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A comment on Launch HN: Alpas (YC W21) – Software to find suppliers for industrial parts.
Alibaba's biggest weaknesses:
1. Terrible search, literally worse than FTS
2. Category management is atrocious
3. Spam
4. False price/terms fillings
5. Terrible, borderline uselss UI. Megatons of popups
6. Slooow as molasses
7. Verification experience is random. Can be 1 minute check, can be multi-months process taking few kilobucks.
8. Terrible support out of China
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Alibaba's biggest weaknesses:
1. Terrible search, literally worse than FTS
2. Category management is atrocious
3. Spam
4. False price/terms fillings
5. Terrible, borderline uselss UI. Megatons of popups
6. Slooow as molasses
7. Verification experience is random. Can be 1 minute check, can be multi-months process taking few kilobucks.
8. Terrible support out of China