"I have been devoted to creating original products in the beauty industry, and Alibaba.com has been my trusted partner in that process.”

"The world deserves a better toothpaste, and businesses deserve better digital sourcing solutions.”

"With RFQ, I received fast responses from multiple suppliers; finding the correct one simple; I've been with the same supplier for 4 years.”

Hear from Heather Green, owner of Silly Farm Supplies – the world's largest face and body art supply company – as she describes her seven years of experience working with Alibaba.com. Silly Farm Supplies now provides customized products to a wide variety of companies and industries, but that wasn't always the case. At first, Green says she couldn't easily find the products she needed – until she discovered Alibaba.com, where she could source quality supplies quickly, easily, and conveniently.

“Pricing from Verified Suppliers may not be the cheapest, but the quality is superior. We are looking forward to even closer and deeper cooperation in the future. Without a doubt.” - Jubal DeLong CEO of JDID product design

“Honestly, I had the best experience with Alibaba.com’s customer service team. It was crucial for me as a business owner to know that Alibaba.com has my back.” – Ximena Juarez, Co-founder, Dalior Advanced Clinical Aesthetics

“When I go on Alibaba.com, I have a hard time coming out of it to be very honest with you. You can be looking for equipment or a raw materials, then in two seconds you're looking for socks somewhere else – there's just so much. It's amazing and probably the best of the internet. It's like magic!” – Manouch Ilkahani, Founder, iSpice Foods Inc.

“Overall, I would say that using Alibaba.com for sourcing really simplifies the process for us.” – Kevin Boenisch, Founder and President of Robosource.net

"We're very unique in the market, which is something that I always wanted to be with any product that I created. We’ve done really well, and we couldn't have done it without Alibaba.com!"- Max Leahy, Founder, PNT Pets

"We had a decent little business with just the new stuff and the new stock parts. Now with the parts from Alibaba.com have completely dominated our business! It’s somewhere between 80 to 90 percent of all the products and parts we source." – Greg Alexander, Founder, Sad Car

"At Martini Incentives, we feel we have a strong competitive advantage against other companies in this industry for how quickly we are able to respond to our client's needs. We realize time is money, and as much as that is a cliché, it's very much true in today's times when supply chains are impacted and we need to make sure that we aren't wasting time for our clients," said Robert Ilas, CEO of Martini Incentives.

"Trade Assurance has really alleviated a lot of fear for us as a U.S. company… We no longer worry as Alibaba.com gives you a sense of security that if something should go wrong, Alibaba.com is my partner." – Drew Shapiro, Founder, Chelsea Taylor

"Alibaba.com gives me overwhelming access to hundreds of thousands of suppliers that are flexible and customized in responding to my inquiries, while also offering a reasonable price point," said Mark Cohen, president & co-founder of MRC Innovations.

“Before Alibaba.com, I was working with three or four different companies to collect my product. But now, my verified supplier is one company that produces everything I need. They design the package, branding – and everything is perfect for me!” – Yasin Tan, founder, Artemis Global LLC.

“Alibaba.com offers a mind-blowing experience to find reliable vendors.” – Kimberly Mitchell, Owner and Founder, KMitchell Collections

“The availability of suppliers on Alibaba.com with certain certifications and qualifications that we need to be able to make our products retail-ready is absolutely enabling us to be able to move our product lines to retail,” – Jonathan Weber, Founder & CEO, Marathon Studios & TickCheck

In working with Alibaba.com, Clayton has driven almost $2 million in revenue in the past year alone.

“Alibaba.com understands the quality standards required for our products and is able to deliver them in a timely manner. Overall, these benefits allowed us to generate between $5-7 million in sales.” – Liran Hirschkorn, CEO & Founder, Incrementum Digital

“For one RFQ, I connected with almost 100 factories in an instant. Vendors on Alibaba.com reply quickly and you are able to access their detailed background information like number of years in business, popular products, total revenue, etc.” – Kenn Pluard, President, NWCA

“Alibaba.com is really a strategic partner, it's beyond business.” – Alani Kuye, Founder & CEO of Phlatbed

Owen Franklin, founder of Blue Summit Supplies, had been working as a thermal engineer and building rocket systems for defense contractors when he began to crave a new challenge.

Fluzzle Tubes are floating, puzzle-inspired inflatables designed for fun on the water. The interlocking tubes were created by Clark Whitehead and Eduardo "Eddie" De Arkos, a pair of young entrepreneurs who are passionate about bringing friends and family safely together on the water.

Zaggora Hotwear is a line of sportswear that can help consumers burn more calories while working out. The company’s stylish products are made from lycra, polyester and neoprene, a combination of materials that harnesses the body’s own heat to increase calorie burn.

Whether it’s playing basketball or building his brand, thepandasfriend.com, Metta Sandiford-Artest finds success in teamwork. After launching thepandasfriend.com, the former NBA player—born Ron Artest and later known as Metta World Peace—admittedly was generating small margins.

MyJellyBelly.com is an online portal where shoppers can create Jelly Belly gifts with their choice of containers, custom graphics and jelly bean combinations.

With almost a decade of television news experience and exposure to real-life security breaches under his belt, Michael Sorrentino, founder and CEO of EyePatch Case, is making it easy for customers to safeguard their mobile devices' cameras.

Building Together: Alibaba.com Allows My Family Builders to Teach Kids About Diversity and Connectivity. My Family Builders is a toy company that teaches children about diversity and inclusivity through the use of magnetic, mix-and-match figurines.

Having experienced this first-hand, Li Hayes founded Cool Me Scarf, a line of fashionable scarves with cooling ice packs subtly hidden inside.Alibaba.com's RFQ (request for quotation) platform allowed first-time entrepreneur Li to source lower-quantity samples and final-product orders as compared to U.S. retailers.

Eager to fill a void in the market, she founded The Abingdon Co. to offer female pilots, mechanics and adventurous women across the globe high-quality, thoughtfully designed timepieces of their own.

"We needed to create something new and custom to our liking, in our specifications. Without Alibaba.com, we obviously couldn't have done that. They were pivotal." – Cam Daly, co-founder, Nice as Heck.