Alibaba was launched in 1999 in China as an online portal connecting manufacturers in China with international buyers. It later evolved to an e-commerce platform allowing the sale and buying of goods and services. Nowadays, Alibaba is a conglomerate of internet-based businesses offering electronic payment services, cloud computing services, internet TV, mobile apps, among others. Alibaba is the world’s largest retailer and servicing millions of buyers and sellers all over the world.
Alternatives to Alibaba
Rakuten
Company: Rakuten inc. | Founder: Hiroshi Mikitani | CEO: Hiroshi Mikitani | Since: 1997
AliExpress
Company: AliExpress.com | Founder: Daniel Zhang | CEO: Jack Ma | Since: 2010
Amazon
Company: Amazon.com, Inc. | Founder: Jeff Bezos | CEO: Jeff Bezos | Since: 1994
Amazon is the place to be if you want to buy stuff online. Whether you are looking for electronics, music, books, software or any other category you can think off. They started of as a website that was going to…
Dhgate
Company: Dunhuang Holding | Founder: Diane Wang | CEO: Diane Wang | Since: 2004
DHgate is an e-commerce platform that retails Chinese manufactured items to small and medium-sized businesses around the world. Additionally, DHgate provides payments, financing, logistics and fraud-detection services for its customers. The company was launched in 2004 and has experienced steep…
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