Alibaba teams up with Bigcommerce for direct sourcing

San Francisco – Alibaba.com has collaborated with e-commerce platform to Bigcommerce deliver an integrated shopping experience for sourcing products from Alibaba.com’s network of Chinese wholesale suppliers. The Alibaba.com Wholesale solution is immediately available to Bigcommerce’s 70,000 stores, and online merchants can now access and purchase a collection of more than 30,000 products from about 300 of Alibaba.com’s Gold Suppliers in China with scope to expand to more than three million products from thousands of Gold Suppliers.



For the first time, online merchants buying from Alibaba.com will have a seamless experience to access wholesale suppliers in China as an integrated component of an e-commerce platform. Jointly developed by Alibaba.com and Bigcommerce, the custom-built application provides a catalog of wholesale suppliers in a secure and familiar interface.



Value-added services include integrated search; complete product information including pricing, availability and minimum order requirements; customized pricing with lower order minimums, and secure payment.



“Small businesses are the backbone of the global economy and it’s important that we help them to grow and stay competitive,” said Michael Lee, international business development and marketing director for Alibaba.com. “This new application provides Bigcommerce merchants with direct access to Alibaba.com wholesale suppliers, offering competitive prices to realize better profit margins.”