Today I have observed that I am not being able to contact / respond to the new buy leads posted, it says like  



Please intimate why the access restricted to free members, this will affect the trafic of site also.

Quoting from [Anshu]:


Today I have observed that I am not being able to contact / respond to the new buy leads posted, it says like  

Free Members, can only contact this buyer after 67 hours 16 minutes .


Only Premium Members have unrestricted access to buyers on Alibaba.com.

Upgrade to a Premium TrustPass Membership now!

Free MembershipTrustPass Membership

• Restricted Access to Buyers
• Restricted Products Online
• Basic Company Website

Advanced Features

• Unlimited Access to Buyer
• Unlimited Products Online
• Premium Company Website

Extra Features

• Priority Listiong in Buyer Seaches
• Verified Company Status
• Exclusive Promotion Opportunities

Please intimate why the access restricted to free members, this will affect the trafic of site also.

really?  I think I have to upgrade my account to paid member so that I can view the buying leads freely. How about you?

Quoting from [DADA]:

Quoting from [Anshu]:



Today I have observed that I am not being able to contact / respond to the new buy leads posted, it says like  

Free Members, can only contact this buyer after 67 hours 16 minutes .



Only Premium Members have unrestricted access to buyers on Alibaba.com.

Upgrade to a Premium TrustPass Membership now!

Free MembershipTrustPass Membership

• Restricted Access to Buyers
• Restricted Products Online
• Basic Company Website

Advanced Features

• Unlimited Access to Buyer
• Unlimited Products Online
• Premium Company Website

Extra Features

• Priority Listiong in Buyer Seaches
• Verified Company Status
• Exclusive Promotion Opportunities

Please intimate why the access restricted to free members, this will affect the trafic of site also.

really?  I think I have to upgrade my account to paid member so that I can view the buying leads freely. How about you?

Great answer

I have just noticed this too. No warning given to free members! It is expensive for Trustpass and from what I hear, not worthwhile. It is a shame that Alibaba does this to so many businesses. I guess I will be using TradeKey more often now.

Quoting from [Admire Diamonds]:


Great answer

Whats the great in the reply, paid membership couldn't be afforded by many people, I will wait for the lead to be old then I will contact the buyer.

whats a big deal.

We will be forced to move to other b2b websites and the traffic enjoyed by alibaba will definitely be reduced.

Quoting from [TedK]:

I have just noticed this too. No warning given to free members! It is expensive for Trustpass and from what I hear, not worthwhile. It is a shame that Alibaba does this to so many businesses. I guess I will be using TradeKey more often now.

I am convinced with you. what I think alibaba has designed the free membership for the buyers not for sellers, But the thing is there are more then thousand b2b portals I liked alibaba most because of its features, earlier also they have limited the No. of enquuiries to be sent to prospective buyer was 30, this was acceptable but now you are not at all contact buyers neither you see the contact details of the buyers.


Well the no. of enquiry in a day is limited at ec21,  Indiamart  and ecplaza also, but you are able to see the contact details of the buyer, but this way we are really help less.

Quoting from [Anshu]:


Today I have observed that I am not being able to contact / respond to the new buy leads posted, it says like  

Free Members, can only contact this buyer after 67 hours 16 minutes .


Only Premium Members have unrestricted access to buyers on Alibaba.com.

Upgrade to a Premium TrustPass Membership now!

Free MembershipTrustPass Membership

• Restricted Access to Buyers
• Restricted Products Online
• Basic Company Website

Advanced Features

• Unlimited Access to Buyer
• Unlimited Products Online
• Premium Company Website

Extra Features

• Priority Listiong in Buyer Seaches
• Verified Company Status
• Exclusive Promotion Opportunities

Please intimate why the access restricted to free members, this will affect the trafic of site also.

The recent change to Buying Lead access is due to the growing number of requests from buyers for greater security and quality feedback. As such, only premium Alibaba.com members can now access Buying Leads within the first 7 days of listing.

You can also:
Search thousands of other Buying Leads posted more than 7 days ago!
Post your products online and let buyers come to you!

Quoting from [TedK]:

I have just noticed this too. No warning given to free members! It is expensive for Trustpass and from what I hear, not worthwhile. It is a shame that Alibaba does this to so many businesses. I guess I will be using TradeKey more often now.

We have put this notification message at

Quoting from [ServieTeam]:

Quoting from [Anshu]:



Today I have observed that I am not being able to contact / respond to the new buy leads posted, it says like  

Free Members, can only contact this buyer after 67 hours 16 minutes .



Only Premium Members have unrestricted access to buyers on Alibaba.com.

Upgrade to a Premium TrustPass Membership now!

Free MembershipTrustPass Membership

• Restricted Access to Buyers
• Restricted Products Online
• Basic Company Website

Advanced Features

• Unlimited Access to Buyer
• Unlimited Products Online
• Premium Company Website

Extra Features

• Priority Listiong in Buyer Seaches
• Verified Company Status
• Exclusive Promotion Opportunities

Please intimate why the access restricted to free members, this will affect the trafic of site also.

The recent change to Buying Lead access is due to the growing number of requests from buyers for greater security and quality feedback. As such, only premium Alibaba.com members can now access Buying Leads within the first 7 days of listing.

You can also:
Search thousands of other Buying Leads posted more than 7 days ago!
Post your products online and let buyers come to you!

 

My mistake, I did not see the notice there. But the change happened very quickly after the notice was posted. Little time to prepare or to consider Trust P *.

Quoting from [TedK]:

Quoting from [ServieTeam]:

My mistake, I did not see the notice there. But the change happened very quickly after the notice was posted. Little time to prepare or to consider Trust P *.

But Trust pass is an expensive affair, Also I couldn't understand the idea behind the replacement of products with sale lead, now it seems there is no point in regularly updating your sale lead, and then why to post sale leads, it should not be there.