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I'm a fairly new buyer to Alibaba, Any questions or concerning I have regarding my orders are quickly and efficiently answered. Navigating the websites can be challenging for a new comers. Trust me I make a lot of mistakes, I'm sure the sellers look at some of my Request's and say "What is he thinking" or "What is he trying to say". But I'm getting better and they are SO patient, Its not the end of the world... It was just a typing mistake! Mistakes are learning and learning is the best part of life... There are unbelievably great deals here. This website has changed my life and it can change yours Too.... Just take a deep breath.... Get a cup of coffee... And don't be afraid to ask lots of questions... Now let's go make money... Best of Luck ... Carroll ...USA

Alibaba needs more shipping options to the U.S. I researched purchasing an electric ATV (quad/four wheeler) for 5 weeks on Alibaba. I looked at 10 different companies. At first I was about to give up completely because none of the companies seemed to understand English well enough to understand my product requirements and what I was looking for. Almost every company told me I could buy the ATV from them and they would ship it to the nearest U.S. seaport, but I would have to figure out how to get it from there, through Customs, and to my home in Utah myself. Most of the companies had no option available to them to do the logistics themselves or to have a 3rd party company do it for them. I finally found 1 of 10 companies that could sell me the ATV, clear customs, and provide ground shipping, but it added 100% to the cost of the product. Alibaba has some great product options, but Please improve the shipping options available so you can increase your sales to the United States. Thanks.

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I have browsed the app for a long time, uneasy about doing business in China i have looked closely at the sellers. Lots of shiny BS plaque images and certifications that seem blustery. I decided to try it and I finally placed an order for items that are a part of my manufactured product. I was sent the wrong parts (clearly NOT WHAT WAS ORDERED) and the seller offer a 5$ refund 🤦🏼‍♂️. I opened a dispute in Alibaba and so far nothing has been done other than suggesting a 5$ refund was reasonable. This might be a cultural difference I’m not aware of BUT in the US if i send someone something other than what they ordered, I pay to get it back and I refund the money. In my mind this is as it should be. In Alibaba’s mind 5$ back and I keep the useless items makes more sense. So my review is this, its a gamblers app. Maybe you’ll get the product you want, maybe you wont. Either way if theres a problem, your money is gone and odds of getting it back are as close to zero as they’ll get.

I order a few Thousand USD products from here with different suppliers. Some products I get very good price while others are just fair with expense shipping cost. Suppliers are varied. Did not receive everything that I order yet. Will see. However I spent a lot of time to search what I need. But have encountered a lot of misleading price or product images do not match the description. They will said the price is old or not right..... waste a lot of time. But some companies are very helpful. While Some will tell you to order from other suppliers if I show them their listing price. Also agree with other reviewers, shipping cost a lot and not much choices. For giant company like this; should encourage their listing vendors to update their price. False advertising in The US are big mistakes.

The app is somewhat crippled, in that the developers buried some features. For example, finding your favorites is not easy. Sometimes features on the app seem to be absent. The website is better, although both the website and the app seriously overlook certain things. For example: 1. You should be able to sort your favorites list by vendor, price, date, name, manually etc. Just like any other search. 2. On their messenger, and they have a little pop-up field where you can type in your reply. Unfortunately you cannot see the entire string. So if you have to refer back to previous messages while you were typing, you cannot do this. It’s very inconvenient. 3. I try to sort vendors using a folder for each vendor, but not all the named vendor folders appear, only the first two ! 4. I cannot easily load a cart to ask vendors for a quote on a range of items they are offering. Alibaba’s method is very convoluted; definitely unfriendly to the buyer. I cannot imagine the complexity of writing an app such as this one. Although I sympathize, Alibaba is nowhere near as easy for the buyer as eBay’s website and app.