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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
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Negative
36

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204 reviews

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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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1 review
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February 9th, 2020

Excellent customer service no problems or issues with my order or from the sellers! Very satisfied as a return customer I look for to future orders and future relationships. Thank You So Much!

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August 30th, 2021

I submitted complaints which are obvious and that the Alibaba refused to acknowledge, of the poor product quality causing me harm (cut to my thumb). Buyer beware.

Tip for consumers:
Buyer beware. Not only will the seller reject any proposals to poor quality control but Alibaba will move in favor of their seller.

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air rower

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November 6th, 2021

Just finished my first purchase through Alibaba. I'm very pleased with the whole process, Good rating system for the sellers. I find the site easy to navigate.

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August 6th, 2019
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The quality is very high. Sewing was also polite.
I will order again. 22mm is very nice.

We were able to experience the difference between 19mm and 22mm by actually ordering samples. It was a very polite response.

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August 17th, 2019
Verified purchase

My experience so far with Alibaba has been satisfying. I had of a lot of fraudulent people scamming with Alibaba but I haven't experienced it based on Alibaba strong network and security, I have come to realize that you can get scammed if you don't go by the ways of Alibaba and Co. So I would say keep it up.

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July 4th, 2019

Alibaba is very poor for the sellers who are not from China. The services are very biased to the china seller and the non Chinese seller. The Chinese sellers get many privileges like paythrough Alibaba option as well as there profile also show the amount of total transcation they have done with their buyers and etc. Alibaba is only good if you are seller from china. I have bought a gold supplier membership and is getting no business from this. Its a total waste of money as well as most buyers on the website are just for timepass. And you get computer generated inquiries when a customer just clicks on your product. Alibaba is developed to only help the chinese sellers. If you are not from china please dont buy the membership, you will regret it just as im regretting it right now. I wasted 1500 dollars and still got 0 income. Total waste of money.

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December 8th, 2020

Overall the product is good. Delivery was also excellent. However, defects were confirmed in some products.
It is not completely defective. So I allowed to use it.

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September 9th, 2015

Alibaba is completely stand on their country and people which is no assurance or insurance to trade or buy anything from them. When you use their assurance is no help, Alibaba still stand on their people side, they are not helping you at all. You still don't get your refund or only partial refund with huge fee from their trade assurance. It is totally opposite from PAYPAL. The bottom line is NO BUSINESS with them, pay little more to buy in USA for less headache, safety product, better quality. Let short their stock BABA

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Jeff W. – Alibaba Rep

Dear Venus,

Based on the comment you posted on Alibaba page, I understand that you feel upset about the experience using Trade Assurance. Please allow me to assist you with it.
Kindly provide me with the account with which you placed the order as well as the number of the dispute case via Private Message. Upon receipt of the requested information, I will check out the case and see what I can do to further assist you.
Looking forward to your kind reply!

Regards,
Echo
Alibaba International Customer Service Team

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July 2nd, 2015

This person called Eric Fan from SHIJIAZHUANG KAILIHUA gave me a quotation of X product. Ended up delivering wrong items! He gave me super cheap items and charged me premium price for it. Such a joke. His pre sales service is great. Post sales is embarassing. Keep doing this and yr competitors will be smiling their way to the bank.

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November 27th, 2020

I think there should be some payment method in which options of COD type should be available, as well as shipping costs are too high, there should be some special agreements with shipping companies for better prices.

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January 11th, 2020

I loved the information on Alibaba. My only complaint is I ordered and paid for items from a supplier listed on Alibaba thru Western Union now the supplier is not listed and I have no way of contacting them.

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October 2nd, 2019
Verified purchase

Trusted and honest seller and excellent communication brilliant item, great price and fast postage - seller highly recommended A+++++
Received item, just as described Many thanks hope to do business with you again thank you very much sweetie Anna

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May 19th, 2019
Verified purchase

I got to say the only thing they can work better on is an application that works on both your phone and on the computer and you don't have to keep switching back and forth between WhatsApp the messenger on here and then the trade manager everything started to get a little confusing there but all worked out in the end and the products were shipped here Express and in a timely matter of 7 days! From China to Washington State I will definitely be ordering through Alibaba as I have in the past and this is no exception to being another great order!

