Alibaba in Thailand; The rise of online entrepreneurship in the country

From the national news of Thailand the need to open Alibaba office in the country amplifies the increase need of entrepreneurial business communication gateway.  After google open their office in Thailand mapping the terrain of Thailand from the north to the south creates the access of international buyers to the actual geographical business terrain of the SME companies of Thailand.  

As of today the plans of having Alibaba, one of the biggest Chinese B2B website hub will compete head to head with ebay in the country together with google.  But as a national perspective, knowing that B2B companies like alibaba is interested in Thailand amplifies the positive export business future of the country.  As to the SME operators, each representatives of the SME companies must know the fundamentals of E-commerce and IT infrastructure offered by these online B2B companies like Alibaba.

Alibaba is not operating their main B2B online operation in China but rather in Australia and US which means that opening Alibaba in Thailand opens the gateway of commerce not only in China (the main office of Alibaba) but the west and Europe economy.  One concern that SME operators must consider is the logistical procurement of the business represented by the 3^rd party logistics (3PL) passing the different customs protocols for each border of entry.  But as a whole, this administrative decision of alibaba in putting one of their offices in Thailand for ASEAN region is a huge leap for SME business communication and export relations to other international buyers.

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