Alibaba.com is now offering PayPal on its AliExpress platform.

AliExpress allows customers to tailor orders to the needs of their small businesses, offering smaller-quantity orders, instant online transactions, and an escrow service to protect buyers and sellers.

With this agreement, AliExpress merchants can now avail their customers with PayPal as a fast and secure payment option. Businesses will now be able to easily source goods through AliExpress using PayPal in their preferred local currency.

Alibaba.com launched a beta test of AliExpress in September 2009. Currently, there are more than three million listed products from more than 40 categories.

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