EN
RU
CNWhich product providers to connect to the site?
A brief overview of all available marketplaces to connect via scraping API for retailer.
OpenTrade Commerce provides extensive opportunities to collect data on goods of various popular trading platforms. E-commerce scraping API connection allows you to transfer all the necessary information for goods sale on the Internet. You can start business using any of available providers on our OT Commerce platform.
The most popular trading platforms worldwide are Chinese. That’s why most of our providers are Chinese.
Chinese goods
The most famous Chinese marketplaces are owned by Alibaba Group – the largest e-commerce company.
One of the most popular Chinese trading platforms. It’s focused on retail buyers. Marketplace operates only in the Chinese domestic market. This means that the website interface is only in Chinese, there is no delivery to other countries, and it’s preferable to use Chinese payment systems to pay for goods. This significantly complicates the resale of Chinese goods from Taobao in other countries.
Despite this, users from different countries want to buy goods on Taobao. Low prices, a huge range of goods from electronic components to household appliances and furniture attract buyers from all over the world.
Therefore, a good intermediary is required to work with Taobao trading platform. He will help with goods purchase and delivery to buyers.
Tmall is another platform which operates on the basis of Taobao. It also works only on the Chinese domestic market, but it offers branded goods from trusted sellers.
In our system, we connect both sites together using Taobao scraping API and our own search methods.
Another marketplace that belongs to Alibaba Group, but focused on small and medium wholesale. 1688, like Taobao, operates only on the Chinese domestic market. Goods directly from manufacturers are presented here. Accordingly, the prices are even lower than on Taobao. But since the market is wholesale, it’s usually impossible to buy goods piece by piece. Goods are purchased in batches. The more units of goods you buy, the lower the price. The marketplace is very popular, but it’s extremely difficult to work with it. Often you have to negotiate with manufacturers to clarify the details of an order in Chinese.
But since it’s a wholesale market, it’s usually impossible to buy single units. Goods are purchased in batches. The more units you buy, the lower the price. This marketplace is very popular, but it’s extremely difficult to work with it. Often, you need to negotiate with manufacturers in Chinese to clarify order details.
Trusted partners are required to work with 1688 who know exactly how to work with Chinese goods.
International equivalent to 1688, which also targets wholesale buyers. But unlike 1688, Alibaba works all over the world. It offers delivery to other countries, payment for goods by international payment systems and opportunity to negotiate with manufacturers. This significantly simplifies working with the trading platform, but there are also significant disadvantages. Firstly, prices are higher than those of domestic Chinese trading platforms. Secondly, there is a risk of running into fraudsters and losing money. Marketplace provides virtually no guarantees for transactions. Working with Alibaba, you need to be sure that the selected manufacturer is reliable and conscientious.
A retail marketplace owned by Alibaba Group that sells goods in Europe, Turkey, Russia and the CIS. Different Chinese sellers work on the marketplace, and there is large choice of goods. Prices are higher than on Taobao, but there is delivery worldwide. Purchasing process is simple and convenient, so this marketplace is one of the most affordable for starting business on the Internet. You can organize your business using dropshipping scheme with minimal investment.
Apart from Alibaba shopping sites, there are other popular Chinese marketplaces.
Interesting trading platform that has conquered the world with low prices and good quality goods. Pinduoduo works only in the form of a mobile application on the Chinese domestic market. A distinctive feature of this marketplace is that it motivates users to make group purchases. The more people buy a product, the lower its price. In addition, platform often announces discounts and promotions, which allows to buy goods at very low prices. Pinduoduo choice of goods is very wide from clothing and accessories to electronics and household goods.
Similar to Taobao, this platform has no delivery to other countries and all work is carried out only in China, so a good intermediary is required who can buy and deliver goods.
One more popular Chinese marketplace that was not created by Alibaba Group. This is a retail marketplace whose main feature is its own logistics structure for order fulfillment. JD has its own warehouses and delivery to different countries.
This is a Chinese online store, not a marketplace. It sells goods under its own brand. Shein specializes in women’s clothing and accessories, as well as men’s and children’s clothing, shoes and household goods. Products choice is not as large as on previous marketplaces, but Shein products are in global demand because they are affordable and in line with fashion trends.
Shein has website with different language versions as well as shipping to different countries. Since it’s an online store, the ordering process is very simple. You can pay for goods using international payment methods; therefore, it’s possible to resell goods using a dropshipping scheme and Shein scraping API without any intermediaries. The only complication is that Shein is a trademark.
Trading platforms of other countries
American leading international e-commerce platform. Its main feature is that it works like an online auction. Any user can sell their goods on it, both used and new. Unlike other marketplaces, there are both low prices as well as opportunity to bargain. There are also the risks: lack of any guarantees and refund possibility, since sales are carried out by any comers. But there are delivery and payment methods in different countries.
World-famous American marketplace that operates in different countries. Goods choice is very wide. Website offers goods from different sellers, as well as from Amazon itself. At the same time, the company devotes a lot of time to creating high-quality customer-oriented service. The risk of running into fraud and low-quality products is almost zero. But prices are higher than those of Chinese trading platforms.
Sellers here are both Amazon and people using this platform to sell their goods or services. Amazon spends a lot of time developing exclusive branded products, as well as creating the most convenient and customer-oriented service. All efforts are aimed at ensuring that Internet user wants to buy on Amazon, and does it regularly.
It’s possible to pay with international Visa/MasterCard cards, as well as deliver goods to different countries, but it depends on where the seller delivers. That is, not all goods can be shipped to other countries.
This trading platform is less known in the world than the above, but it’s the most popular marketplace in Turkey. Here you can buy Turkish clothing, shoes and accessories both locally made and world brands.
Marketplace operates on the Turkish domestic market, so prices are in lira and interface is in Turkish. Delivery is only within the country.
It’s necessary to solve the issue of goods delivery to work with Trendyol. It’s worth paying attention to this marketplace, because Turkish goods demand is constantly growing.
As we can see there are many options for choosing product providers but reliable business connections are important for building successful business. OT Commerce will help to collect product data and transfer it to your online store through API for reshaping web data extraction.