Alibaba's source factory platform 1688 has recently officially launched its cross-border e-commerce AI intelligent agent "Ao Xia" (international brand name: AlphaShop), aiming to provide global cross-border entrepreneurs with an all-in-one intelligent digital supply chain solution through its core capabilities of "AI + supply chain".
"Ao Xia" integrates image recognition, link parsing, and natural language interaction technologies. Users just need to start a conversation, upload product images, or input product links to click once to start the entire process from market research to factory connection. It comprehensively covers key stages such as product selection decisions, factory sourcing, intelligent inquiries, and content generation.
In product selection, "Ao Xia" automatically provides market insights and product suggestions based on data from mainstream e-commerce platforms and real transaction data from the Alibaba ecosystem (including purchase prices and profit margins). In the factory search process, it can algorithmically match high-quality factories with cross-border service capabilities and provide multi-dimensional evaluation reports on qualifications, production capacity, and reputation, significantly improving the efficiency of factory connections. In addition, "Ao Xia" can inquire about key information such as price and minimum order quantity on behalf of users, and assist in negotiations in certain scenarios, significantly reducing communication costs caused by lack of foreign trade experience among small and medium sellers.
Notably, when users upload screenshots of overseas bestsellers, "Ao Xia" can automatically analyze the style features and match factories with the production capabilities, achieving "what you see is what you can sell", and provides high-quality AI-generated image functions.
"Ao Xia" is currently available for free on its official website (alphashop.cn) to systematically address pain points such as blind product selection and inefficient factory search for cross-border merchants. In the future, this intelligent agent will continue to be updated, launching features such as multi-language support, intelligent business management, and independent site building
