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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%
Positive
145
Neutral
3
Negative
36

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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 12th, 2019
Verified purchase

Excellent Supplier, Goods where well packaged and in very neatly packaging, Very good Condition.
Very fast in dispatching My Orders and also the Delivery to Uk was very fast, Within 3 days Goods where all in UK. Received at our Office
I would very much recommend this supplier to any buyer, the shipping fees are very affordable. I Will definitely use again.
Much appreciated for you Kind Support.
Kind Regards

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November 2nd, 2020

I still have unsettled dispute (3800 US$) which Alibaba did not respond so far. I got a product that is not what I ordered, I still have it, it is useless to me, I want to send it back, and nobody is listening to me. This is keeping me back of ordering with new sellers. This is very unfortunate...

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July 8th, 2022

I paid VAT to Alibaba and had to pay VAT when I declared again! Alibaba did not provide an IOSS number to declare. And the help center only responds with automated questions! I filled out the tax refund according to the requirements and it was rejected! My advice to private individuals is not to buy! Because you pay double VAT all the time! And you won't get help later!

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July 21st, 2020

A trusted website. I was a bit confused on the Trade Assurance extension but nevertheless all ends well. Information provided is sufficient and only which is not comprehensible is the conversion rate is extremely high on your side. US1 against MYR 4.55

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April 7th, 2019
Verified purchase

I am very satisfied with my experience with Alibaba. I received 2 product samples from 2 different manufacturers. I am very please with what I have received. Also, the customer service provided was the best!

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July 31st, 2019
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I am very happy with the umbrellas that I received. I received all umbrellas in a well packed box. The umbrellas were exactly what I ordered and the quality of the umbrellas is excellent. I highly recommend this vendor.

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February 27th, 2019
Verified purchase

The trade assurance policy is a good policy in order to protect the buyer and at the same time, to avoid the supplier to manipulate the buyer by giving a product that according to the buyer specification

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Communication product mainly fiberoptic

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December 20th, 2020

The customer service was good, shipping was delayed but I think that was on the part of holiday shipping first order was deliver on the day that was given but second shipment was delayed again I think that was because of the holidays.

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December 13th, 2020

Buying from Alibaba is quick and easy, my only concern is shipping, I prefer to know shipping before committing myself to buy. Not to buy 1st and be told the shipping fee later. My other concern is shipping fee itself, which on some item shipping is higher than the item itself.

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August 9th, 2020

James is always very helpful and is able to answer and questions I have for him. Nice guy to deal with, orders are always spot on and the quality of the goods are always of the highest quality. 5* Service

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October 24th, 2019
Verified purchase

Stella made a very professional job,
Stella is the best seller of all alibaba,
Without stella nothing would have gone well. Thanks stella for all your help.
On my part I give 5 stars for their work and for the service. I will recommend you to more people... I am very happy to do business with you... see you in the next order soon... and I hope to have better offers of you in the future...

Greetings. Camaharri Alexander Jones Caraballo

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March 17th, 2019
Verified purchase

Very good and awesome electronics shop to awesome customer service experience thank you so much and order was received successful very good packaged. I will recommend every company to contact SNT for quality headphones.

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September 11th, 2019
Verified purchase

The supplier was understanding and collaborative, the merchandise was produced according to the required standards and I want to continue working with this company! I recommend this supplier, seriously and fast.

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August 30th, 2019
Verified purchase

I was very happy with the product and extremely happy with the customer service which was provided.

The customer service went above and beyond to get my ideas out of my head and onto my basketball jerseys.

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March 26th, 2019
Verified purchase

The trade assurance builds confidence and allows the buyer to commit funds to a transaction without fear of a loss. And the suppliers are not able to declare a bankruptcy before and during the duration of transaction.

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December 12th, 2020

I like Alibaba, but they have a lot to go on when it comes to easy use of the webpage.
Alibaba should also make sure that companies who is offering their gods here, have an easy checkout for all the product displayed on the site, that will lift the total picture of Alibaba!
It shouldn't be necessary to use time on chat with the manufacturer to be able to order the simplest things, it doesn't regards all of course, but too many!

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June 20th, 2018

They also go by the name of Fabric Factory / Ecology Textile / Youjibu

Don't be fooled by their nice fabric samples, your production order will be no where near the same quality. No admittance to fault by the supplier, no refund offered. Alibaba did nothing to help.

Be warned.

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December 23rd, 2020

Had a company which not delivered at all. Their products were stopped on custom, with the notice that the import licence and product are not allowed in EU, with the notice that there was no manuel hand advise. I asked alibaba for help and only point they told me that i am responsible that the product gets in EU and the company, which website was after my payment taken off, representive always open new sites and address, and doesnt replied at all, are right and i have to pay the damage.

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October 29th, 2019
Verified purchase

My first experience with purchasing an item on Alibaba was exceptional, as well as the company & representative that I was working with, who answered all my questions back & forth for a couple of days until I made the purchase. What I ordered was exactly what I received.

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April 12th, 2022

I had a seller cheat me by sending a fake item to the US by air and the real goods by sea. Because of this I lost trade assurance. I got the goods by sea they were counterfeit and infringed on another patent. No one from alibaba would help me. Said it was my failt. They always side with sellers. Its best not to buy from alibaba.

Tip for consumers:
Avoid

Products used:
Dbbells that were counterfeit

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July 28th, 2020

We Americans can be somewhat hesitant when ordering products internationally. However, I'd like to say what a FANTASTIC job Xiamen Zhansong Commerce Trading did with my order. I've heard horror stories from other people about their orders never arriving and losing all the money they had paid.

Xiamen Zhansong Commerce Trading is a company you can trust! They fulfilled my order on exactly the timeline they said they would. I especially liked that I was able to use trusted FedEx shipping when placing my order. When I asked for my tracking number, they sent it straight away and I was able to monitor the progress of my package.

They were very timely in their responses to all questions or concerns I had, which I was able to ask via the CHAT portal in my account. Fisher Yu communicated with me perfectly in English, so you don't have to worry about that.

Overall = top notch!

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August 17th, 2020

The product arrived before the scheduled date, the quality of the product is as advertised on the company's website and my first impressions of the product are very favourable. I recommend the product.

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March 25th, 2019
Verified purchase

I had a very good 1st-time experience. I had to take some time to learn how to use the platform and search for products and how to communicate with suppliers and use the Alibaba supplier product details, company profile, and reviews helped me find the right supplier for me.

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June 28th, 2018

I bought over $7,000 worth of inflatable boats from this seller for re-selling. After selling some of them I had to provide money back to the consumers as all the inflatable boats were coming apart as if they were made of paper. I contacted the supplier and they said that they were aware of the problem but nothing could be done. So I basically lost 7k out of my pocket for their cheap products. Never trust or buy from there sellers, cheap quality and cheap service http://www.hailunyacht.com/

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August 15th, 2017

I purchased 3 shirts and only received 1 shirt. Ive contacted the seller and he informed me that my shirts were on its way, but i never received my last 2 shirts. I contacted the seller a couple of times and he never responded. I did the live chat and they did nothing. So now im out my money and my shirts. Dont buy from alibaba! You just dont know if you will be scammed out your money or not.

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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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