> ## 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. # Orders by Buyer Country, Alibaba > Orders 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 > **Orders by Buyer Country** is a geography metric tracked from Alibaba data. It maps where your B2B buyers are placing orders, so you can see how the US and EU, South East Asia, and Latin America mix shifts over time. The card sits in the Geography category and pairs with revenue-by-geography and AOV siblings, because the country mix shapes shipping economics and currency hedging. Cross-reference the related cards listed below for context. | | | | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **What it counts** | The number of B2B orders grouped by buyer country over the trailing 30-day window, rendered as a choropleth map. Computed from the latest available order data and refreshed on the standard data refresh. | | **Sample type** | Backend API data from Alibaba, refreshed on the standard data refresh. | | **Why it matters** | The metric appears in the Geography category and complements the sibling cards listed below. The buyer-country mix drives freight cost, lead times, and which currencies you are exposed to, so shifts here have downstream operational and financial effects. | | **Reading the value** | Read the map for concentration and watch how the leading countries shift period to period. Cross-reference siblings for the full diagnostic picture. | | **Currency** | count | | **Time window** | `30D` | | **Alert trigger** | `-` | | **Sentiment key** | `ali_orders_by_country` | | **Roles** | owner, marketing | ## Calculation Vortex IQ groups B2B orders from the trailing 30-day window by the buyer's country and counts orders per country, then renders the result as a choropleth where darker shading means more orders. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading. ## Worked example *A representative reading of **Orders by Buyer Country** for a typical Alibaba supplier.* Suppose the 30 days ending 12 Mar 26 show 310 orders, with 96 from the United States, 71 from Germany, 54 from Vietnam, 38 from Brazil, and the remainder spread across smaller markets. The map shades North America and Western Europe darkest, but the marketing owner notices Vietnam climbing fast versus the prior month, which hints at a new South East Asia distributor relationship worth nurturing. Because the country mix drives freight and currency exposure, finance is flagged to review hedging on the growing Latin America tail. For deeper investigation of which products are pulling each market, use Vortex Mind to trace upstream causes; for natural-language exploration such as "which countries grew fastest this month", ask Ask Viq. ## Sibling cards merchants should reference together | Card | Why merchants reach for it | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [`aov-by-buyer-country`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/aov-by-buyer-country) | Geography sibling: order value per country, the value view of the same map. | | [`total-transactions`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/total-transactions) | Sales sibling: total order count this map breaks down by country. | | [`average-order-value`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/average-order-value) | Sales sibling: AOV that the country mix shifts. | | [`total-revenue`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/total-revenue) | Revenue sibling: revenue the leading countries contribute. | | [`orders-day`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/alibaba/orders-day) | Fulfilment sibling: daily order trend behind the country totals. | ## Reconciling against Alibaba Seller dashboard **Where to look in Alibaba's own dashboard:** Open the Alibaba Supplier workbench, go to the data or analytics section, and look for buyer or visitor analytics broken down by country or region. Order-level country data also appears under Trade then Order Management when you filter or sort by buyer location. 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; the workbench may use calendar months. | Variable | Match the period range. | | **Time zone.** The workbench uses the account time zone; Vortex IQ aligns to merchant reporting time zone, which can move an order across a day boundary. | Marginal | Confirm time zone match. | | **Filter scope.** Profile-level filters (channel, B2B only, test orders) may narrow the Vortex IQ view. | Variable | Match filter settings. | **Cross-connector reconciliation:** complement with sibling cards in the same category for the full diagnostic picture. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind. ## Known limitations / merchant FAQs **Q: How often does Orders by Buyer Country update?** The card refreshes on the standard data refresh (typically every 30-60 minutes for live integrations). New orders appear on the map at the next refresh after they are recorded. **Q: Why does my Alibaba dashboard show a different number?** The most common reasons are period-boundary differences (Vortex IQ uses 30-day rolling versus calendar months), time-zone alignment on day boundaries, and filter scope (profile-level versus all-account view). The workbench may also group by region rather than individual country. Match these settings before assuming a real divergence. **Q: How does Orders by Buyer Country relate to other geography metrics?** Read it next to AOV by buyer country to separate order count from order value. A country can lead on volume while another leads on value, and the pair tells you where to focus shipping and currency planning. **Q: Can I customise the alert threshold?** This card has no default alert, since it is a distribution view rather than a single threshold metric. You can still configure sensitivity per profile in the Sensitivity tab if you want to be alerted to a shift in a specific market. *** ### Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre *Orders 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.