https://www.1688.com/

Jack Ma founded the 1688 website in 1999, which is the predecessor of Alibaba.

1688 is now the flagship business of Alibaba Group and is China's leading domestic trade e-commerce platform for small enterprises. As a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, 1688 represents the interests of enterprises in the CBBS e-commerce system, provides business opportunity information and convenient and secure online transactions to tens of millions of buyers and suppliers around the world, and is also a community for merchants to make friends and interact with each other in real life.

1688 focuses on wholesale and procurement business, improves customer experience through professional operation, and comprehensively optimizes the business model of corporate e-commerce.

1688 has covered 16 major industries such as raw materials, industrial products, clothing and accessories, home furnishings, small commodities, etc., and provides a series of supply services from raw material procurement-production and processing-spot wholesale.