Alibaba Group is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology. It owns several major online platforms including Alibaba.com, Taobao, and Tmall. Alibaba.com is the flagship platform and world's largest B2B e-commerce platform, connecting millions of buyers and suppliers globally across over 40 product categories. The company was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 17 others and has since grown tremendously through strategic investments and its record-breaking IPO in 2014.

1. Alibaba.com
Website:

2. ▶ Alibaba Group is an e-commerce company (not only a website)
▶ Alibaba Group is an e-commerce Ecosystem, like a mix of Amazon, eBay and
PayPal!
Global Rank
66
Alibaba.com
Global Rank
12
Taobao.com
Global Rank
33
Tmall.com
Global Rank
50
Aliexpress.com
According to Alexa.com
▶ Alibaba.com is the flagship company of Alibaba Group, Is the world’s largest online
B2B trading platform.
▶ Act as a middleman (unlike amazon)
A brief introduction Alibaba GROUP

3. Alibaba.com
•A former English teacher, Jack Ma cofounded Alibaba Group, now
one of the world's largest e-commerce businesses.
•Jack Ma Yun born on 10 September 1964 is a Chinese business
magnate, investor and philanthropist.
•In 1982, at the age of 18, Ma failed the college entrance exam for the
first time, obtaining only 1 point in mathematics.
•Ma graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
•"I went for a job with the KFC; they said, 'you're no good'", Ma told
interviewer Charlie Rose. "I even went to KFC when it came to my
city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were
accepted. I was the only guy [rejected]..."
Founder Info
All 18 founders || where they met|| where they are now||

4. Alibaba.com
• Launched in 1999, Alibaba.com is the leading platform for global wholesale trade.
We serve millions of buyers and suppliers around the world.
• Alibaba.com brings hundreds of millions of products in over 40 different major
including consumer electronics, machinery and apparel.
• Buyers for these products are located in 190+ countries and regions, and
of thousands of messages with suppliers on the platform each day.
Market
Presence

5. Alibaba.com
• On 28 June 1999, Jack Ma, with 17 friends and students founded
Alibaba.com
• In October 1999, Alibaba received a US$25 million investment from
Goldman Sachs and SoftBank
• In 2005, Yahoo! invested in Alibaba through a variable interest entity (VIE)
structure, buying a 40% stake in the company for US$1 billion.
• On 5 September 2014, the group—in a regulatory filing with the US Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC)—set a US$60- to $66- per-share price
range for its scheduled initial public offering (IPO)
• On 18 September 2014, Alibaba's IPO priced at US$68, raising US$21.8
billion for the company and investors. Alibaba was the biggest US IPO in
history, bigger than Google, Facebook, and Twitter combined.
Funding Schedule
Amount($) Investor
28/06/99 Founded
--/10/99 25 M Goldman & Softbank
2005 1 B (for 40%) Yahoo!
18/09/2014 IPO Biggest ever in US
history
FUNDING
S

6. ▶ In Dec 2001, Alibaba.com
achieved profitability Milestone

7. PRODUCTS OF
ALIBABA.COM
Categories
Sub-Categories

8. BUSINESS
CYCLE
At this step you chat with
supplier and discuss details of
product
Basically steps it takes for a person to complete a purchase transaction (discovery to delivery)

9. BUSINESS
CYCLE
It is second step where
buyer confirms the order

10. BUSINESS
CYCLE
▶ Western Union
Risk Level For Buyer: Very Risky
▶ PayPal
Risk Level For Buyer: Fairly Safe
▶ Upfront TT (Bank Transfer)
Risk Level For Buyer: Risky
▶ Letter of Credit
Risk Level For Buyer: Fairly Safe

11. BUSINESS
CYCLE
At this stage you can track
shipping of your order in real-
time

13. Business TO Business
(Model)
▶initially developed by Lief et al. (1999) and subsequently modified by van deVelde (2000)
was found to be the only relevantB2B e-commerce model in existence
3. Extranet 4. Bid
2.Aggregator/
Exchange
1. Auction

14. 9 exclusive B2B e-
commerce trading scenarios
1. Individual trading (open, selling, WWW, direct)
2. Collaboration (open, selling, WWW, intermediary)
3. Marketplace (open, selling & buying, WWW, intermediary)
4. Proprietary sales (restricted, selling/integrated, extranet,
direct)
5. Private exchange (restricted, integrated exchange,
extranet, intermediary)
6. Aggregation (open, buying, WWW, intermediary)
7. Intranet/EDI (restricted, integrated exchange, intranet/EDI,
direct)
8. Restricted bid (restricted, buying, extranet, direct)
9. Reverse auction (open, buying, WWW, direct)

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