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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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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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February 12th, 2024

Very satisfying service, friendly seller, goods sent as described, Friendly seller, and always answers questions easily to understand

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safe and reliable

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Xerox printer 7855

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June 17th, 2019
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Very easy to use. Anyone can get familiar with how to utilize the app/website, chatroom for developing a great connection with suppliers, and secure purchase process.

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March 21st, 2018
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I always depend on alibaba when it comes to suplies...
Very good quality products, no problem with agents and supplier and most of all very affordable.

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August 22nd, 2019
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I was pleasantly surprised by the opening of such a megaproject as Alibaba, which concentrated a huge amount of Chinese business on one site, very convenient

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September 5th, 2021
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I've used during sleep all night long and during exercise I feel very please to receive all the record of breathing and oxygen level it is the best product. To buy of any patients.

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October 16th, 2020

I have been telling my friends and families
How good Alibaba company is, the great qualities of the merchandises along with your prices which is super.

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April 25th, 2019
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I am waiting my review about order No. **************829 Shenzhen First Technology Co., Ltd. see picture battery send me and new pack battery with new Ebike

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March 28th, 2018
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Using whatsapp for customer service is sooo smart, a great business move. I will do exponentially more business over time and will recommend to others. Cheers

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August 18th, 2020

Navigating through the site was very easy and user friendly. Pictures of the products were beautiful on screen and the same when I received them. I enjoy shopping here on Alibaba.

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December 4th, 2019

Excellent service and attention to the buyer
All my questions were answered even when I requested the Dispute because my product had not been received at the time, the company staff was very professional in resolving my request which I accepted, today December 3,2019 I received my order, I am grateful

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July 18th, 2020

What I can say is very good to buy on alibaba, the sellers are very excellent and we can trust them and the countries that use alibaba. That's it a lot

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April 11th, 2019
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All very safe and calm! I always go to buy in alibaba gives a lot of security and that I'm in Chile, you can buy quiet you will not regret just see the scores of sellers

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April 21st, 2024

Estou muito satisfeito com as mercadorias adquiridas dos fornecedores desta plataforma, tendo em vista que as mercadorias são de boa qualidade e o atendimento é excelente

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Muito satisfeito com o atendimento geral

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Camisas, shorts dentre outros

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July 20th, 2016

Horrible company; products are never as good as they appear on line. Also, I couldn't return a blouse I bought; they said the website showed that it was a final sale but it didn't! DON'T EVEN BOTHER ORDERING FROM THESE JERKS.

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September 5th, 2020

Never deal outside this platform, otherwise you will suffer a big lost if they sending you all the defect products. I have many experiences when ask for whatapps and email to sent quote direct to. End-up almost all the times i received rubbish stuffs and have no way to complaint or getting my money back. The only reply I get from them is "We will do better next time" and "replace you for your next order". Really? This is all they are very good to said... It's like a trap for you to keep order and more rubbish received. So when they said we will replace you in next order, my advise is just forget it DO NOT FALL INTO THIS TRAP, because you won't get any result from it and ALWAYS DEAL WITHIN THIS PLATFORM.

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August 13th, 2019
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I have used Alibaba.com to find products for my shop, communicate with suppliers, and order product samples. The site is very easy to use and I can find a wide variety of high quality product. S

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March 4th, 2019
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I regret that I did not use this platform in the past! I thought they could do Alibaba, only very large orders, with prohibitive prices, for a simple citizen.
I was wrong!
Alibaba it`s the best!

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September 26th, 2019
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The experience was just fine.

I can attest to this as I have used the same company for four orders in less than six months and the business is so smooth that I yearn for more

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March 27th, 2019
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It was my first time buying on alibaba and i had a successful first experience with it. Very happy. I would recommend alibaba but it is important to know that shipping fees can be quite expensive.

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May 1st, 2021

Items are of very poor quality and not fit to use as gym wear. You can actually see through material, that is how thin the material is. Will definitely not buy these items again. Very disappointed.

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Based on my personal experience, I will not recommend these items to anyone else.

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None due to poor quality.

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April 27th, 2019
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Alibaba was very helpful to find in a timely manner the exact enclosure we were looking for. It's the first time we order something through the site, it went like a charm, will do it again.

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April 21st, 2017

I ordered kids lego but once they realized I am American customer, they didn't reply for my mail. Then I provided all evidences but they took care of their seller not buyer. This was incomplete set

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January 1st, 2017

Billion Arts or HZ Billion Arts Company staff Ivy Zeng ( Xie Shi Hai) told me to send the money, once they received the money they said they didn't recieve the money as a hacker hacked and took the money... Really? If it was a hacker who could so easily break into a company email account why didn't the company take action to help the customer get the money. I requested the company several times to make a police complaint but they just wouldn't do it as they themselves stole my money which went into Xie Shi Hai bank Account. I complained to Alibaba they closed the case by saying its a hacker. I complained to several others including the owner Helen Huang who never replied to me. My money went into Xie Shi Hai account and no one can help me get it back, they are openly stealing and conducting fraudulent activity the company staff, owner and Alibaba a bunch of thieves and frauds.
Alibaba did nothing to get my money back.

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November 8th, 2016

I went through Alibaba to try to find some items. I only went to two websites on Alibaba who were supposed to be certified sellers. I got a response from a seller and over the next couple weeks negotiated a deal, then wired my money still thinking I was going through Alibaba. When I didn't get my merchandise contacted Alibaba for help.
I was told the merchant was not one of their certified Merchant. The problem is I didn't put my information out there for all the crooks in China to see.
So they had to get my information from Alibaba. They do not care anything about their customers they refused to help me in anyway. They told me I should have investigated the merchant better and used one that was one of their gold certified merchants. Which I assumed I was doing since they were the only ones I contacted for quotes. I think everything in China is a scam and these people are all criminals. You should never do business with anyone from China because if they steal your money you have nowhere to turn. I've tried the China police and they act like it is a big joke on Americans

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July 11th, 2020

I've used Alibaba multiple times. While I have used the services of quite a bit of companies, most of which provided decent service and some I am a repeat buyer from, sometimes there will be a few that try to pull a fast one on you despite appearing to be genuine. The materials I order have to be within a general range of a specific size. It is unusable if it doesn't match. A small tolerance is usually ok but the range doesn't leave room for much error. I like Alibaba since most companies specialize with custom made. However some companies go for that quick money stating they can match your parameters yet do nothing of the sort under the cover of false feedback to make them look genuine. There have been two instances where they were anything but geniune, showing me images that matched what I've wanted, but what I have received was quite different. Hence, unusable. The seller denies all despite picture and video evidence. Basically they got paid to send you un-matching garbage. Alibaba has a trade assurance that is supposed to protect you from this. Trade assurance is basically a scam. Should you open a dispute case with your trade assurance, they tell you that it will cost you an extra $500 for them to send an inspector to the seller's factory to inspect a product. The factory can then simply make a piece within the exact specifications you stated to appease the inspector, now you're out of your money + $500 more on top of that. So overall, it is a hit or miss if you get a good, honest company but if you do get a good one, it's a great experience overall.

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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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