Learn what B2B platforms are.

DaDa / tr. by Phil Newell)

B2B is a business model that exchanges and transmits data and information and carries out transaction activities between enterprises through private network or Internet. As we all know, B2B is one of the mainstream trends in foreign trade. This article will list a number of world-famous B2B trading platforms for enterprises to expand procurement and sales channels.

China chapter

Alibaba

Alibaba is the world's largest B2B trading platform, dedicated to conducting e-commerce on the Internet, including business-to-business, retail and consumer sales portals. It also provides online payment services, search engines and cloud data storage services. Buyers of the platform come from more than 190 countries. Suppliers can register for free and publish up to 50 products, but membership must be purchased in order to publish more products.

Global resources

GlobalSources (Global Resources) is one of the first B2B platforms listed on NASDAQ under the name of GSOL. It is headquartered in China and has 1.4 million sellers from around the world. Global Resources allows suppliers to register for free and publish up to 100 products. Most of the suppliers come from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Like Alibaba, Globalsources is a directory of manufacturers and suppliers, mainly Chinese, to promote B2B e-commerce. The platform is associated with international trade fairs in Hong Kong, and Chinese mainland, well-known manufacturers, suppliers and distributors in Taiwan and Hong Kong are all involved.

Dunhuang net

DHgate is a small B2B platform that allows importers around the world to buy small quantities of Chinese goods at wholesale prices. The platform has more than 1.2 million international sellers supplying more than 33 million products. It has 10 million buyers worldwide and supports English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Suppliers can register for free. In addition, Shopify also supports the sale of Dunhuang products.

Made in China Network

Founded in 1996, Made-in-china is one of the most popular Chinese online B2B portals in the world. It supplies more than 3500 products. The platform supports 11 languages and has more than 1 million suppliers and can register for free. The main purpose of made in China Network is to provide easily accessible and improved web-based trading solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote China's global trade.

European and American articles

Amazon Business

Amazon Business is Amazon's B2B business. Like Amazon's B2C business, buyers need to create corporate accounts before they can start buying. Suppliers can register and sell products for a monthly fee of $39.99. Amazon's existing B2C sellers can be sold on Amazon Business through Seller Central.

ThomasNet.com

ThomasNet.com, an American B2B e-commerce platform, focuses on allowing buyers to find suppliers and purchase products. Most of the products traded on the site are engineering and manufacturing products. The website has 60,000 daily visitors.

EWorldTrade

EWorldTrade is a new online B2B website, which is developing rapidly and has created a new way of improvement for both buyers and sellers. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, all its main business comes from Karachi, Pakistan. It is now part of the CPEC, improving trade relations between Pakistan and China. The main purpose of the website is to help Chinese suppliers, distributors and manufacturers reach their potential audience.

There are many B2B platforms, and the above B2B platforms are just an example. According to our own needs, we should choose the B2B platform that best suits us. At the same time, according to the feedback of the major B2B platforms, we should see where the tuyere of the Internet is. After all, even pigs can fly when standing in the limelight.