Community Overview

The Alibaba Community channel is a place where you can find current and essential information to assist you in trading. It includes:

l Comprehensive member discussion forums

l Credible information on key foreign trade matters, including sourcing, sampling, shipment, customs, financing, insurance, communication, quality control and marketing

l E-courses and tutorials on maximizing your online activities

l Other trade-related information

With active member participation, it is a constantly-updating channel where you can learn, teach, and communicate with Alibaba.com, with other Alibaba.com members, and other key players in the import-export trade.

Education is a section that offers online courses, seminars, and Q&A. This section covers how-to-use-Alibaba lessons, trading basics, and in-depth tutorials. Alibaba members can participate by reading courses, asking questions, making comments and receiving feedback from Alibaba and other third-party contributors. Some experienced users will sometimes be invited to be lecturers as well.

Here, you can get the most up-to-date and practical information about international trade and e-commerce.

In the channel's trade discussion boards, Alibaba members can exchange ideas and make comments regarding trade-related issues. Alibaba has assigned Board Moderators to facilitate and manage the discussions.