Bigcommerce and Alibaba explore synergies

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Alibaba.com, the platform for global wholesale trade owned by Alibaba Group has announced that it has collaborated with an ecommerce platform Bigcommerce to deliver an integrated shopping experience for sourcing products from Alibaba.com’s extensive 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 over three million products from thousands of Gold Suppliers, as an announcement adds.

It further explains that every day millions of buyers and sellers utilize the Alibaba.com platform and 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 ecommerce platform. Jointly developed by Alibaba.com and Bigcommerce, the custom-built application provides a unique catalog of wholesale suppliers in a secure and familiar interface so merchants can quickly find and select new products to sell online, says the company.

“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.”

“Competing and succeeding online starts with having a business plan and strategy for sourcing quality products,” said Eddie Machaalani, co-founder and CEO of Bigcommerce. “For many of our merchants, Alibaba.com represents a tremendous opportunity to tap into the world’s largest supplier network — whether to start selling or expand an existing business — without taking on unnecessary risk or sacrificing margins.”