is alibaba safe

Never heard of it?

It's the world's largest product market. About 70% of all products on amazon come from Alibaba

First of all I would like to say one should not buy a large quantity by any virtual site. In this case you can Open LC to the supplier. I believe most of the Alibaba supplier accept LC. you can any a small quantity by online site. Thank you very much.

It is safe if you know what you are doing. Order samples for testing. Look for reputable companies. Do not import branded items.

Go with FOB terms. Have a freight forwarder do the transport.

Depends who you are buying from. Watch out for the middleman who mark the price up then the actual Manufactures. Take a good read of this members posts in his profile. Here is the link to look him up- https://www.warriorforum.com/members/importexport.html

It is more than safe - just use Alibaba trade assurance and you are good to go.

to all those who insist that paypal is the way to go, I disagree. I have purchased many times from Alibaba and the time I had an issue and could not get it resolved was when I paid with paypal, I had a problem with the merchandise and since I paid with paypal Alibaba could do nothing and paypal refused to do anything because it was an international transaction, so I was out the money. My other trade assurance purchases were fine.

It is, but don't make it such a very large quantity so you could see for yourself. But been purchasing items there and transactions were all fine.

yes,alibaba are safe,they are working very good ,so you can always go for alibaba.

Yes, Alibaba is safe. Just be vigilant when transacting to suppliers and make sure that you choose those suppliers that have high percentage of positive feedback before making a purchase.

Alibaba is really safe. You can be sure that if you do not receive the goods, your money will be refunded. In which country are you living? It may take up to 20 days to get your goods delivered.

We've had suppliers from Alibaba. We only deal with gold suppliers, has trade assurance, onsite checked, and assessed supplier logos. Some suppliers offer free samples too. After we chose a potential supplier, we even visited their factory and the sales person we spoke with on Alibaba even arranged a transportation for us from the hotel to their location.

If you can't visit, just deal with trusted suppliers with those logos.

Don't worry bro it is safe place for ecommerce trading, there are huge markets for each and every categories...go ahead....

Everywhere in the world has defraud supplier.You will stop your business only because of this?

Its one of the safest.

Compared to what?

Had you actually read the posts in this thread you might have explained your 'statement' with more than 5 words.

Hello

I can't say about AliBaba but I have purchased from AliExpress which is owned by AliBaba and my experience has been satisfactory.

If you plan to purchase in small quantity, go for AliExpress and if in lots, then AliBaba. Its very safe and their buyer protection policy ensures that your money doesn't go anywhere. So, you can buy from them.

I wish people would only post when they know the facts, or at least have read some previous posts, where the question of safe or not has been properly dealt with. Are they too lazy to do a little bit of reading?

I have been exporting since 1978 and started importing in 1987. How does that compare with the experience of all those who in this thread have said Alibaba is safe?

Walter Hay
Importexport

Alibaba is quite safe. It is the vendors and suppliers on alibaba that you have to do your due diligence on

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I just read several reviews of Alibaba on a review site and they dont sound good at all. Customers feel they've been scammed But it 's all possible that it's rather the vendors that are the problem.

Yes, as @agmccall and @kayme both point out, it is the suppliers that you have to worry about.

There is a widespread ignorance about B2B sites. People seem to believe that they are buying from Alibaba, GlobalSources etc., but they are not. They are buying from suppliers that advertise on those B2B sites.

Lack of thorough verification by most of the B2B sites does contribute to the problem by convincing people that fancy badges mean the suppliers are trustworthy.

Alibaba and others have disclaimers on their sites telling buyers that they must do their own due diligence, but people rarely read such things.

Walter Hay
Importexport

I received a notification that member Motivation Vault had replied to this thread. Only part of the post was shown, but sufficient to tell that it was about an unhappy experience with a supplier found on Alibaba.

The post appears to have been deleted but the subject of this thread is important, so I will add an update on what is happening with Alibaba.

Their rules change frequently. In one year there were three occasions when the Trade Assurance rules were changed, and there are also now differences in the status badges displayed by suppliers.

Regular users of the Alibaba site might have noticed that almost every supplier is now a Gold Supplier. I will explain below, but first, just think about that.

The Gold Supplier badge has as a result of this change, lost any value it might have ever had in helping buyers choose who to deal with. If every supplier you find is a gold supplier, they must all be trustworthy, reliable, and great to deal with - Right? No... you now have a much harder job working out who to buy from.

Q: Why is almost every supplier now a Gold Supplier?
A: In their move to make masses of money out of selling Gold Supplier badges, Alibaba made a new rule that only Gold Suppliers could respond to request for quotes.

This means that you cannot contact non-Gold Suppliers unless you can find their website. It can be done in a lot of cases, but it is against Alibaba's rules for suppliers to communicate outside of the Alibaba communication system.

If anyone has questions about safely dealing with suppliers on Alibaba, I suggest you have a look at my thread Ask Me Anything About Product Sourcing And Importing For Profit. ― Veteran Importer Here.

It is possible to buy safely from some Alibaba suppliers, and I have taught thousands of people how to do it.

If you want full and true information on what all the status badges on Alibaba mean, you can ask the questions there and I will happily explain.

Walter Hay
Importexport

Yes, Alibaba is completely safe for purchasing wholesale products. But as the fellow members said above, don't give a large order. It will be wise to choose a wholesaler from where you reside. Moreover there are various options available from whom you can trade with safely like Walmart, 4Imprint, PapaChina, Zuppe, AbraWholesales etc. These are safe options to trade with.