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Alibaba has a rating of 3.7 stars from 13,059 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Alibaba most frequently mention good quality, trade assurance, and customer service. Alibaba ranks 1st among Sourcing sites.

  • Service
    989
  • Value
    972
  • Shipping
    970
  • Returns
    576
  • Quality
    956

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 78.8%
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Top Positive Review

“Trust and peace of mind”

Dorothy H.
7/14/24

Trading through alibaba provides peace of mind that your transactions are secured and you are trading with professionals. I will always buy from this platform and I recommend it to others. We also buy a lot of things for my work. Everything I have ordered in Australia always arrives on time and buying the products and selecting them has been made so easy through Alibaba. Very happy with the service!

Top Critical Review

“Alibaba Trade assurance is a scam”

Leif Erik G.
9/20/24

Even when you provide Trade Assurance with clear evidence a supplier has commited fraud, they will still side with the supplier. Please do not trust that Trade Assurance will help you or protect you as a customer in any way. You just pay extra when paying to Alibaba. That's it. And it's impossible to get help from customer service.

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September 23rd, 2020

Trade assurance helped me to go a head and place my order with piece of mind. It also gave me 15 days to test and try my products after I received the items. Alibaba releases money to seller only after I confirming the delivery of the items. Thank you

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July 11th, 2019
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A great experience! I'm a first time user and didn't have any problem at all. I feel I'm safe and have protection in case anything goes wrong. I wouldn't do it any other way. Alibaba has made our lives much easier!

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September 23rd, 2015

I have made a few orders on Alibaba now. My first order for a scooter did not work out at all (from Merlot Commerce and Dogebos Ltd). The item came in a crushed box and would not function. The seller would not replace any of the broken parts and offered the only recourse of shipping the unit back at my cost. Ridiculous.
Fortunately for me, I placed a small order first. I chose a different supplier for my next order, (Shenzen E-Fire Technology has been excellent so far) and I have placed several orders with them since.
I will continue purchasing through Alibaba. If you are going to use these folks, I recommend taking your time and ordering small first. Develop trust. China is going through a recession and some of their sellers are likely going out of business.

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Jeff W. – Alibaba Rep

Dear Vince,

This is Echo from Alibaba Customer Service. I would like to express our appreciation for the trading insights you shared with us and I agree that there is certain risks in international trading, therefore due diligence is highly recommended to every customer.
Also, I noticed that you mentioned a trade dispute with Merlot Commerce and Dogebos Ltd. According to the database, there is no company located with this name and I wonder if you still have the posting link of this company on Alibaba.com. If yes, please send it to me via private message and I will further check it out for you. Or, you can directly submit a complaint via our Complaint Center: http://channel.alibaba.com/complaint/home.htm?spm.
Thank you for your support and understanding. Have a nice day!

Regards,
Echo
Alibaba International Customer Service Team

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April 30th, 2019
Verified purchase

We received a great product. The customer service was excellent. Happy to have found this supplier.

We ordered a box for our face serum. Wendy was very helpful to make sure every last detail for our project/job came out exactly right. We were very happy with the final product.

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March 13th, 2019
Verified purchase

I asked for quotes and special changes in the headpieces I was interested in and was treated like gold by this supplier. I am happy to let everyone know that they are a pleasure to do business with.
Sincerely,
Deb Griffin

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January 23rd, 2018

We had very poor experience with Wendy Huang from Guangzhou Meishang Packing Co., Ltd. We place a customized samples order with them for their cups. The cups arrived late and were leaking. Wendy Huang was rude and unprofessional. Instead of taking responsibility she accused us for lying and said that we meant very little to them. This company and especially Wendy Huang is a disgrace to the Chinese people and China.

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September 14th, 2014

Advice to American companies: Do not do business on Alibaba.com they are bias and Chinese propaganda website. They are hateful against American business growing globally. If you quotes are cheaper than their Chinese companies they will put a hold on your quote until the buyer buys from Chinese company.

Tip for consumers:
Do not pay or do business on alibaba.com.

Stay Away from Alibaba.com

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July 18th, 2020

All went Ok and very wel via this site, good communication possibilities and correct info.
Easy way to get in contact with suppliers.
Good overview and info about the products
Safe and good backup possibilities in case something goes wrong.
I can only advice everyone to use this site.

