Selling Tools



Posting a Selling Lead

A selling lead is an online invitation to buyers to send you a quotation. To send a selling lead:
  1. Sign in at My Alibaba. Click "Selling Tools" and then click "Post a New Selling Lead."
  2. Complete the selling lead form with all relevant information, including your desired product, price and amount.
  3. Finally, we suggest that you attach a photo. When this process has been completed, click "Submit" when done.


Subject: A striking and concise subject will increase your chances of being found. Please do not add price and insignificant adjectives, such as "high quality" or "beautiful," or list many products.


Keyword: Keyword means the word that your company/product/Trade Lead is searched with. Four out of five customers will search for what they need directly. Keyword is at the heart of searching because if your keyword is matched with a customer's sought products, your Trade Leads or products can be listed for buyers instantly.

Selecting Proper Keywords
Example:
Subject: Buy Green Fuji Apple
Category: Agriculture/Fruit

Three Key Words:
No: Green, Fuji, apple
Yes: Green Fuji Apple, Fuji Apple, Fruit

Apple is a real product, and apple is a kind of fruit, so "apple" and "fruit" can be keywords. Green (color) and Fuji (place of origin or species) are adjectives, meaning they modify "apple." They can not be keywords. Nobody searching with such adjectives will find products.



Category: Try to select the most relevant category. If possible, do not select "other." One third of buyers look for products by category. A category selection will improve your chances of being found more easily.


Details: When browsing buyer listing websites, we often see selling Trade Lead introductions that are unclear. Remember, your selling Trade Lead introduction is a major contributor toward the first impression buyers will have of you. It is important they fully understand what you sell, so use it to your advantage.

Structuring your selling Trade Lead introduction begins with using simple and clear paragraphs.

Paragraph 1 - Brief company introduction: In the beginning, a few suppliers will use a few sentences to briefly introduce their company, which aims to build more trust.

Paragraph2 - Detailed selling description: Then, many suppliers will provide key information about what they need, such as the name of the product, size, color, performance, price, quantity, terms of payment and so forth.

Paragrah3 - Cordial invitation: A lot of suppliers use the final paragraph of their Trade Lead introductions to reinforce their message and invite potential customers to contact them directly.



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Managing Selling Leads (Edit/delete/display/remove from display)

Go to My Alibaba. In the "Manage Selling Leads" section, you can view the status of all of your selling leads at any time. They are classified under four sections:

  • "Editing Required" includes selling leads which have been rejected by Alibaba.com because they require editing.
  • "Approval Pending" includes selling leads that have been posted but have yet to be approved by Alibaba.com. The approval process usually takes 24 hours.
  • "Published" includes selling leads approved by and published on Alibaba.com.
  • "Expired" means these selling leads will be deleted two weeks after their expiration date.

Please note: You are able to edit/delete or re-post only selling leads currently located in "Requires Editing" or "Published" or "Expired" sections.

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