{"id":9272,"date":"2025-08-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/?p=9272"},"modified":"2025-07-14T08:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:57:28","slug":"alibaba-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/alibaba-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Alibaba contract enough?\u00a0Contract with a Chinese supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many importers buy on Alibaba only from sellers offering the Alibaba Trade Assurance. It provides more secure purchases for free. One of the Trade Assurance features is the Alibaba contract between the seller and the buyer. Is an Alibaba contract enough?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alibaba contract manufacturing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/alibaba\/\">Alibaba<\/a> is one of the top e-commerce platforms in the world. It is a B2B marketplace, mainly for Chinese suppliers and international importers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For safer transactions, buyers can source from suppliers that offer Alibaba Trade Assurance. There are many benefits when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/alibaba-trade-assurance\/\">Alibaba Trade Assurance<\/a>, such as pre-shipment quality checks and easy refunds within a limit. Another bonus is an Alibaba contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alibaba Trade Assurance contract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alibaba Trade Assurance contract is a security measure for Alibaba Trade Assurance users. If there is a dispute between the supplier and buyer, Alibaba will evaluate the case based on the provisions included in the contract. But does it mean buyers do not have to sign another contract?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does Trade Assurance work?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Place an order with a Gold Supplier that offers Trade Assurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request a contract or draw it up yourself, and agree on the key terms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pay on Alibaba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-shipment quality control is conducted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm the delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get compensation or a refund if the order terms were not met by opening a dispute\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I find my trade assurance contract?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to check your trade assurance contract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your Alibaba account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to My Alibaba > Orders > All Orders and click &#8220;View More&#8221; on the specific order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select &#8220;View Contract&#8221; on the right side of the &#8220;Order Details&#8221; area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the bottom of the page, select &#8220;Download.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downsides of the Alibaba contract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drafting and enforcing contracts with international suppliers can be complicated, and importers must be aware of the legal implications. In fact, the Alibaba contract does very little for the importer if the order is not processed according to the provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you only have an Alibaba Trade Assurance contract, it will not fully protect you from scams or fraud. There is still a chance you will get an incomplete product, a product of inferior quality material, and so on. Only a real commercial contract complying with Chinese law obligates the seller to act accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is better than the Alibaba contract?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you choose a Chinese supplier on Alibaba with a Gold mark offering trade assurance, draw up an additional commercial contract to make sure you have a higher chance of winning the case in a Chinese court in case something goes wrong. These contracts with suppliers are helpful when it comes to smaller orders and indispensable for larger orders.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alibaba contract template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some Alibaba contract templates available online. Before you use them, remember that Alibaba.com is only an information exchange platform. The real transactions are processed offline. The platform has no authority to impose compulsory sanctions on sellers and buyers; it can only disable users&#8217; accounts as a punishment, nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alibaba contract may slightly lower the risk, but there are better ways to do it. That is why, instead of relying on an Alibaba contract you can draw up based on a template, we strongly advise you to sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/contract\/\">real contract with your Chinese supplier<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, you should first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/credit-report\/\">verify the potential supplier<\/a> and conduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/quality-control-in-china\/\">quality controls<\/a> when the order is processed. These safety measures are far cheaper than the potential losses you may suffer if the product is unsellable or non-compliant with standards set in the target market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many importers buy on Alibaba only from sellers offering the Alibaba Trade Assurance. It provides more secure purchases for free. One of the Trade Assurance features is the Alibaba contract between the seller and the buyer. Is an Alibaba contract &#8230; <a title=\"Is Alibaba contract enough?\u00a0Contract with a Chinese supplier\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/alibaba-contract\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is Alibaba contract enough?\u00a0Contract with a Chinese supplier\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[144,145,81,288,811,533],"class_list":["post-9272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-import","tag-alibaba","tag-alibaba-group","tag-china-ecommerce","tag-contract","tag-sales-contract","tag-sourcing-from-china","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9274,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272\/revisions\/9274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.examinechina.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}