Alibaba

[bucket]

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/09/alibaba-to-discuss-expansion-plans-with-trump-company-aims-to-create-1-million-us-jobs-over-the-next-5-years.html


Maybe they will come here as well. ....

[blackpowder]

Very very interesting!

[bucket]

I thought so....it has something to do with marketing....right?

[hobbyfrmr]

I thought so....it has something to do with marketing....right?

It has everything to do with marketing. Klause has described some of his efforts selling cleaned bagged grain in containers. Once in small bags on Ebay and the second time I cant remember the trading platform he used.
Alibaba may become the preferred marketing platform for some farms in the future.
I noted a conventional registered seed grower marketing faba beans, sweet clover, fall rye and 4010 silage peas on an organic trade website. I thought that was very smart. Plowdown seed requirements can sometimes get scarce so they are telling the world they have it.

[bucket]

For all the guys cleaning their grain for the grain cos this year.....just think if you could put your grain on this platform and let the enduser do the logistics...set your price and have it available

[hobbyfrmr]

For all the guys cleaning their grain for the grain cos this year.....just think if you could put your grain on this platform and let the enduser do the logistics...set your price and have it available

That is one way to offer out your product for sure. FOB, your farm, or Ex Works, your farm.
Or..... ask Klause for a good international container freight broker and ask them for a quote to Vancouver, Montreal etc.

[bucket]

If this thing catches on in north america .... there are a lot of jobs to be created....

I think there was some questions about alibaba on the comtrax threads.....creating a bonded warehouse to pull from .....


It might help the GTH .....


It might be graincos stuffing containers that could be a new trend.....was almost there in 2008 until bulk ocean freight rates went thru the floor.

A company had made a field container mover.

[farmaholic]

We need to look at all the potential benefits and pitfalls of such a platform.

Contract execution.... some areas of the world unilaterally back out of contracts if it's in their favor.

How do you mitigate risk of not getting paid? A/R insurance? Asking for payment in advance is as risky for the buyer as waiting for payment is for the seller.

What happens if shipment is rejected at destination? What is plan "B"? And I'm sure plan B isn't as lucrative as plan A.

[bucket]

I would think that's been addressed ....alibaba is a large platform....success doesn't come from not being honorable.....

[JDGreen]

Why is it risky to pay for the product when it has been ordered?.. Is it really any different than buying anything else on line that must be paid in full on your credit card prior to shipping??