Has anyone ever heard of a website called Alibaba? If so have you/would you use it? It has really good prices but you have you buy in bulk. Interested to see if anyone has any experience with it.
I've never used either but my understanding is Alibaba is more of a B2B platform. That's why you would need to buy in bulk. AliExpress on the other hand is a B2C platform owned by Alibaba so retail customers like you and I would go to AliExpress as opposed to Alibaba. I could be wrong though as mentioned I've never used either of them.
It's a Chinese owned wholesale supplier company. I'd be willing to bet money anything you receive will be cheap, or counterfeit, junk. Just like almost everything that comes from China off eBay.
Alibaba.com is more for finding suppliers, i think you have to communicate with them before buying vs click to buy. Aliexpress and DHgate are more click to buy. I wouldn't buy anything expensive or electronics, but I've bought other things.