> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vortexiq.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AOV by Buyer Country, Alibaba > AOV by Buyer Country for Alibaba stores. Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre. How to read it, why it matters, and how to act on it. **Card class:** [Non-Hero](/nerve-centre/overview#card-classes-explained) • **Category:** [Geography](/nerve-centre/connectors#connectors-by-type) ## At a glance > **AOV by Buyer Country** is a geography metric tracked from Alibaba data. It breaks your average B2B order value down by the buyer's country, showing where your largest wholesale orders originate and where order sizes are thin. For a B2B supplier this is the map for prioritising RFQ follow-up, MOQ tier design, and marketing spend by region. The card sits in the Geography category and pairs with sibling sales and geography cards listed below to build a complete diagnostic picture. | | | | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **What it counts** | Average order value for Trade Assurance orders, grouped by the buyer's country, over the trailing window. Each bar represents one country's mean B2B order size. | | **Sample type** | Backend API data from Alibaba, refreshed on the standard data refresh. | | **Why it matters** | Knowing which countries place the largest orders tells you where MOQ tiers, pricing, and RFQ attention pay back most. It turns a single blended AOV into an actionable regional picture. | | **Reading the value** | Compare countries against your blended AOV. High-AOV regions deserve priority RFQ handling; low-AOV regions may signal a pricing or MOQ-tier mismatch. | | **Currency** | currency | | **Time window** | `30D` | | **Alert trigger** | `-` | | **Sentiment key** | `ali_aov_by_country` | | **Roles** | owner, marketing | ## Calculation Vortex IQ reads completed B2B orders from the Alibaba integration, groups them by the buyer's country, and divides total order value by order count within each country over the trailing window. The result is a per-country average order value rendered as a bar chart. Countries with too few orders to be meaningful may be grouped or omitted from the ranking. See the worked example below for a typical reading. ## Worked example *A representative reading of **AOV by Buyer Country** for a typical Alibaba supplier.* Suppose over the trailing 30 days the supplier's blended AOV is around 4,200 USD, but the country breakdown shows Germany at roughly 9,500 USD, the United States near 5,100 USD, and several smaller markets clustered around 1,300 USD. The interpretation is that German buyers are placing full-pallet wholesale orders while the smaller markets are buying near MOQ, so the supplier prioritises RFQ response and volume-tier pricing for the high-AOV regions and reviews whether the low-AOV markets need a more attractive entry tier. For deeper investigation into what is driving a regional shift, use Vortex Mind to trace upstream causes; to ask which products dominate a given country in plain English, use Ask Viq. ## Sibling cards merchants should reference together | Card | Why merchants reach for it | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [`orders-by-buyer-country`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/orders-by-buyer-country) | Geography sibling: order volume per country to pair with order size. | | [`average-order-value`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/average-order-value) | The blended B2B AOV this card breaks apart by country. | | [`total-revenue`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/total-revenue) | Total GMV that the regional AOV feeds into. | | [`total-transactions`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/total-transactions) | Order count that combines with AOV to explain regional GMV. | | [`top-listings-by-revenue`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/top-listings-by-revenue) | The products driving value in each region. | ## Reconciling against Alibaba Seller dashboard **Where to look in Alibaba's own dashboard:** Country-level order and value breakdowns appear in My Alibaba under Data Insights or the Business Analysis view, where you can segment orders by buyer region. Confirm period boundaries and filter settings match the Vortex IQ profile to reconcile cleanly. **Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ:** | Reason | Direction | What to do | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------ | | **Period boundary.** Vortex IQ uses a 30-day rolling window by default; Alibaba's analytics may use calendar periods. | Variable | Match the period range. | | **Time zone.** Alibaba aggregates in the account time zone; Vortex IQ aligns to your merchant reporting time zone, which can shift orders across day boundaries. | Marginal | Confirm time zone match. | | **Filter scope.** Profile-level filters (storefront, product line, test orders) may narrow which orders Vortex IQ averages. | Variable | Match filter settings. | **Cross-connector reconciliation:** complement with the sibling geography and sales cards in the same category for the full diagnostic picture. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind. ## Known limitations / merchant FAQs **Q: How often does AOV by Buyer Country update?** The card refreshes on the standard data refresh (typically every 30-60 minutes for live integrations). For the latest split, force a manual refresh from the dashboard. **Q: Why does my Alibaba dashboard show a different number?** The most common reasons are period-boundary differences (Vortex IQ uses a 30-day rolling window vs Alibaba's calendar months), time-zone alignment that can move orders across day boundaries, and filter scope (profile-level vs Alibaba's all-account view). Match these settings before assuming a real divergence. **Q: How does AOV by Buyer Country relate to other geography metrics?** Read it next to Orders by Buyer Country so you can separate big orders from many orders, and against the blended Average Order Value to see which regions pull the average up or down. Single-metric reads can mislead; the value is in the cross-reference. **Q: Can I customise the alert threshold?** This card has no default alert trigger, but you can configure sensitivity and minimum-order thresholds per profile in the Sensitivity tab if you want to be notified when a key country's AOV moves. Adjust to match your business baseline rather than relying on the generic default. *** ### Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre *AOV by Buyer Country* is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Alibaba and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. [Start for free](https://app.vortexiq.ai/login) or [book a demo](https://www.vortexiq.ai/contact-us) to see this metric running on your own data.