A distributor’s catalog has long been limited to the products it stores, references, and sells directly. But professional buyers are now expecting more...
Following in the footsteps of Alibaba, several marketplaces came into existence. Some of them building on an already solid network of both sellers and buyers, some of them starting from scratch...
Alibaba has pioneered B2B marketplaces. Launched in 1998 in Guangzhou by Jack Ma (former english teacher), Alibaba.com started off by enabling Chinese SMBs and wholesalers to find clients overseas.
