1688.com Basics
What is 1688.com?
I’m sure every businessman knows about Alibaba – a very famous company in the world. 1688.com is a subsidiary of Alibaba in China.
1688. com is only for China’s domestic market (Only Chinese language now) and mainly in B2B, B2C, wholesale and manufacturing of products. Many Chinese businessmen use 1688.com to find products and other businesses are also catching up to the relatively fair prices for good products. More than 80% of the businesses that we trade and interact with our factories and about 20% are trading companies. Have a look around. You will definitely find something that interests you here.
What is the difference between 1688.com and Alibaba.com?
The difference between the two is that 1688 is mainly for the domestic market and Alibaba is mainly for international business trade.
1688.com only has Chinese language, only for the Chinese market.
Alibaba.com is an international platform and can be read in many different languages worldwide. There are Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese,Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Dutch, and Hebrew languages.
Why do Chinese people like to buy products on 1688.com?
1688.com is a well-known website and at the moment, is the largest wholesale website in China. The Chinese people purchase products from us due to our relatively low prices. Many trading companies also to buy products through 1688.com and sell them worldwide. There are currently over 50,000 legitimate sellers on 1688.com. You will always find something you need on our website.
Are 1688.com of suppliers real or scammers?
All suppliers of the products on our website must get Government business licenses if to become 1688 sellers. Meaning that all the business and product sellers at 1688.com are real and genuine.
You can check the company’s registration information on the seller’s store. Details like date of incorporation, registered capital, company address, and company’s business scope have been clearly displayed on the website.
1688 Sourcing Procedure
1688 is one of the biggest wholesale marketplat in China and we provide a complete sourcing solution from 1688 as buying agent. How does it work?
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You often have these problems?
- I search suppliers, and products on English Platform.
- I need better price but don’t know how to do it.
- We are a starup company and want to start from small order Qty. 500pcs or more is too big for us.
- I want to buy something on 1688.com but I don’t know Chinese.
- I’m very busy every day and don’t have enough time for searching.
- I got some great offers on 1688.com, but I need someone to check the suppliers for me.
- I hope someone could help me to solve the delivery time problem against waiting for 30days or more.
1. Search Products on 1688.com
You can use google translate or other tool to translate the product keywords into Chinese, then search it on 1688.com or search it by item photos.You can get many similar items on 1688.
2. Note Down Product
Copy down the product links you want to buy. Record the rough price on the site. Send us the order wish list with item QTY and also quality requirement.
3. Issue An Invoice
Our 1688 sourcing agent team will double check the quality requirement, price, order QTY and delivery time with the supplier. Meanwhile, we will confirm the shipping cost from suppliers to our company. After that, we will issue you an invoice.
4. Make Deposit
You just need to confirm the invoice and arrange 30% deposit to us by T/T transfer, Paypal, Payoneer to initiate the order. And the rest will be paid before shipment.
5. Purchase&Follow UP
After receiving your deposit, our sourcing team will place the order on 1688 and follow up the whole process. When our warehouse gets the goods, we will open the box and check if the item quality and QTY is in accordance with our requirement. We will take the photos for your confirmation. All records will be communicated and reserved on our website order details page.
6. Shipping Arrangement
After goods confirmation, we will arrange the shipment as your requirement.We also can provide several sultion for your choice. Meanwhile, you can store your goods in our warehouse and accept our one-stop drop-shipping service. Shipping infomation can be always tracked and commucated under your order details page.