In this post we will tell you how you can easily create Alibaba.com clone using Magento and Webkul’s Marketplace with its addons.

Alibaba the chinese leading e-commerce company, operating as the worlds largest online marketplace for both as international and also for the domestic trade of china.

Alibaba.com is one of the worlds biggest marketplace mainly and majorly selling products of china. The portal began in 1999, it is a business to business(B2B) portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. The market place is having many unique features which helps the buyer and seller to sell or purchase products easily.

Alibaba’s Home page

The home page of Alibaba.com is very unique and loaded with various features. At front page company is having a banner on top, then different links for buyers and sellers for login to the marketplace. In home screen you can see the categories with a unique feature i.e side menu on mouse hover for subcategories. You can also see a picture slider on the centre.

Webkul’s marketplace & Addons
You can easily create categories according to you in Magento Marketplace Multi Vendor module.

You can also set a slider on you front page by usnig our Magento banner Slideshow.

For different login links we have Magento Marketplace Vendor Attribute Manager.

Alibaba.com– There are two ways to login the website i.e as seller or as buyer. Both the parties can sell or purchase products. The signup page for both requires different information, both the signup page have their different fields.

WEBKUL– We are having Vendor Attribute Manager for this feature where admin can set extra information fields for the seller to fill up at the time of registration.

Seller profile

Alibaba.com: In alibaba.com they are having a mini website for every seller and under that all their relevant information can be shown like- their company profile, owners history, videos about the company, pictures of their manufacturing units, pictures of their employees, etc.

WEBKUL: We are having seller profile page where seller’s Avatar, location, Seller can write written policies, Link for seller collection page, Reviews for the Seller, etc.

Contact seller

In Alibaba.com every product page is having a button to contact the seller as it is primarily a B2B marketplace so this feature is very much useful for the buyers and the sellers.

Webkul:So this feature can be fulfilled by using our Magento Marketplace Buyer Seller Communication module.

After clicking on this link the following page will be displayed and in this page customer/buyers habve to write their name, email address, subject and query and after that click on submit button will send the message to the Seller. You can refer to the belo0w screen.

Here you can easily contact the seller and ask anything about the product and term & conditions, products, prices, etc.

Add product
In Alibaba.com adding a product is very easy and not only the sellers but the customer can also add upto 50 products.

In the above image you can see you have to select the category for the product. Now after selecting the category user have to fill all the required information about the product. You can refer the below screeneshot.

After that you have to fill the description of the product. Detailed descrition helps the customer to know more about the product.

In the next step you have to fill the trade and logistic details of the product so that customer can be aware of the delivery time and it will also build trust over the buyers.

Now we have came to the last step and in this you have to select the group for the product even you can create new group for the your product. And on right side of your screen you can view the completeness of the product information.

So, we have discussed all the steps to add a product in Alibaba.com now we will discuss how you can add products in our Magento Marketplace Multi Vendor module.

Adding product is very easy in our Magento Marketplace. At first you have to select the product type and attribute set for your product.

After selecting the type and attribute set you have to click on continue and then you
can see the add product page like this.

Here you can fill all the dtails of the product like- You can select the category under which you want to add the product. Then you have to enter the name and description of the product. After that you have to fill the basic information of the product like its price, quantity, SKU, Special price and you can also upload images of your products.

So, here we can say adding a new product is very easy in our Magento Marketplace Multi Vendor module.

Product Page

Product page of Alibaba.com is having various information about the product like this-

In the above image you can see the product page displaying the image and information about the product along with the information of the seller on right side. You can select quantity from the quantity box, you can buy it by clicking on buy now or you can add it to cart. You can also send the order request to the seller.

Webkul:Now we will show you the product page of our Magento Marketplace Multi Vendor Module.

In the above image you can see our product page which displays the image and information of the product along with the sellers information. It also shows the reviews and rating of the product.

Similar product offered by other sellers

The website is having a good feature i.e when a buyer opens a product page it is showing some related advertisement of similar products from different sellers.

