AliBaba, AliExpress

[LuckyShim]

I was wondering anyone knew if factories sell things on AliBaba and AliExpress and if there was someway to match the two together.

The reason I am interested in this is because I've bought tons of things off of AliExpress for cheap and have found some good things. However, I haven't purchased anything off AliBaba as the quotes I get for a single sample item are 5-10x the price of a single item. It would be ideal to purchase sample items to gauge quality and what not from AliExpress to see where I should buy in bulk from on AliBaba.

Anyone have any experience with this? I've tried messaging different stores on both sites with no luck thus far.

Edit: Woops not sure if this should go in this subforum or just the regular Wholesale Discussions forum.

[oompaloompa]

yes the 2 sites seem to be seperate, in terms of you cannot press a link on baba that takes you to their store on express, other than searching and asking....

express tends to be non-factory, they buy from factories and can ask the factory for lower price for quantity, so it pays to ask.....

you do get factories on express though, if you look...

it is best to focus on quality and price, regardless of factory or not..a non-factory can still represent value for money/margin for you....