border e commerce headquarters beijing china number of locations united states of america philippines spain united arab emirates dongguan guangzhou harbin ningbo shanghai shanxi shenzhen yiwu area served worldwide key people diane wang founder and ceo products e commerce mobile commerce logistics platform cross border payments services b2b trade import export website www.dhgate.com dhgate.com simplified chinese ; pinyin d nhu ngw ng is a business to business e commerce website that facilitates the sale of manufactured products from small and medium enterprises to buyers . 1 it also provides international payment services logistics services trust and safety us based product distribution warehouses escrow protection services and internet financing services . dhgate.com operates in english french german italian portuguese russian turkish and spanish . in 2015 dhgate.com launched dhport.com a manufacturer to business platform that allows retailers to source products in bulk directly from factories . dhport features manufacturers who are required to be certified up to global standards and customs clearance . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 founder and founding 1.2 company 2 name 3 companies and affiliated entities 4 awards 4.1 2009 4.2 2010 4.3 2011 5 references 6 external links history edit founder and founding edit dhgate.com was founded in 2004 by diane wang the current ceo . before founding dhgate wang was one of the founders of joyo.com . she also once served as country marketing director of cisco systems where she managed china marketing communications . wang also served as the marketing service manager and head of business development department for microsoft china corporation for six years from 1993 to 1999 . 3 company edit based on figures from the last quarter of 2015 dhgate.com claims to have about 40 million product listings from over 1.2 million chinese suppliers and 10 million buyers from 230 different countries . 4 the website allows users to post browse and order wholesale products from chinese manufacturers and sellers . 5 the company website states that the company grew 1 771 % from 2009 2012 a figure that influenced its selection on the 2009 deloitte technology china s top 50 fast growing enterprises . merchandise available on the site include electronics beauty products outdoor sporting supplies clothes etc. 6 currently over 50 % of the website s buyers are located in north america and europe . 7 dhgate worked closely with paypal until 2012 with whom the company has had a strategic partnership . dhgate was paypal s largest customer in the asia pacific region . however as of 6 august 2012 dhgate s agreement with paypal was terminated and the company no longer accepts paypal payments . 8 the china construction bank also cooperates with dhgate to offer a microloan service called ccb dhgate ebaotong to users with good records on the site . 9 other partners include ups fedex dhl visa and mastercard . 4 in 2010 dhgate obtained third round funding from the american private equity firm warburg pincus totaling nearly 200 million rmb equivalent to over 30 million usd . 10 recently easylisting.dhgate.com was founded as an online listing selection platform for partners overseas . on november 10 2015 dhgate.com announced that it had implemented austreme s transaction laundering detection solution tld for risk and fraud management of its payment platform . 11 on november 13 2015 dhgate.com signed an agreement with authenticateit aiming to protect buyers purchasing authorized products the authenticateit system provides products on dhgate.com s platform with a gs1 datamatrix code as the unique id for the product . authenticateit s cloud based track and trace system tracks product throughout the whole transaction cycle from production to the point of sale . 12 on november 14 2015 dhgate.com facilitated the first ever bilateral e commerce trade agreement at the g20 in antalya turkey between the chinese and turkish governments . the signing of the agreement was witnessed by the presidents of the 2 countries and represents the creation of the online channel of china s one belt one road initiative . 13 name edit the dh in dhgate refers to dunhuang mandarin d nhu ng a chinese city in modern day gansu province and formerly a strategic point on the silk road which linked china to the rest of the world during ancient times . 3 the name alludes to the company s place as a modern online version of the silk road linking customers between china and abroad . companies and affiliated entities edit dhport.com a manufacturer to business platform that allows retailers worldwide to source products in bulk directly from factories . dhport features manufacturers who are required to be certified up to global standards and customs clearance . 14 dhlink.com global logistics for international product delivery with tracking services and partnered with international logistics providers has product distribution and storage warehouses in the us europe and the middle east . 15 dhpay.com online payment platform for transactions between international currencies and qualified visa service provider with over 4 million users . 16 awards edit 2009 edit ranked 2nd in china trade future stars by the business review 2009 17 ranked in the deloitte technology fast 50 china 2009 18 ranked in the deloitte technology fast 500 asia pacific 2009 19 2010 edit ranked in the china industrial e commerce dotcom top 100 20 2011 edit recommended by the chinese ministry of commerce as one of china s top 4 e commerce platforms for international trade 21 ranked number one b2b dotcom power in the b2b category at the 2011 china e commerce culture festival 22 references edit dhgate crunchbase . www.crunchbase.com . retrieved 2016 02 23 . dhport about us . www.dhport.com . retrieved 2016 02 23 . a b wang shutong a ladylike success in china s it field . cri news . a b who is dhgate online sourcing & buying made easy . www.dhgate.com . retrieved 2016 02 22 . another online shopping website similar to dhgate . global e commerce guide hotspots in the first half of 2011 . sohu.com . diane wang rounding up the ant heroes . sino foreign management . paypal loses biggest asia partner as china s dhgate pulls the plug . techinasia . dhgate works with ccb . global times . warburg pincus leads third round investment to dhgate.com with rmb200m . pe daily . dhgate deploys austreme s transaction laundering detection solution . reuters . 2015 11 10 . retrieved 2016 02 22 . dhgate . dhgate.com builds strategic cooperation with authenticateit to protect global buyers . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 02 22 . dhgate.com facilitates historic bilateral e commerce agreement at the g20 between china and turkey . reuters . 2015 11 16 . retrieved 2016 02 26 . dhport about us . www.dhport.com . retrieved 2016 02 22 . . www.dhlink.com . retrieved 2016 02 22 . dhpay . www.dhpay.com . retrieved 2016 02 22 . dhgate wins second place in the 2009 china trade future stars competition . feng huang net finance . deloitte technology fast 50 china 2009 list . technology fast 500 asia pacific 2009 winners report . deloitte technology . second chinese e commerce cultural festival s dotcom top 100 . may 5 conference on e commerce platforms for international trade . ministry of commerce of the people s republic of china department of foreign trade . dhgate takes first place in the 2011 china e commerce culture festival . do news . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dhgate.com & oldid 737905555 categories companies based in beijingonline companies of chinainternet companies of chinacompanies of chinae commercechinese websitescommerce websiteshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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