An Alibaba account refers to a user name and password for someone to log in to the Alibaba website. There are personal accounts and corporate accounts. An account is obtained after a user registers. Alibaba is one of the largest e-commerce platforms, providing a commodity or service trading platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. Small and medium-sized business owners or individuals can register for Alibaba.

Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as: Alibaba Group or Alibaba) was founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1999 by 18 people led by Jack Ma, who used to be an English teacher. Alibaba Group operates multiple businesses and also obtains support from the businesses and services of its affiliated companies in operating a business ecosystem. The businesses and businesses of its affiliated companies include: Taobao, Tmall, Juhuasuan, AliExpress, 1688, Alimama, Alibaba Cloud, Ant Financial, Cainiao Network, etc.

An Alipay account is the name of the Alipay account registered on the Alipay website. Initially, Taobao.com set up a function to solve the problem of online transaction security. This function was the first to use the "third-party guaranteed transaction mode". The buyer transfers the payment to the Alipay account, and Alipay notifies the seller of the shipment. After the buyer receives the goods and confirms the goods, he instructs Alipay to release the payment to the seller, thus completing an online transaction.

Your email address is your Alipay account name, or it can be your mobile phone number, depending on how you fill it in when registering. The Alipay account is equivalent to your bank account.