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Your buying agentfor 1688.com
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We communicate with suppliers, arrange payment, inspect your goods and combine shipments.
- Supplier communication
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- Inspect & consolidate
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What we can help you buy on 1688
What we can help you buy on 1688
Consumer Electronics
Home & Living
Beauty & Personal Care
Bags & Luggage
Toys & Hobbies
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Useful guides
1688.com in English
1688.com is Alibaba’s domestic Chinese wholesale marketplace. It has no official English version and does not ship abroad. Here is what the site is, why it is cheaper than Alibaba.com, and the three ways foreign buyers actually order from it.
Read guideHow to buy from 1688
The order of operations for buying from 1688.com as a foreign buyer: find the product, check the seller, confirm the specification, get a landed-cost quote, pay, inspect, consolidate and ship.
Read guide1688 vs Alibaba
Alibaba.com is the export platform; 1688.com is the domestic wholesale platform behind it. Same factories in many cases, 30–70% price difference, and a completely different amount of work for the buyer.
Read guide1688 vs Taobao
Taobao is Chinese consumer retail, 1688 is Chinese wholesale. Which you should use comes down to quantity, not price — and below about ten pieces Taobao often wins.
Read guideExplore all buying guides
- 1688.com in English
- How to buy from 1688
- 1688 vs Alibaba
- 1688 vs Taobao
- Taobao agent
- China sourcing agent
- 1688 dropshipping
- 1688 shipping to the USA
- Paying on 1688 without Alipay
- 1688 minimum order quantity
- Is 1688 legit?
- 1688 agent fees
- Guangzhou sourcing agent
- Yiwu agent
- How we check a supplier before you pay
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