The editor of Downcodes compiled six free foreign trade B2B platforms and analyzed their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages in detail to facilitate foreign trade companies to choose the appropriate platform to expand their business. The article covers well-known platforms such as Made in China, TradeKey, EC21, EC plaza, Dunhuang.com and ThomasNet, and conducts an in-depth discussion of their traffic, user groups and profit models. In addition, the article also introduces two models of B2B websites: business and transaction, and analyzes the characteristics and application scenarios of different models to provide a more comprehensive reference for foreign trade companies.
Free foreign trade b2b platforms include: 1. Made in China (MIC); 2. TradeKey; 3. EC21; 4. EC plaza; 5. Dunhuang Net; 6. ThomasNet. Among them, ChinaMade.com was established in 1998 and is considered an old free B2B foreign trade platform. Thanks to the fact that Made in China is known all over the world and its domain name is called "Made in China", it has its own huge traffic.
Made in China.com was established in 1998 and is an established free B2B foreign trade platform. Although MIC is not as well-known in China as Alibaba International Station and Global Resources, it has huge traffic thanks to the fact that Made in China is known globally and its domain name is called "Made in China". According to traffic website statistics, Made in China website has about 10 million pageviews every month, which contains very large export trade opportunities.
This is one of the largest free B2B foreign trade platforms in South Asia, with customers mainly from countries such as India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Taiwan and Bangladesh. There are complete product categories, including importers, buyers, exporters, wholesalers, manufacturers and suppliers and other types of supply products.
A B2B platform founded by Koreans and established in 1997. Mainly providing global trade services to small and medium-sized enterprises, it is one of the top B2B platforms linking millions of sellers and buyers around the world. Although the traffic is slightly worse than that of MIC, as a free B2B foreign trade platform, it still receives a lot of inquiries. In order to occupy the global market, offices are now opened in various countries.
It is also a website run by Koreans and was established in 1996. Provide enterprises with more trade opportunities, B2B market supply and demand information, company directories, product directories of importers, exporters, manufacturers, suppliers, and buyers. Although the traffic is comparable to EC21, its reputation is average. Free membership is even more useless and can only be used to understand the functions. It is not recommended to join.
Dunhuang.com was established in 2004 by Ms. Wang Shutong, the original CEO of Joyo.com. The website adopts a completely free registration method for sellers. At the same time, even if you have a free account, you can publish products at will. Its profit model is to charge buyers a 10% transaction fee. From the traffic point of view, the traffic of Dunhuang.com is also very good, but according to the actual experience of sellers, this foreign trade platform has basically no customers.
ThomasNet, an American e-commerce platform, focuses on helping customers find suppliers. Therefore, this website does not recommend products through active exposure like most platforms. Instead, it is similar to a search engine and allows buyers to enter keywords to find target products. The website mainly focuses on engineering and manufacturing products, with 1.8 million visits every month. It is the world's leading B2B foreign trade platform.
Further reading:
Vertical B2B (for manufacturing or business), vertical B2B can be divided into two directions, namely upstream and downstream. Manufacturers or commercial retailers can form supply relationships with upstream suppliers.
For B2B in the intermediate trading market, this transaction model is horizontal B2B. It concentrates similar transaction processes in various industries into one place, providing a transaction opportunity for corporate purchasers and suppliers.
Seller-controlled market strategy refers to a market strategy established by a single seller in order to seek many buyers and to establish or maintain its market power in the transaction.
A buyer-controlled market strategy is a market strategy established by one or more buyers to transfer market power and value to the buyer. In addition to the electronic market established directly by a buyer, the buyer-controlled market strategy also includes two types of buyer-controlled market strategies: buyer agency type and buyer cooperation type.
Intermediary-controlled market strategy is a market strategy established by a third party other than buyers and sellers to match the needs and prices of buyers and sellers.
Through B2B e-commerce, we can improve the transaction and circulation efficiency of traditional industries, and then optimize and reshape the traditional industry structure. Industries such as steel, shipping, chemicals, agriculture, petroleum, etc. are all pillar industries in China. Previously, these industries have been insulated from the Internet for a long time, and their business development models have remained unchanged, unable to enjoy the more convenient and efficient advantages brought by the Internet. Transactional B2B platforms in vertical fields are constantly emerging. The plastic materials B2B platform Dayi Yousu, the agricultural products B2B platform Yi Mu Tian, the coal search network in the coal field, and the steel industry chain e-commerce steel search network have all comprehensively developed in their respective fields. layout.
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I hope the above information will be helpful to you. Choosing a suitable B2B platform is crucial to expanding your foreign trade business. It is recommended that you make a choice based on your actual situation. I wish your foreign trade business smooth development!