A business to business (B2B) website needs to be clear, to the point and aesthetically pleasing. The navigation through the website must be easy and understandable. The website must be able to offer detailed information about your product or service.
Since the consumer needs and business needs are different, there is a huge difference between a B2C and a Business2Busniess website. The sales cycle and lead focus is different and the amount of features, user experience and design needs are all different on a B2B website.
The B2B industry has grown drastically in the last decade. B2B sites are websites that allows a business to make a commercial transaction with another. This is usually done when sourcing materials or even services in the present scenario.
China is the leader in the B2B market with the highest number of B2B marketing agencies in the world, followed by the USA, India and Hong Kong.
If you wish to be a part of the B2B industry, here is a list of the world’s top best B2B websites.
- Alibaba
Alibaba is the biggest B2B online marketplace in the world. Launched in 1999 this website is way ahead many other leading websites like Amazon and eBay. It is the world’s best b2b website for global wholesale trade. It started in China and has support for many languages including Deutsch, Italiano, Polska, Japanese, etc. Alibaba group’s two portals managed to draw in 39.9 Billion US $ in 2018. It also hosts more than 35 million users currently. You can post 50 products on the website for free.
AliExpress, Alipay, and Alibaba international are some of the other brands under the umbrella. The only shortcoming of this top website is that some companies are simply trading companies and not the manufacturer.
- IndiaMART
IndiaMart is an e-commerce company that provides Business2Busniess website, B2C and C2C marketing via its portal. The Economic Times has called IndiaMART as the largest online marketplace in India and is the world’s second largest B2B website after Alibaba. This website has its origin from Uttar Pradesh and it is beyond imagination how the website climbed over the ladder of success.
It has nearly 1.5 million suppliers registered on the portal and helping businesses to grow by generating business from over 10 million buyers.
This B2B giant was founded by Dinesh Agarwal along with InterMESH. It has over 2,215 different product categories and sub-categories.
- eWorldTrade
eWorldTrade is a newly launched website in the B2B market. It has earned its name in the B2B market already. This venture provides digital media and technological services. It has its base in US and is a subsidiary of Reckon Media LLC.
It is the only B2B marketplace at present offering up to 10 leads free of cost after you sign up to it. This has been the USP of this website and this can be seen through its fast growth in only a few years. It has gained most of its business from its partnership with China but it also has manufacturers registered from USA, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan.
It has it main operational unit based in Pakistan and the platform has become a part of CPEC. This will be of great benefit due to in the future. Lowest wholesale rates and quick delivery are the key factors helping it to grow.
The website has especially boosted smaller to medium businesses that were unsuccessful in gaining recognition on previously known top b2b websites operating within Pakistan. 10 Free B2B lead generation is a major reason for the manufacturers to sign up here.
- Made-in-China
Made in China is a popular Business2Busniess website website which is operated by Focus Technology Co., Ltd. It is the giant in the industry of electronic business and operates from China. All the products are either made in China or Taiwan.
However, in the past, Made-in-China have had a few issues. In 2007 the US, Canada, Australia and the European Union issued recalls on a wide range of Chinese-made consumer goods.
It remains to be one of the most successful websites in the world for business to business sales.
- GlobalSources
Global Sources is a Hong Kong-based e-commerce which began in 1970 by Merle A. Hinrichs and C. Joseph Bendy as Trade Media Ltd. This company is also registered with NASDAQ and GSOL.
Global Sources has grown enormously and has more than 1 million international buyers currently housed under it. Global Sources has an outstanding B2B sales strategy and is the reason why it has made its mark in the game.
The selling point of this website is that it verifies the authenticity and quality of the manufacturer unlike all the other platforms provide. To take it a step ahead Global sources also organizes specialized shows around the world that bring buyers and suppliers together in a quality environment.
- DHgate
DHgate is a leading wholesale website for good manufactured in China. It has a steady record of quality services and products and offers the most reasonable rates that cannot be found elsewhere. Though it is a Chinese company but it also supports the English language.
This model facilitates manufactured products from small and medium-sized business owners. It has a safe payment system gateway and a fast logistic service. It has a number of offices around the world in countries such as the USA, the UAE, Philippines, and India with its headquarters in Beijing, China.
The thing that I admire the most is that DHgate was founded by a woman, Diane Wang, who was also the co- founder of Joyo.com. She has also worked as Country Marketing Director of Cisco Systems.
- TradeIndia
This is an India based website, operating globally to buy products made in India and trade worldwide. It has its head office in New Delhi. It has a wide variety of products ranging from Home décor, agriculture to machinery.
It is a portal specifically designed for small businesses in India. It was the vision of Bikky Khosla that led to the foundation of this website in 1996. Today it has grown with its branch offices in over 35 cities providing employment opportunities to thousand of professionals across the country.
It functions as an online directory service to the global export-import community.
It presently has over 12,000 product categories and subcategories. Along with being in the B2B industry, Trade India has been associated with Google as their leading SME partner.
- iOffer
iOffer is an e commerce website just like Amazon and eBay. It stands true to its slogan “A Place to Buy, Sell & Trade,” you can buy and sell almost anything on this platform.
Offer was formed by Steven Nerayoff in 2002. This is a San Francisco based online trading company.
The website claims to have one million users including about 75,000 sellers. This has made it one of the most reputed Business2Busniess websiteacross the globe. What attracts the users is that this website allows free citation of items for sale and charges them only after the products are sold or for premium listing services. The difference between iOffer and eBay is that it is more vulnerable to frauds and does not provide appropriate buyer and seller protection norms.
- ECplaza
This No.1 Trade Leader providing online and offline services was created Inkyu Park, in 1996. It is a South Korea based website. It caters to over 1,000,000 members and has gained popularity due to its B2B leads.
It is an all in one b2b website that is full of trade leads, product catalogs, and company directories. The portal offers languages like English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
It is a safe online wholesale mall for international trade.
- ECVV
ECVV was founded in 2003 with the vision to facilitate global trade more efficiently. It is yet another b2b website that has dominated the world market. ECVV is an authentic platform to purchase from. It provides the global buyers with the complete analysis and information about the suppliers, products and packages.
It is a major international trade promoter and the first end-to-end procurement service platform in China. The annual trade volume on ECVV is estimated to be $5,000 million.
- ExportersIndia
The website was created in 1997 and is owned by Weblink. In Pvt Ltd. It has its headquarters in New Delhi. The website supports only English Language. The App for the website is also available on Google Play.
It is the most searchable B2B websites for variety manufacturers, exporters, and importers, suppliers, etc. However, the reviews for the website have not been quite well lately.