelines with Alibaba suppliers and explore express options for faster delivery.

Discover Alibaba.com logistics' LCL service for small buyers, with transparent ocean freight pricing, simple one-click booking, door-to-door pickup across China to the US, and quick shipping quotes.

Navigate customs duties and taxes by following your country’s laws and regulations when importing goods. Hire a professional to guide the process, ensure compliance, and protect your investment.

Learn to inspect every received product, verify it matches negotiated details, colors, and quality, and contact the supplier on Alibaba.com for fixes or replacements.

Explore local and online resale options, including selling in local stores or marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart, and building a personal online store with credit card payments.

Analyze profit after sourcing on Alibaba and selling on Amazon, including shipping and fees, then reorder larger quantities as demand grows.

Discover the Alibaba.com mobile app to connect with suppliers, chat in multiple languages with automatic translation, and search for the best options using your smartphone.

Explore the Alibaba app, log in to access messages and your account, browse categories with filters and trade assurance, chat with suppliers, and save favorites.

Chat with suppliers in the Alibaba app using live translation to communicate across English, Mandarin, and other languages. Enable translation settings to send inquiries and share media for fluent conversations.