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>You can get industrial motors, flanges, valves, fasteners, materials, janitorial supplies This is a precise definition of Alibaba's market segment. Alibaba c
by bgilroy26 12y ago
>You can get industrial motors, flanges, valves, fasteners, materials, janitorial supplies
This is a precise definition of Alibaba's market segment.
Alibaba connects factories directly to businesses. I don't know a ton about the company, my introduction was a story from maybe 2011 about a kid from Michigan who made a million dollars selling iPod minis to his classmates until Apple shut him down
Edit: I couldn't find the link, this is the closest thing I could find
http://www.startupbros.com/how-you-can-make-big-money-importing-from-china-the-rise-and-fall-of-my-empire/ http://www.startupbros.com/how-you-can-make-big-money-import...
- jonknee 12y agoAlibaba does a lot more than B2B. They do regular ecommerce sales like Amazon, run a financial service (you deposit money and earn interest, quite respectable interest too) and a lot more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group#Companies_and_affiliated_entities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group#Companies_and_aff...