Alibaba.com review

Alibaba.com is where a retailer goes when it wants handbags made to order, with its own logo, in quantities a boutique marketplace cannot supply. The handbag search draws on factories and trading companies in China, and each listing shows a price range and minimum order set by the supplier. The main safeguard is Trade Assurance: you pay through Alibaba.com, the money is held in escrow, and it is released to the supplier after the product is received and confirmed. The money-back policy covers orders that are not shipped, go missing or arrive with defects or incorrect items. Alibaba.com says Trade Assurance counts 160M+ orders, 200K+ suppliers and 280M+ products. The tradeoffs are time and effort: you negotiate quotes and samples supplier by supplier, shipping from China takes longer than a US warehouse, and search pages may ask for a slider check. We could not confirm a USD unit price on the pages we fetched, so pricing is pending.

Who it is for

retailers ordering private label or high-volume bags from factories

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Trade Assurance holds payment in escrow until the buyer confirms receipt
• 200K+ suppliers and 280M+ products, per Alibaba.com
• Money-back policy for orders that are not shipped, go missing or arrive defective
• Luggage, Bags & Cases category with handbag factories in China
• Alibaba.com Logistics with delay compensation on scheduled delivery

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Escrow payment means the supplier is paid after you confirm the goods
• Strength: Factories offer custom logos and private label bags
• Strength: 160M+ Trade Assurance orders show long buyer use, per Alibaba.com
• Weakness: Search pages ask for a slider check, so browsing can be slow
• Weakness: Each supplier sets its own minimum order and price, so quotes take back and forth
• Weakness: Shipping from China adds lead time compared with US wholesalers

Key facts

• Suppliers: 200K+ on Trade Assurance
• Products: 280M+
• Trade Assurance orders: 160M+
• Payment protection: Escrow, released after receipt

Where it ranks

Alibaba.com is No. 3 in our Best Wholesale Handbag Suppliers verdict.