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Bigcommerce Makes it Easy for Online Retail Businesses to Gain Direct Access to Alibaba.com SuppliersToday Alibaba.com, the leading platform for global wholesale trade owned by Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), announced that it has collaborated with leading 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. Every day millions of buyers and sellers utilize the Alibaba.com platform. 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. "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." Bigcommerce clients using the Alibaba.com Wholesale app benefit from a wide range of value-added services, including:
For more information - including resources on how to build a business, source products and find suppliers - visit www.bigcommerce.com/alibaba. About Alibaba.com The first business of Alibaba Group (BABA), Alibaba.com (www.alibaba.com), is the leading platform for global wholesale trade serving millions of buyers and suppliers around the world. Through Alibaba.com, small businesses can sell their products to companies in other countries. Sellers on Alibaba.com are typically manufacturers and distributors based in China and other manufacturing countries such as India, Pakistan, the United States and Thailand. About Bigcommerce Bigcommerce is a robust, flexible ecommerce platform that provides established and emerging brands with everything they need to launch, promote, manage and scale a successful online store. Bigcommerce merchants earn 75% more than retailers on competitive ecommerce solutions thanks to advanced features, better site performance and streamlined business processes. Bigcommerce powers some of the world's leading brands, including Enfamil, Cetaphil, Gibson and Ubisoft and offers enterprise-grade analytics, order processing, beautiful responsive themes, mobile commerce and advanced marketing tools. Founded in 2009, the company has received $125 million in funding from SoftBank Capital, American Express, Telstra Ventures, General Catalyst, Revolution (News - Alert) Growth and FLOODGATE. Bigcommerce supports more than 70,000 retailers around the world from its offices in San Francisco, Austin and Sydney. For more information, visit Bigcommerce.com.
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