The Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress has more than 200 million monthly visitors. What does this mean? Basically, if you are thinking of opening a business AliExpress It could be an excellent opportunity. Its business model is very similar to Amazon's. It is a website with hundreds of products divided into several categories. All of these products come from different sellers, who pay AliExpress a commission for each sale made.
Taking into account that this platform also operates in more than 200 countries around the world, and that in Spain it has a large niche of clients, below we explain how to sell on AliExpress from our country.
Advantages of selling on AliExpress
In addition to the advantage that it has more than 200 million visits every month, AliExpress It never sells its products to customers directly, but instead uses sellers on the platform. This means that the sales possibilities are even greater. Of course, each seller will have to pay a commission, between 5% - 8% for each sale made. The good thing is that if you reach a certain amount of sales, the annual payment is reduced by 50% or even more.
Likewise, the platform accepts a large number of payment methods, including:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Teacher
- aliexpress pocket
- Alipay Balance
- American Express
- Yandex.Money
- Giropay
- DOCK
- WebMoney
- Western Union
- MercadoPago
- Discover Cards
- Carte Bancaire (Carte Blue)
- Przelewy24
- Ticket
- iDeal
- Sofort Banking
- TEF
- Payment by SMS in Russia (MTC, MegaFon, Beeline, TELE2)
- cash payment (Euroset, Syvaony, Russian Post)
Another advantage of selling on AliExpress is that It is possible to add a new brand by simply providing the brand name, the active trademark, as well as the applicable government-registered trademark number, the location of registration, and the name of the trademark owner.
On the other hand, as we said before It is possible to sell in more than 200 different countries. Within the European Union it is possible to sell in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Russia and the Netherlands.
How to register as a seller on AliExpress
Before starting as a seller, it is important that you know the previous requirements to sell on AliExpress. It is essential that you have a VAT number (NIF-IVA), contact information (phone number and email), company operating license or the identification number of the company's legal representative. For your part, you will need to meet the following requirements:
- You will have to register your Alipay company or Alipay legal entity. To do this, you will need to complete the authentication of your company's identity on AliExpress, either using the Alipay account or the Alipay legal entity account.
- If you have a brand, then you will have to choose the requirements regarding the operation of the brand's official store, franchise store or specialty store.
- AliExpress sellers will have to pay an annual fee for the use of technical service. The rate is different depending on the types of service.
Once you know that you meet the requirements to sell on AliExpress, you will have to complete the registration process as a salesman. We explain how to proceed:
- Create a seller account on AliExpress. Choose the name of your store well, you won't regret it in the future. In any case, AliExpress allows you to change the name once.
- Now, Attach the relevant banking and tax information. You will have to be patient for your request to be reviewed and accepted by the AliExpress team. It is usually managed within a period of 2 to 3 business days. They will send you an email to let you know if your request has been approved or rejected.
- If your request has been approved, you can start customizing your store to sell your products on AliExpress.
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