1688 in bangladesh

Building a 1688 Sourcing Website in Bangladesh: Features and Lessons from TradeOn Global

Meta description: What a 1688 sourcing website in Bangladesh includes, what shapes the build, and what we learned building TradeOn Global. A practical build guide. Slug: 1688-sourcing-website-development-bangladesh. Focus keywords: 1688 sourcing website development in Bangladesh, China to Bangladesh import website, 1688 API integration Bangladesh, wholesale sourcing Bangladesh. Tags: 1688 sourcing, China to Bangladesh import, wholesale platform, e-commerce development, API integration, OddBirds Reading time: ~11 min Cover image idea: A Bangla-first product grid with a phone camera hovering over a winter jacket, a dotted route running from a Chinese factory to Dhaka. Alt text: Illustration of a Bangla wholesale sourcing website showing product search by photo and a shipping route from China to Dhaka

Picture a Chawkbazar reseller on a Tuesday night. She has found a puffer jacket on a Chinese marketplace she cannot read, the price is in yuan, the seller wants payment through a channel she has never used, and nobody has told her what shipping will add. She closes the tab and messages her usual agent instead.

That gap is the opportunity. 1688.com is Alibaba's domestic Chinese wholesale marketplace, where factories and traders sell at the prices Chinese buyers pay. A 1688 sourcing website brings that catalogue to Bangladeshi buyers in a language they can read, prices it in BDT, and handles the payment and shipping that would otherwise defeat a first-time importer.

Importers, resellers and e-commerce sellers all want their own version. The importer wants margin control. The reseller wants a catalogue she can repost without retyping. The Facebook page owner wants stockier widgets and a price she can trust before she promises a customer. This guide covers what such a site includes, what shapes the build, where the data comes from, and what we learned building one.

The short answer: three levels of build

We group sourcing site builds into three levels: Launch, Scale and Platform.

Level	Best for	What you get (short)
Launch	Testing demand with a focused catalogue	Bangla/English storefront, imported 1688 products, BDT pricing with margins, cart and checkout, order admin
Scale	A serious importer running real volume	Everything in Launch, plus image search, per-sku shipping, partial payments, weight reconciliation, order updates, installable web app
Platform	A cross-border business with several teams and customer types	Everything in Scale, plus reseller accounts with accounts and refunds, role-based admin, cargo module, reports, integrations, native apps

See it live: what TradeOn Global includes

TradeOn Global (tradeon.global) is a sourcing platform we built for Bangladesh. It is live, so you can judge the decisions yourself rather than take our word for them. We wrote up the design thinking in a separate case study, “TradeOn Global: Designing Cross-Border Wholesale for Bangladesh”.

Feature	What it does for the buyer
Bangla-first homepage banners	Speak to the buyer in their own language: wholesale from China, factory-price products, door-to-door delivery, shipping by air and sea.
Category sidebar with 20+ categories	Lets buyers browse from Winter Products and Shoes to Kitchen Gadgets, Phone Accessories and School Supplies.
Curated rows (“Winter Products”, “Trending Products”)	Puts seasonal and popular stock in front of the buyer, with a discount badge on trending items.
Product cards with BDT prices and sold counts	Show the price in taka and how well an item is selling, before opening it.
Keyword search and “Search by image”	Find a product by typing, or by uploading a photo of the product.
Variant table	Lists every size under each colour with its own BDT price, available stock and an Add button.
Product details	Shows stock, minimum order, approximate weight and origin, with Specifications, Description and Reviews tabs.
Seller information	Shows the 1688 seller's shop name, location and guarantees, with a “Visit Seller Store” link.
Copy Link and Image Download	Help resellers who repost products to their own pages.
Shipping and charges	Shows an air rate per kg and adds a China local delivery charge to the order.
Split payment	Pay 70% now and 30% on delivery.
Prohibited items notice	Tells buyers upfront what cannot be imported.
Wishlist, install App, WhatsApp Chat	Save items for later, install the site as an app, and talk to a person.
Policy pages and account area	Account, Cart, My Orders, Privacy Policy, Terms, Return & Refund, Cancellation and Prohibited Items.