Alibaba.com is extending its Gold Supplier membership package to suppliers globally. The Gold Supplier international edition will offer all suppliers the same opportunity to market to Alibaba.com's eight million international registered users as its Greater China paying members.

Alibaba.com CEO David Wei said, "Feedback from our members around the world in the past year has made it clear that buyers want to choose from a broad pool of verified suppliers and that suppliers outside of Greater China want the same level of exposure and value-added services as our Chinese exporter customers have received."

Founded in China in 1999, Alibaba.com built up a large base of quality suppliers in mainland China in tandem with the country's rising position as the world's top exporter. In October 2000, it launched its Gold Supplier membership to help exporters in mainland China to connect with buyers worldwide. Gold Supplier was successfully extended to suppliers in Hong Kong and Taiwan in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Alibaba.com's International TrustPass membership was introduced in August 2001 to serve suppliers outside of China, but it was offered at a lesser level of service and exposure. Gold Supplier international edition will replace International TrustPass and provide all verified suppliers with comparable services and exposure to buyers worldwide.

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