After becoming a Premium Member, I'm able to contact many customers I couldn't contact before because most buyers like to receive messages from Premium Members only.

I receive around 20 high-quality inquiries per month. With Alibaba.com, it's become easier to find and contact buyers. It's also very easy to find suppliers from all over the world.

How do I attract more buyers? Displaying products is a very clever way. Whenever I have a new product, I display it online right away. Our designs and wide range of products are attractive to customers and posting pictures with detailed information makes our Product Listings and Selling Leads even more effective. I always try my best to reply immediately to all inquiries I receive, as it's very important.

I also use TradeManager everyday as it helps me communicate with buyers much faster and easier.

We first discovered Alibaba.com when we were looking for a reliable search engine to develop new business acquaintances. The advantage of having Premium Membership status, as compared to a Free Membership, is that both suppliers and clients feel that you are more reliable because your company has been authenticated and verified.

We've been receiving approximately 30 inquiries per month, and also rely on the Resources channel of Alibaba.com for trade suggestions and information. Already, the resources there have helped us to better understand payment terms and the risks and guarantees associated with different kinds of transactions.

We have been able to make deals worth $450,000 involving the import and export of garlic, cereal and bananas in South America and the Far East.

The comparative advantages of Alibaba are many. First, it's a well-managed website that offers many kinds of tools and applications including TradeManager, which allows companies to communicate and start deals in real-time. Another effective feature of Alibaba is that we're able to post Buying and Selling Leads to several clients and suppliers at once, simply by searching for products and sending messages to multiple companies simultaneously. On top of all that, Trade Alert gives us customized product information to make searching and contacting buyers even easier!

We learned about Alibaba.com from our business associates and soon discovered how powerful it was for showcasing our products and attracting potential customers.

We first joined Alibaba.com as a Free Member and quickly realized that it was difficult to promote ourselves and gain the trust of potential buyers worldwide without a verified company profile. Having Premium Membership status shows that we have been officially authenticated and verified as a legitimate and credible company. This is extremely important, especially for our first-time customers.

After becoming a Premium Member, we had a substantial increase in inquiries and business opportunities. It is safe to say that we receive about 30 quality inquiries per week, and our sales volume has increased significantly.

Logging into Alibaba.com as well as frequently updating our Products and Selling Leads really helps to increase our business opportunities. TradeManager and Trade Alert also help us communicate a lot easier with business people from around the world, and Alibaba's many other resourceful tools also benefit us greatly in making business decisions.