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The official guide to making a bundle buying and selling through Alibaba.com, the world's largest online B2B marketplaceAlibaba.com is the world's leading global business-to-business online marketplace. People around the world use it every day to import and export products for big profits. But newcomers are often overwhelmed by the sheer number of products and the quantity of information available.The Official Alibaba.com Success Guide shows you how to ramp up your business, or build an entirely new business, using the Alibaba.com brand and web site as your supplier. This practical guide provides simple answers for complex questions, from navigating the site, to finding products at the right price, to branding, and much more. Plus, the book includes best practices for importing, locating and vetting suppliers, and protecting yourself against online fraud. An answer-packed guide that answers all your questions about doing business through Alibaba.com Officially licensed and supported by Alibaba.com, this is the only guide you know you can rely on Includes inspirational profiles of people who have used Alibaba.com successfully to launch new businesses or revive old ones The first and only step-by-step guide to using Alibaba.com effectivelyAlibaba.com gives you the opportunity to make real money online. Here, you'll find a wealth of inside information that will help you use Alibaba.com safely and profitably.

Foreword Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba.com
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface
Alibaba.com: The Opportunity
Alibaba.com Opens the Door to Global Trade
First a Little History
Alibaba.com's Corporate Goals and Values
Alibaba.com's Six Core Values
Alibaba.com Today
Alibaba.com Corporate Structure
Alibaba.com's Programs, Tools, and Events
Alibaba.com's 2008 e-Business Champion of the Year: Gene Rumley
International Sourcing: This Isn't Kansas Anymore
International Sourcing: Your Challenge and Promise
Your First Sourcing Decision
Let's Put First Things First
Get a Tax ID Number and Register Your Business
Develop Your Product Idea
Build Your Prototype
Create and Test-drive Your Business Plan
Create a Business Calendar
Product Sourcing Basics
Calculate Your Budget
Safety Checks for Sourcing Products
Sourcing Internationally: New Challenges and Rewards
Leaving Kansas: Alibaba.com Opens a World of Opportunity
Importing Your Products
Chapter 2 Checklist
Keys to Successful Importing
Your Education Begins
Your Partner's Responsibilities and Your Own
Terms You Need to Know
Standards, Certifications, and Regulations
Partners Who Can Help You
Who Are the Major Players?
Can You Keep It Simple?
Chapter 3 Checklist
Putting Alibaba.com to Work for You
The Alibaba.com Web site
Let's Start at the Home Page
Trade with the World
Keep Scrolling
Inspirational Success Stories
Alibaba.com Partners
Don't Underestimate the Bottom of the Page
Let's Get You Registered
Download TradeManager
A Tour of Alibaba.com's Links
Buy
Sell
Community
My Alibaba
Help
Alibaba.com's Search Engine
Chapter 4 Checklist
Finding Business Partners
You Are the Boss, So It's All Up to You
Education through Experience
Establish Realistic Expectations for Your Suppliers
Set Criteria for Your Products Themselves
Build In Your Own Safety Checks
Fraud: Forewarned Is Forearmed
Qualify and Identify
Qualify and Legitimize
Let's Find Some Manufacturers
Searching for Partners
Posting a Buying Lead
Those First Few E-mails
Vetting Prospective Partners
Do You Like Their Attitudes?
Quantify Them to Qualify Them
Communication, Communication, Communication!
Should You Travel to China or Anywhere Else?
Chapter 5 Checklist
Working with Your Suppliers
A Two-sided Partnership
Alibaba.com Can Help You Learn
Getting Your Products Right
Get Graphic
Ask for Samples
What to Do When Things Go Wrong
Chapter 6 Checklist
Closing the Deal
Getting the Details Right
Your Pro Forma Invoice
Payment Schedules and Options
Spread Out Your Payments
Wire Transfers
Escrow Services
Letters of Credit
Shipping Details
Forge Good Relationships
Bill of Lading: The Final Document
Chapter 7 Checklist
Safe Trading
Educate Yourself
Alibaba.com's Safety & Security Center
Safe Trading Forums
Other Web-based Resources You Can Use
Keeping Your Computer Safe
Security Help Available through Alibaba.com
Create Your Own Alibaba.com Sign-in Seal
E-mail Fraud
Trojans and Viruses
Protecting Your Computer
Chapter 8 Checklist
Keeping the Pipeline Full
Your Customers Will Change Your Business
Your Partnerships Will Change Your Business
When You Are Ready to Travel, Get In Touch
Your Expertise Will Change Your Business
What Will You Do with Your Expertise?
Turn Those Tables and Sell to the World
Alibaba.com's Selling Links and My Alibaba Selling Tools
Now Is the Time to Consider a Paid Account
Your Uncle Sam Stands Ready to Help
Chapter 9 Checklist
Alibaba.com Success Stories
Gene Rumley-Bell Performance, Inc
Valarie Moody-Fodeo.net
Allison Taylor-Jack Webster, Inc
Mary Miller Pembleton and Gregg Pembleton-Thumball by Answers In Motion, LLC
Joshua Crumbaugh-Platinum Mortgage, Inc
Valerie Johnson-Big Feet Pajama Company
Index
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