AliExpress - Shopping App
86
Quality Score
Excellent
AliExpress - Shopping App
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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AliExpress - Shopping App is an iOS app from Alibaba in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.7★ across 622,728 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 86: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Shopping app, that means strong product-market fit. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$2.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.6M – $4.1M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.2M – $5.9M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$9.9K/mo · 16.3M ratings · 4.3★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$85K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $65K – $115K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 months at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (86 MB) | +$14K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$19K |
Total estimate
$85K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$800K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $600K – $1.1M · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~9.4× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
62.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
7.4M
Daily active
1.3M
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.5M – $3.3M
12 months
$2.6M – $4.1M
24 months
$3.2M – $5.9M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 55/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
6.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.0M - $5.5M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.69★ across 617,414 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $45.0M-$80.0M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (622,728 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (19 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v8.163.1
Summer Sale is Here!
Get ready to save big! Our Summer Sale has officially landed, bringing you up to 80% off across millions of items. Whether you’re eyeing the latest tech, seasonal fashion, or home essentials, now is the perfect time to grab them at our best prices yet.… Full release notes →
Get ready to save big! Our Summer Sale has officially landed, bringing you up to 80% off across millions of items. Whether you’re eyeing the latest tech, seasonal fashion, or home essentials, now is the perfect time to grab them at our best prices yet.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- AliExpress - Shopping App
- Developer
- Alibaba
- Bundle ID
- com.alibaba.iAliexpress
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, HE, ID, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- www.aliexpress.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $47.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Publicly available data, including reports from Sensor Tower, Statista, Adapty, and Reddit, does not provide specific revenue estimates for the iOS app 'AliExpress Shopping App'. While AliExpress is a significant contributor to Alibaba Group's International Commerce Retail division, which reported $6.75 billion in revenue for the six months ending September 30, 2024, and $14.9 billion in Q3 2025, these figures represent the entire platform's performance, not the iOS app specifically. The app itself is free and does not list in-app purchases, indicating its revenue is derived from commissions and advertising on transactions conducted through the platform, rather than direct app sales.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Adapty, Reddit, urlaunched, Modern Retail, Similarweb, Miracuves, ECDB, ElectroIQ
📈Ratings growth622,728 ratings+8% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (4 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Experience the thrill of endless shopping with the AliExpress app—your go-to destination for millions of products across every category imaginable. Whether you’re hunting for the latest tech gadgets, trending fashion, stylish home decor, or unique accessories, we’ve got exactly what you need to upgrade your lifestyle.
BIG NEWS: Our Summer Sale is officially ON!
Score up to 80% off on your favorite items. From seasonal must-haves to top-tier electronics, it’s the perfect time to grab the deals you’ve been waiting for at prices that fit your budget. Don't wait—the best finds go fast!… View full description on the official store →
BIG NEWS: Our Summer Sale is officially ON!
Score up to 80% off on your favorite items. From seasonal must-haves to top-tier electronics, it’s the perfect time to grab the deals you’ve been waiting for at prices that fit your budget. Don't wait—the best finds go fast!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 86 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v8.163.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +14📂 Shopping💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v8.160.0
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2026-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #12Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
amazon shopping·#12🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.65376★ | 75,112 | 4.65376★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.80377★ | 385,209 | 4.80377★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.6249★ | 98,385 | 4.6249★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.69899★ | 158,934 | 4.69899★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.68★ | 346,977 | 4.68★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.69698★ | 145,872 | 4.69698★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.49702★ | 98,965 | 4.49702★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.68861★ | 622,728 | 4.68861★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for AliExpress - Shopping App: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 622,728 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does AliExpress - Shopping App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, AliExpress - Shopping App earns approximately $47K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like AliExpress - Shopping App?▴
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Who makes AliExpress - Shopping App?▴
AliExpress - Shopping App is published by Alibaba on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is AliExpress - Shopping App's BU Score?▴
AliExpress - Shopping App has a BU Score of 86/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.