Top 3 Indiamart Like Platforms

 

Top 3 Indiamart Like Platforms

Indiamart is one of the top B2B marketplaces and lead providers, but sometimes a single platform is not enough for your business to grow and you want more options. There are more platforms like Indiamart that provide these services. In this article, we will discuss top 3 Indiamart like platforms. These platforms are Alibaba, aajjo.com, and Tradeindia. Indiamart was established in 1996, to create a platform where customers and businesses can interact and trade with each other easily. The platform has grown to be one of the best marketplaces in India. Let’s get to know about the other platforms too.

1. Alibaba

Alibaba.com, a part of Alibaba group holdings limited, is one of the biggest B2B trading portals in the world, which was established in 1999, in China. Alibaba is the top B2B marketplace present in the world. The history behind the naming of the company comes from the tales of Alibaba and the 40 thieves, a tale from a folk-tales collection known as One Thousand and One Nights, as Jack Ma, one of the founders, told in an interview.

Being one of the biggest marketplaces almost every company wants to be on Alibaba. Alibaba.com provides various selling plans/packages for businesses to choose from. These packages differ from each other in lead generation and exposure. Also, Alibaba offers a gold supplier membership trying to ensure that the sellers are authentic, not frauds. There have been some cases where some trusted buyers were found to be frauds but that issue has been solved by Alibaba. Now, all the sellers are authenticated and verified before providing them with the gold supplier status.

Alibaba has an RFQ (request for quotation), in which the buyer submits the request for quotation for a specific product directly to Alibaba rather than to a specific buyer. Then the sellers can view the RFQ and send their quotations to the buyers. Alibaba also organizes digital trade shows where you can show off your products and gain exposure. Join the trade show as an exhibitor to gain access to a large audience.

Alibaba has a mobile app known as Alisuppliers, which instantly informs you about any new inquiries you get on the portal. You are more likely to convert inquiries into clients if you respond quickly to their requests.

Alibaba provides you with the complete details of your buyers to enable you to contact them directly. This enables the sellers to keep the customers engaged and coming back for more each time. Also, Alibaba provides you with in-depth dashboard information, which includes user growth, inquiries, orders, store visits, and more.

Alibaba provides you with a top-class support system. You can contact their support team anytime and resolve your issues easily.

2. Aajjo.com

Aajjo.com is another Indiamart like platform. Aajjo.com is one of the top B2B marketplaces in India. It gained its foothold in the Indian market in 2015, after its exclusive range of products like industrial tools, refrigeration systems, commercial kitchen and hotel equipment, household appliances, and many more.

Aajjo.com is not only a B2B but also a B2C marketplace, where not only businesses can connect but individual buyers can also trade with businesses, manufacturers, traders, exporters, and suppliers. Aajjo.com has a customer-centric approach to working where the needs of the buyers are understood and are provided with the best available option from all over the country. All the sellers on aajjo.com are trusted and verified, eliminating any chance of fraud.

Aajjo.com provides sellers with a free trial period during with they can list a limited no. of their products on the portal and get inquiries. Also, aajjo.com provides sellers with four paid membership plans. These plans can provide a required sped boost to your business. These plans are 1. Trusted, 2. Star Seller/Star Performer, 3. Premium Seller/Gold Certified, and 4. Industry Leader. By purchasing a membership plan you get access to various features that include buy leads, product promotion on search engines like Google and Bing, videos for product promotion, and many more.

From household appliances to industrial cold storage, almost everything is available on aajjo.com and a large number of buyers and sellers are registered. If you want to register, all you need to do is go to aajjo.com, open the menu from the top right corner of the website and register under the seller section from there.

In addition to providing a place where you can sell your products, aajjo.com also provides leads. Leads are the potential buyers, which can easily be converted into clients. Aajjo.com provides you with high-quality leads, all you need to do is convert them into clients.

In addition to the website, aajjo.com has its android app. The app is very easy to use. Sellers can log in to the app and can manage their products like available stocks, add new products and manage orders. Also, there are quality features like call inquiry, lead management, cart data, wish-list data, many more.

For buyers, a lot of helpful features are available to ease them into using the platform and buying the products they need for the best prices. If you select a product, you can see all the available details such as product description and seller details. Seller details like names and contact information are directly provided to the buyers so that they can directly contact the sellers and get the best services possible.

Sellers from all over the world are available on aajjo.com so that you can the product you want anywhere in the country and also some sellers provide services outside India, hence people living outside India can also purchase products from aajjo.com. Let’s see one more Indiamart like platform that is working in India.

3. TradeIndia

One of the best e-marketplaces available, TradeIndia was started in 1996, to provide a quick and easy-to-use marketplace for the global market. Today, TradeIndia is one of the top B2B marketplaces in India. TradeIndia provides its seller an opportunity to grow together. Using the tagline “When Your Business Succeeds, We Succeed”, TradeIndia has been ensuring safe and secure online business for sellers and buyers. Currently, TradeIndia has over 4.1 million registered sellers and over 5.7 million registered buyers. TradeIndia provides business solutions to all online businesses to help them grow. TradeIndia is assisting manufacturers, wholesalers, suppliers, exporters, and more to grow.

TradeIndia founded by Mr. Bikky Khosla, CEO, is based in New Delhi and now has 35 branches all over India with over 1200 professional employees. TradeIndia makes its major revenue from business listings. They promote these listings based on the package subscribed by the company.

TradeIndia has converted a basic offline business strategy into online. It has an RFQ system in which, buyers can post their requirements, and sellers can approach them with the required products or, the buyers can directly search for a product and contact the sellers.

TradeIndia gives sellers many benefits like a seller can post up to 50 photos per year without any charge, he can modify or delete the gallery, can pay to get buy trade alerts subscription and many more.

Final Thought

Although there are many options available, you can choose what is best for your business. Every platform offers something different and it can be a difficult job to choose, but now you know about top 3 Indiamart like platforms and you can analyze every option to understand what is best you. We hope we helped you understand each platform.