AliExpress

AliExpress started as a business-to-business buying and selling portal. It has since expanded to include business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer, cloud computing and payment services. As of 2016 AliExpress ran websites in English, Spanish, Korean, Dutch, French, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and other languages - English being the default offered to those countries with languages outside the preceding list.{{Cite news|url=https://alixblog.com/en/history-aliexpress-alibaba/|title=A Brief History of Jack Ma, Alibaba and AliExpress|date=2016-03-23|work=Alixblog|access-date=2017-05-22|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814224329/https://alixblog.com/en/history-aliexpress-alibaba/|url-status=live}} AliExpress is known for its affordable pricing and international shipping, but buyers are advised to check seller ratings and reviews to ensure product quality and reliability.{{cite web |title=Is AliExpress Legit? |url=https://theincomeinformer.com/is-aliexpress-legit/ |website=The Income Informer |date=March 2025 |access-date=March 6, 2025}}

Sellers on AliExpress can be either companies or individual industrial and commercial households.{{Cite web |title=大数跨境｜跨境从业者专属的媒体平台 |url=https://www.10100.com/article/125020 |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.10100.com |language=zh}} AliExpress is different from Amazon because it acts only as an e-commerce platform and does not itself sell products directly to consumers.{{cite web|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/safe-shop-aliexpress/|title=AliExpress Is Cheap, But Is It Safe to Shop There?|date=4 December 2019|access-date=28 April 2017|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709112905/https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/safe-shop-aliexpress/|url-status=live}}

Since 2013, AliExpress has transitioned fully from small-scale wholesale to a To-C (consumer-oriented) platform. During this phase, the platform invested heavily in recruiting Chinese brands and focused on localized efforts in key markets such as Russia, aiming to enhance e-commerce infrastructure capabilities like logistics and payment systems. With the support of AliExpress, the delivery time of Russian postal services was reduced from several weeks to as fast as 5-7 days.{{Cite web |title=阿里速卖通：十年磨砺，助力中国品牌数字化出海 - 中国新闻周刊网 |url=https://news.inewsweek.cn/observe/2020-06-11/9610.shtml |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=news.inewsweek.cn}}

On September 25th, 2024, AliExpress Korea Held a forum conference in the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas, in Gangnam, South Korea, Introducing various programs aimed at helping local Korean sellers to expand internationally through AliExpress, including benefits such as no fees & seller deposits for five years for Korean sellers on AliExpress.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=알리, K셀러 해외진출 교두보…"5년간 수수료·보증금 면제"(종합) |url=https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2024092514483179362 |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=아시아경제 |language=ko}}

In November 2020, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology banned the AliExpress mobile phone app along with 42 other Chinese apps.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=AliExpress among 43 new Chinese apps banned in India: Check full list|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/aliexpress-and-more-govt-bans-43-more-chinese-apps-in-the-country-7063997/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124214026/https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/aliexpress-and-more-govt-bans-43-more-chinese-apps-in-the-country-7063997/|url-status=live}}

In 2022, the Office of the United States Trade Representative added AliExpress to its list of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy.{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Kanishka|date=2022-02-18|title=U.S. adds e-commerce sites operated by Tencent, Alibaba to 'notorious markets' list|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-adds-e-commerce-sites-operated-by-tencent-alibaba-notorious-markets-list-2022-02-17/|access-date=2022-02-18|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219150728/https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-adds-e-commerce-sites-operated-by-tencent-alibaba-notorious-markets-list-2022-02-17/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=USTR Releases 2021 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy|url=http://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2022/february/ustr-releases-2021-review-notorious-markets-counterfeiting-and-piracy|access-date=2022-02-18|website=United States Trade Representative|language=en|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219145352/https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2022/february/ustr-releases-2021-review-notorious-markets-counterfeiting-and-piracy|url-status=live}}

In November 2023, the European Commission opened a probe into AliExpress regarding "potential dissemination of illegal products such as fake medicines, non-compliant food, and ineffective dietary supplements." On the nature of the investigation, an EU official said, "We have not found yet at this stage that AliExpress is not compliant. We are simply suspecting we have elements that they are not compliant with. This is not a finding of a breach".{{Cite news |date=March 14, 2024 |title=EU probes AliExpress over possibly illegal online products |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-probes-aliexpress-over-possibly-illegal-online-products-2024-03-14/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=Reuters}}

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