China SME B2B total revenue is 4.96 billion CNY in Q2 2013, which has a year-on-year growth of 19.2% and QoQ increase of 7.4% according to data from iResearch. Compared to Q1, the year-on-year growth in Q2 slowed down, but QoQ growth goes up a little.

Due to international market sluggish, China SME B2B growth slowed down. However, domestic demand was positive in Q2 which provided good opportunities for SME.

Statistics show that China SME market share by revenue situation hasn’t changed too much, with top 8 enterprises occupying 63.9% market share. Alibaba kept the lead with 42.9% in Q2, 1.2% higher than Q1 2013. Global Sources jumped to 7.5% and DHgate up slightly in Q2 this year.

Alibaba’s growth in market share is likely due to its increased number of members and the new P4P (pay for performance) model in its international version of website.

In the respect of the development of small and medium-sized B2B enterprises, the international need is declining and the growth of total revenue is slowing. However, with the trend of foreign trade market turning better and more and more beneficial policies releasing, China SME B2B business had a better quarter in Q1, 2013.

Local enterprises focus on adjustment of strategies, which seems to be the blasting fuse of the fierce competition in B2B market. Alibaba are still taking the leading position in spite of a slight decline in the market share. At the meantime, enterprises such as Mysteel, HC Network and DHgate have successfully stepped forward.

Some insiders predict that the competition in small and medium-sized B2B market will get more intense in the future.Alibaba international website is to push forward the free membership and its revenue will be based on P4P (Pay for performance). Besides, the entirely open foreign trade platform put forward by DHgate is bound to bring about a new round of revolution in B2B market.