Tip for consumers:
Don't worry, all is safe and good. You can trust this site 100%

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Not so important what it is, important is that all went good and well

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May 5th, 2020

We where satisfied with what Alibaba offer consider it is a free service. It is help us to secure our trade and have an assurance. There are a lot of scame on internet especially on free platform. So thank you Alibaba.

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March 28th, 2019
Verified purchase

Nice experience... i am happy about the product its working fine.

BUT! The product delayed because DHL lost the invoice...

Anyways i contact the supplier they helped me to proceed the new invoice and shipment arrived after 2 days..

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June 5th, 2020

They facilitated the connection between the supplier and buyer and oversaw that all questions were responded to in a timely manner. The supplier was awesome as well. They ensured and provided reassurance that the product would be shipped and delivered in a timely manner. When delays occurred it was communicated. Of course delays do occur that is of no fault of the supplier. I will return to Alibaba for future purchases.

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March 12th, 2020

Products shipped in time, packed properly, arrived in time, above all, product functioned as expected, worked 100% with no issues, also communicated with supplier all the way through until i received my products

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May 21st, 2019
Verified purchase

This operation was my first international experience, talking about imports and exports, all the time the provider was very friendly.
Now im going to buy all my products by Alibaba.

Excellent experience.
Thanks.

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July 23rd, 2020

I cannot fault the company, very good at trying to resolve my issues, always there to listen, i was thinking of starting up a business but unfortunately the supplier i choose could not supply the goods to my specifications

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June 6th, 2020

Outstanding site you can find whatever you are looking for with reasonable price and good quality. The customer service is professional and can step-up immediately to help and solve a problem. Thank you

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September 3rd, 2019
Verified purchase

Great product, Great experience with the company. They were very helpful in all ways. Very polite and explained things perfectly. Glad I have ordered from them. I will definitely order from them again!

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March 9th, 2020

Great place to buy from, this is where to go to start a business and to stock on products, cheap items and great quality, I will always trust my known vendors on Ali Baba...
Thank you for great service.

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October 14th, 2020

Very good looking website and easier to navigate around to find what your needs and easy to understand the stuff clearly and well known organized!:)

Highly recommended to the new retail businesses owners to come shop for their products!

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December 1st, 2021

The video player is easy to install yet a few functions are not working after several attempts following the instruction manual, not all mobile phones are compatible, apple is fine yet the android phone is not connecting through wifi hotspot or tethering. Changing the logo is not working also, the speaker sound is not that loud enough to hear the sound.

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March 28th, 2020

I was pleased to receive the two switching items that I ordered. They were delivered in excellent condition in quick time and are as described in the product page. Very pleased so far and would not hesitate to recommend.

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November 7th, 2019

My order arrived, even with a problem caused by delay between customs and transport to the Azores islands. The supplier was excellent in indicating how to verify and solve the problem.
Excellent supplier performance. I recommend this provider. Super!

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June 15th, 2020

Alibaba, while certainly a bit of a jungle at times, is a very useful website as a gateway for doing business with China. I've experimented with a number of small-medium orders and have had no bad experiences at all, which was a pleasant surprise as I was a bit nervous trying it out.

I wouldn't use this to buy individual items or buzzword hot seller type things; I use it for sourcing specific tech components and for that it is very handy, perhaps unrivaled. Know your stuff and be careful of course, but if you're wary and knowledgeable you can do very well.

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March 14th, 2019
Verified purchase

Having to learn how to order materials via the portal took me some time to understand. My constraint mostly involved Communication and language translations. In all the process and follow through on order to delivery was easy and visible.

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January 6th, 2022

I'm very happy that I've found Alibaba.
There are many great quality products and suppliers to choose from.
My customers love the reusable, eco aware products that I've bought from companies through Alibaba.

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Reusable, eco aware products

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July 26th, 2019
Verified purchase

Everything was done with a lot of professionalism and fast.
The sales person was very kind and attended to me when I needed her. The product was exactly what I ordered and I will buy again by this means.

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Alibaba.com is the world's leading wholesale trade platform that connects buyers and suppliers from around the world.

Business History

The first business of Alibaba Group, Alibaba.com (www.alibaba.com) is the leading platform for global wholesale trade serving millions of buyers and suppliers around the world. Through Alibaba.com, small businesses can sell their products to companies in other countries. Sellers on Alibaba.com are typically manufacturers and distributors based in China and other manufacturing countries such as India, Pakistan, the United States and Thailand.

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