AliExpress is a global virtual trading platform that allows you to buy goods from manufacturers in China, Russia, Europe, Turkey, and other countries. Goods on the site are sold in retail and small wholesale (as opposed to wholesale Alibaba). The platform does not work in PRC - Taobao replaces it there.

AliExpress is currently available in Russian, English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Arabic, and Portuguese (product information is automatically translated into different languages). Customers outside the country's borders for these languages are automatically served on the English version of the website. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China's Alibaba Group, the main shareholder of the Aliexpress Russia marketplace, refused to invest in the project's development in Russia.

History

AliExpress began in 2010 as a marketplace for selling Chinese goods to other countries. Initially, the marketplace operated in the B2B for buying and selling. The portal has since expanded into B2C, C2C, cloud computing, and payment services. Initially, AliExpress specialized in selling products from Chinese sellers only. Since November 2018, AliExpress has been offering products from Turkish brands from Trendyol, which Alibaba acquired. AliExpress has been localizing and growing its business outside of the PRC. In 2019, the company opened its largest shop in a mall in Barcelona. AliExpress Shopping App is a free iPhone app that falls under the category of Lifestyle Apps with Shopping subcategory, created by Alibaba.

Many are baffled by the length of delivery

Long delivery time is because orders first arrive at the Ukrainian Post's distribution center, then are sorted and cleared by customs before being sent for delivery. The challenge for AliExpress is to set up the processing and delivery of orders from abroad to significant cities within ten days. For purchases on Tmall, local delivery works as with most other companies, with an average delivery time of 1-2 days. AliExpress delivery times have almost halved over the years, and since the end of 2019, the average delivery time for goods from China has halved to 15 days; goods from Ukraine are delivered in 4.5 days on average.

Why download AliExpress to your iOS device?

The installation size of the AliExpress Shopping App depends on the device. The app is available for users with iOS 7.0 or later and in several languages, such as English and simplified Chinese. Since the app joined our selection of apps and apps in 2000, it has received 572 installations; last week, it received six installations. The platform is owned by Alibaba Group, which also owns popular Chinese resources such as Alibaba.com, Taobao.com, and others. In Ukraine, AliExpress has products from abroad and from Russian and international brands (Samsung, Xiaomi, VIVO, Bosch), which open their shops and make deliveries from a Russian warehouse.