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February 12th, 2016

I bought some abaya from this site. Honestly when it arrive its a complete rubbish. Its not any way near what i seen in the picture. I couldn't give it to charity as it will be insult i just binned it. But must admit i got my money back from the seller.so plz do not buy from this website

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Jeff W. – Alibaba Rep

Dear Salma,

This is Echo from Alibaba International Service. I am sorry to learn that you are not satisfied with the quality of the product you received, but still I am happy to know that you got a refund finally.
Kindly note that the products posted on Alibaba.com belong to relevant suppliers and you are suggested to order a sample before placing the whole order. For more safe trading tips, please check out at: http://activities.alibaba.com/alibaba/safety-security.php. Have a nice day!

Regards,
Echo
Alibaba International Customer Service

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1 review
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September 14th, 2018

I had a deal with a company named lucky lips form south Africa, after I sent the prepayment of 2500 USD they ask me to pay the shipment insurance (1200 usd) which not included in our agreement than when I asked them to cancel the deal they asked me to pay around 900 $.
I dont know what I should do, I am really very sad for that.

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2 reviews
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March 9th, 2015

Ali Baba is a platform for sellers and not for buyers. If anything goes wrong Ali Baba believes what the seller is saying and they ask you as a buyer for proof. Why shouldn't the seller proof that he is right? So for me Ali Baba is bad experience with the chance of being scammed any moment.

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August 13th, 2020

Alibaba (seller Qingdao Mingyuhao Yang) I filed a complaint that the seller shipped my item through DHL, they lost the product. Seller wouldn't do refund unless I changed my 1 star review on them nor offer to replace the item. Alibaba says on their site they would issue. I send conversations with seller and DHL and still no product and out of $199. They sided with the seller even after all the proof. DHL said all the seller had to do was put in a claim and they would reimburse the seller and then they could ship me new product or reimburse me. Alibaba will always side with seller and you will be out of money and product. Watch out

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December 16th, 2019

Trade Assurance is fraud! Alibaba has no intention on making a supplier do what they say they are going to do. They are in support of the supplier. Do not spend alot of money on this site because it is so easy to be scammed.

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May 24th, 2016

I buy from many suppliers on Alibaba, but only from sellers that accept payment through PayPal. Alibaba's Trade Assurance Program only assures you of one thing, you will get ripped off. I have, over the years, asked PayPal to intervene with three different sellers on Alibaba that I have bought from and paid through PayPal. All three suppliers tried to rip me off one way or another, and each time my money was refunded to me by PayPal. No matter how good a deal seems from a Chinese Supplier, don't do business with them if they refuse to take PayPal. A honest supplier will take PayPal, they know they have to live up to the deal.

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June 26th, 2019
Verified purchase

You have been very good to work with and I look forward to
Working with you more in the the days to come and I'm glad that you are there in case there is a problem to have my back and hope that if there ever is that things will work smoothly

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February 27th, 2024

My earbuds work great. I like that it was easy to place my order with Alibaba. I will be ordering more things

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September 7th, 2019
Verified purchase

I am enjoying importing threw Alibaba because they are there to help... they are the frist there when there is a problem and they get results rateing 10/10 i have done this review because i feel strongly about quality servers,,,,,

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July 6th, 2020

Alibaba is basically indispensible now given the current Global Pandemic. Without Alibaba, we wouldnt have been able to find new suppliers after our old suppliers closed down. And travelling to China persinally is still impossible. But with Alibaba those worries are gone! Our new supplier Quanzhou Juyu Bags Co., Ltd. is also excellent and very accomodating.

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July 8th, 2020

We now had our 3rd delivery of parts from this supplier and the part quality is good.
Communication with Zimon in English is clear with fast response.
Delivery times are held and both CNC machined aluminium parts as well as laser cut stainless steel part quality is high.
Many thanks from Knocktop in Scotland

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January 21st, 2020

Great communication, service and fast delivery I ordered some custom patches, I did not have any problem with communication any changes I need in how I wanted the patch t look. Once I was happy with the changes, the patch was made right away and then sent out for delivery on Jan 16 and I received it in Canada on Jan 21. Very happy with the whole experience.

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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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