Here is the full list of published suppliers banned on Alibaba aggregated and sorted by name. Previously, lists of banned suppliers could be found on Alibaba’s own website (which we previously linked to from this article), but these were removed at some point between January and October 2015.įortunately though, China Checkup recorded this data before Alibaba removed it, and the blacklist is below. Where are the “Banned on Alibaba” Blacklists? There are some general remarks that Gold suppliers have been removed from Alibaba due to suspected unfair or fraudulent activities reported by Alibaba members. Generally speaking, it isn’t disclosed why a company has been banned on Alibaba.Īlibaba’s published lists only identify the company’s English name, registered location and membership type. Without explanation, Alibaba ceased listing their banned members in April 2013. This pressure eventually turned to scandal as two executives resigned in order to “take responsibility for the systemic breakdown in our company’s culture of integrity”.Īlthough Alibaba has taken measures to strengthen their Gold Supplier verification system, doubts remain over it’s effectiveness. BackgroundĪlibaba started publishing monthly lists of their banned paid suppliers in April 2010.ĭuring this period Alibaba was under increasing pressure to explain why there were so many cases of fraud occurring with their "Gold Suppliers" and it is likely that lists of suppliers banned on Alibaba was a response to this. In this article we provide some background to why these lists may have been published and replicate in full the names of the suppliers banned on Alibaba. Each month between April 2010 and March 2013 Alibaba published on their website a list of the paid gold members that had been banned from their platform that month.
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