How To Choose A Foreign Trade B2B E-commerce Platform? Comparison Of Major B2B E-commerce Platforms
B2B Ecommerce
As we all know, B2B e-commerce is one of the mainstream trends in foreign trade. So how to choose a foreign trade B2B e-commerce platform? Today we will list the top international B2B e-commerce platforms in the world:
1. Alibaba (Alibaba International Station)
Established: 1999
Established Location: Hangzhou, China
Type: International B2B platform founded in China
It is founded in 1999 and is currently the world's largest international B2B e-commerce platform, selling about 100 million products from more than 40 different categories. The buyers of the platform also come from more than 190 countries and regions around the world. It is currently one of the platforms with the most paying users in the world. Therefore, it can be said that it is a foreign trade B2B e-commerce platform that everyone at home and abroad knows about, with large traffic and high popularity. There are also more and more overseas buyers looking for suppliers on Alibaba.
However, the investment cost of Alibaba International Station is uncontrollable. The rules of the platform are also changeable, making operators adjust and change products frequently according to the rules, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
2. Made-in-china
Established: 1998
Place of Establishment: Nanjing, China
Type: International B2B platform founded in China
Founded in 1998, Made-in-China provides e-commerce services for Chinese products to the world. It is positioned to use the Internet to introduce products made in China to global buyers. It is one of the most famous B2B e-commerce websites in China. Internet Weekly was rated as one of the top 100 websites with the most commercial value in China. The company has also developed the business of acting as an agent for Google. And in recent years, it has started the business of helping foreign trade companies build foreign trade websites.
3. EC21
Established: 1997
Place of establishment: South Korea
Type: Korean B2B platform
EC21 was established in South Korea in 1997 and is one of the top ten online B2B platforms in the world. Although EC21 is a platform headquartered in South Korea, the platform is positioned to develop global buyers and is an overseas comprehensive trade platform, not just for the Korean market. It has 1 million buyers and more than 600,000 inquiries per month. EC21 currently has 3 sites, including EC21 China Station, EC21 Korea Station and EC21 Global Station, supporting 8 different languages. With its high-quality services, EC21 has 1 million pieces of valid supply and demand information, 3.2 million pieces of product information, and a huge buyer database of 1 million buyers from all over the world, ranking the top 2 in the global business field.
4. ThomasNet
Established: 1998
Place of Founding: United States
Type: American B2B platform
ThomasNet is an American B2B e-commerce platform and the world's leading B2B e-commerce platform, formerly known as thomaspublishing.com, with more than 1.8 million visits per month. It connects buyers and sellers in manufacturing and industry. Now, buyers around the world use ThomasNet to find suppliers and source products, mainly in the United States. ThomasNet combines powerful search technology with numerous company profiles on the platform to increase supplier choice, and it's free. It is a massive platform with 67,000 industrial categories and 650,000 distributors, manufacturers, and service companies
5. Indiamart
Established: 1999
Place of Founding: India
Type: Indian B2B platform
Indiamart is the largest B2B platform in India. Since 1999, through the efforts of more than 950 professional team members in 27 offices of IndiaMART.com, it has promoted B2B solutions to more than 600,000 registered enterprises. Traffic structure: 87.3% in India, 1.5% in the United States, and 1.0% in China. It used to appear frequently in Google search results, and in recent years, there has been a downward trend in search results.
6. Tradeglobal
Established: 2018
Established Location: Hangzhou, China
Type: Chinese B2B platform
Trade Global is the platform for global wholesale trade. It is dedicated to serving the global trade field and providing high-quality Chinese products and suppliers information for global buyers. Providing product information of 27 categories and 3,600 sub-categories, it is specializing in bridging the gap between global buyers and quality Chinese suppliers. Additionally, it is free. Its mission is to facilitate global trade between worldwide buyers and Chinese suppliers, provide accurate and dependable information on Chinese products and suppliers to global buyers and help buyers and suppliers communicate and do business with each other effectively and efficiently.