A PowerPoint presentation on alibaba.com. It dives into the b2b model of e-commerce. Explains the prospect of the B2B model of e-commerce in the coming future. Helpful for students learning E-commerce and helps them to understand various models of e-commerce

1. ALIBABA.COM
Name: Ankraj Giri
Roll No.: 13
Class: T.Y.B.b.com(A)
Website:

2. Topic Slide Number
Alibaba Intro 3-5
Promoter 6
Market Presence 7
Funding 8
Products Offered 10
Business Cycle 11-15
B2B model 16-17
B2B industry 18
Thank You 19
Guide

3. Alibaba is an online
platform that connects
manufacturers and
wholesalers in China to
individuals and businesses
around the world looking to
trade or resell. Users buy
products for their business
and then use or re-sell
them, or sign up to be a
supplier looking to use
Alibaba as a selling
platform.

4. ▶ 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

5. Alibaba.com.
• Alibaba was founded in 1999 by former English teacher Jack Ma, who
scraped together $80,000 from 80 investors to start an online marketplace for
Chinese companies.
• When Ma saw a need for an internet search engine partner, he connected
with Yahoo! Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang. Yahoo paid $1 billion for a 40 percent
stake in Alibaba in 2005.
• Alibaba’s Taobao Marketplace, which links individual buyers and sellers,
and Tmall.com, which connects retailers and consumers, offer everything from
Alaska salmon to Boeing 747s.
Background

6. 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||
Link

7. 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

8. 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
FUNDINGS

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

10. PRODUCTS OF ALIBABA.COM
Categories
Sub-Categories

11. 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)

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

13. 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

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

16. 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

17. 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)
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27313101_A_Model_of_B2B_E-
Commerce_Based_on_Connectivity_and_Purpose (Click here)

18. Grandviewre
search
n B2B industry
Source:
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/i
ndustry-analysis/business-to-
business-b2b-e-commerce-market