Save money on Alibaba by shopping the Chinese version
Anaita reveals that switching to the Chinese version of Alibaba, using Google Translate to find the product name and pasting the Chinese text into the search bar, gets significantly lower prices than the English site. She gives an example where a dog harness cost roughly $2.20 USD on Chinese Alibaba versus 1.5 to 2 times more on the English version.
The lessons
Search Alibaba's Chinese site, using Google Translate to find product names, instead of the English version to get lower supplier prices.
Compare prices across both Alibaba versions since English listings can run 1.5 to 2 times more expensive for the same product.
Questions people ask
How can I get better prices when sourcing from Alibaba?
Use the Chinese version of Alibaba rather than the English one, using Google Translate to search for the product you want and pasting the Chinese text into the search bar. Anaita found a dog harness priced around $2.20 USD this way, compared to 1.5 to 2 times more on the English site for similar products.
Transcript
This is how you import products from Alibaba, part 7. This is one of the best hacks to save money on Alibaba. Use the Chinese version rather than the English version of Alibaba. Use Google Translate to help you search for the product that you want, and then copy and paste the Chinese text into Alibaba.
This dog harness on Alibaba converts to roughly $2. 20 USD. Similar products on English Alibaba are one and a half to two times the price. So if you want the best price, try this way and let me know how it goes.