Webkul: For this feature we are having Magento Maretplace Seller Price Comparision module. You can refer to the below screeshot for example.

Now after this feature we will move to an different feature which is the basic feature of Alibaba.

Quote System

The Alibaba.com is world’s largest B2B marketplace. It is a business to business(B2B) portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. The major feature is quote and minimum order quantity.

Here you can see that the buyers can order a minimum quantity 100 in the above image and now in the next image you will see that how buyer can get the quote or recent price of the product.

Webkul: The major feature is qoutation while purchsing and the minimum order quantity, so it can be easily achieved by our Magento Marketplace Quote System

Customer Service

The Alibaba.com website is showing a customer service tab in every page this is a unique feature in Alibaba’s portal.

Webkul: For customer support we are having a Magento Helpdesk module. like this.

In the above image you can see the support center tab is shown at the top of the page. By using this link customers can easily generate ticket to the helpdesk of the marketplace.

Facebook, Linkedin Login

The Alibaba.com gives facebook and linkedin login to their buyer and seller.

Webkul: We are having MAGENTO facebook login module and Magento Social connect where we can give the buyer and seller an option to login from facebook, twitter, linkedin and from other social media sites.

In the above screen displays MAGENTO facebook login and now the below screenshot is displaying the Magento Social Connect module.

Purchasing a product

In Alibaba.com for most of products you have to quote the seller at first then they will allow you to add the product to the cart because the Alibaba.com is primarily a B2B site but there are some sellers who provides the B2C transactions so you can easily purchase their products. Now we will show you how you can purchase a product.

This is the checkout page and it contains all the information about the product along with the information of the sellers and the buyer.

In the below screenshot you will see the contact information of the buyer and the seller. Buyer can write any remarks for the shipping, payments, products, etc.

Now after filling up the contact information, customer will be move to next level where payment information is displayed.

After complition of the payment information buyer have to select the shipping method.

So, thats how you can purchase product from the Alibaba.com.

Now we will show you that how easily you can purchase products from our Magento marketplace module. The below image is showing the whole checkout page you can see various steps of the checkout page. In this image the 1st step billing information is shown.

After billing information, now the below image is showing the second step of the checkout page, in this the shipping information is displayed.

After filling up the shipping information, the below image is showing the third step i.e select the shipping method here the buyer have to select the shipping method for the delivery.

After selecting the shipping method, now the below image is displaying the fouth step of the checkout, in this the payment information is displayed here the buyer have to select the payment gateways or method to pay for the purchase.

After selecting the payment method, now This image is showing the last step of the checkout. In this step the buyer can review their purchase and you can also see some options on right side to change the existing information for the checkout.

There are various amazing features added in alibaba.com for buyer and sellers.

Layered Navigation

Alibaba.com provides a layered anvigation for the buyer, so that they can easily search for their desired products. As we all know Alibaba.com is having a wide and versatile range of products so finding the right product is very difficult for the buyer and by using the layered navigation buyers can easily find thr right product for the purchase.

Webkul: This feature can be easily achieved by our Magento Advance Layered Navigation module. You can also provide your customer a layered navigation tool. This will help your customer to search for their desired product without investing much time.

Chat with Seller

Alibaba.com gives a unique feature to the buyer to chat with the seller, so that customer can easily ask queries about the product, price, delivery&shipment etc.

Webkul: This kind of feature is available and you can easily add this feature to your marketplace by using the Webkul’s Magento marketplace Buyer Seller Chat Module this will increase the goodwill of the seller among the buyers and it will also create a strong relationship between buyer and seller. It is very much beneficial for the seller to retain customers for long time.

So, thats all for this case study. You can easily create a website or marketplace like Alibaba.com by using our Magento Marketplace addons to flurish your ecommerce business around the world.

Hope you have understood how to create Alibaba Clone Using Magento and Webkul’s Marketplace with its addons.

You can visit our store WEBKUL and you can explore more beneficial addons for the Marketplace.