Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Alibaba are holding virtual and in-person events this month, giving sellers a full slate of options from which to choose. Amazon will host sellers at its annual in-person Amazon Accelerate conference in Seattle, Washington on September Read more
Alibaba said its Chinese marketplaces saw strong growth during this year’s 6.18 shopping festival, which is China’s second-largest shopping festival after 11.11 Singles’ Day event held in November. A record number of merchants participated in China’s mid-year shopping festival 6.18 Read more
Alibaba kicked off its annual month-long March Expo on Tuesday. The event connects merchants and suppliers around the world, letting small- and medium-sized businesses access new products and access “on-the-spot” discounts from suppliers. This year’s event is organized around the Read more
Alibaba is deploying 1,000 bots across Chinese university campuses and urban communities to deliver packages to online shoppers. The bots will pick up parcels at a local courier drop-off point and make their way to customers’ doors. “Imagine a robot Read more
The Alibaba Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance was formed nearly 4 years ago to help brands protect their Intellectual Property (IP) rights, and this week, it announced the formation of a new advisory committee dedicated to small and medium-size businesses (SMEs). Small sellers Read more
Alibaba is providing helpful information and guidance for small US businesses who are coping with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. It launched the B2B today initiative in March as an extension of its weekly outreach events it holds with Read more
Online sellers know Alibaba.com as a product-sourcing platform for inventory from overseas suppliers, but now it’s open to US suppliers as well. That means businesses in the US can use Alibaba to reach retailers and sellers who might be interested Read more
eBay rebuffed Alibaba in 2006 despite the fact many of its sellers used the Chinese platform to source the products they sold on eBay. Some believe that was a mistake on eBay’s part. Now Alibaba has found a new channel Read more
Alibaba debuted its Pay Later service for online sellers procuring inventory on its marketplace during the CES show last week. The service is powered by Kabbage, which kicked off the trend of offering loans and financing to online sellers nearly Read more
Jack Ma was a teacher in China before turning entrepreneur, but he succeeded in growing Alibaba into a global ecommerce powerhouse because he paid attention to the needs of small businesses both in his own country and around the world. Read more
