Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce

Name

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce

Legal name

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce Holdings Co., Ltd.

Website

https://mysteel.net

Company type

Public

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Market Intelligence & Price Reporting

akta.pro primary industry

Commodity Electronic Trading Platforms (Energy/Metals/Agriculture) (FSAFANAF)

Keywords

• Commodity price reporting
• Market intelligence platform
• Steel price indices
• Ferrous metals data
• Commodity market research

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Online Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to the Mysteel.net platform providing news, market insights, pricing data, and industry data including access to over 900,000 indicators. Minimum subscription term of one year.
2. Professional Consulting Services: Expert commodity consulting services specializing in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, energy and chemicals; includes regular tailor-made reports, one-off research, hedging feasibility, competitor benchmarking, market entry feasibility, and strategic planning.
3. Reports & Analysis Publications: Sale of weekly and annual market reports covering specific commodity sectors including aromatics, LNG, methanol, nickel, natural gas, polypropylene, and refined oil products.
4. Webinar & Event Access: Quarterly webinar deep-dives on China's steel and raw materials markets; annual passes provide access to four consecutive sessions with presentation slides and recordings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce (operating as Mysteel) runs a B2B commodity information platform that collects, publishes, and licenses daily price data and market intelligence for steel, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, energy, chemicals, agriculture, and new energy markets. The offering combines an online subscription platform (Mysteel.net) with IOSCO-compliant price indices, a web-based charting tool (DataBuffet), bespoke consulting services, and industry events, serving steel mills, smelters, miners, traders, and downstream industrial buyers.

Product overview

Mysteel operates as a comprehensive commodity data service platform, consisting of the Mysteel.net online platform as the core product, supported by the DataBuffet interactive charting tool, Mysteel Indices for price benchmarking, and value-added services including Report & Analysis products, Mysteel Consulting, and Events. The platform covers ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, energy & chemicals, agriculture, and new energy sectors, providing data-driven insights to 3 million+ registered members through a team of 3,000+ data collectors across China.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mysteel.net Online Platform B2B commodity information platform providing daily news, market insights, survey data, over 3,000 daily price reporters, and access to 900,000+ industry indicators covering inventories, production, consumption, trade, capacity, and shipments across ferrous, non-ferrous, energy, chemicals, agriculture, and new energy sectors.
• Mysteel DataBuffet Web-based interactive data charting tool that allows subscribers to search, analyze, and download data across various commodity markets, covering 700,000+ indicators and 210 million data points.
• Mysteel Indices Price indices covering steel and commodities markets, including IOSCO-compliant price reporting for contract settlements; over 80% of steel trading contracts in China reference Mysteel prices/indices. Includes the Mysteel Iron Ore Index tracking multiple grades from global origins.
• Mysteel Consulting Professional commodity market intelligence services specializing in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, energy, and chemicals, offering tailor-made reports, hedging strategy, market entry feasibility, competitor benchmarking, and business opportunity screening.
• Report & Analysis Products Comprehensive suite of market reports including China Aromatics Market Weekly Report, China LNG Market Weekly Report, China Methanol Industry Chain Weekly Report, Mysteel China Nickel Market Weekly, China Natural Gas Market Annual Report, China Polypropylene Market Annual Report, and Global LNG Bunkering Market Annual Report.
• Mysteel Events Webinars, conferences, and site tours providing networking opportunities and industry insights into Chinese commodity markets, including Asia Steel Forum, Critical Minerals Conference, China International Steel Congress, Singapore Iron Ore and Steel Forum, and Southeast Asia Steel Industry Summit.
• ComNect Communication and connectivity service for commodity market participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80% of steel trading contracts in China use Mysteel prices/indices for contract settlements
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Argus MediacoreTechnology or Integration · 27 May 2025Mysteel and Argus partnered on iron ore benchmarks to create new basket prices for both 61% and 62% Fe seaborne iron ore imported into China. This collaboration combines Mysteel's extensive China market data with Argus's international price assessment expertise.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• CRU Group: Independent business intelligence and consulting firm focused on metals, mining, fertilizers and battery materials. CRU's subscription data, price assessments and consulting overlap directly with Mysteel's ferrous/non-ferrous metals intelligence and consulting offerings.
• Argus Media: Global independent commodity price reporting agency covering energy, fertilizers, metals and agriculture. Argus and Mysteel partnered in May 2025 on iron ore benchmarks, confirming they are direct competitors in commodity PRA with overlapping methodologies and client bases.
• Fastmarkets: Independent commodity price reporting agency (formerly Metal Bulletin) specializing in metals, steel, raw materials, and forest products with IOSCO-compliant methodologies. Direct competitor to Mysteel in ferrous and non-ferrous indices, especially for international steel and scrap pricing.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): Division of S&P Global operating the Platts benchmarks across oil, gas, metals, coal and agricultural commodities. Platts is the global standard-setter for commodity price assessments and competes directly with Mysteel in iron ore, steel and coal indices used for contract settlement.

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg L.P. Global financial data and media platform distributing commodity prices, news and analytics via the Bloomberg Terminal. Competes with Mysteel on the distribution layer for commodity price/news data to financial and corporate subscribers, though at a much broader scope.
• Wood Mackenzie: Global research and consultancy covering energy, metals and mining with deep commercial intelligence and price forecasting. Adjacent competitor to Mysteel's consulting and forecasting services for upstream and downstream commodity participants, particularly for international energy and metals clients.
• IHS Markit Commodity Insights: Now part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, but historically a major provider of energy and commodity price assessments, consulting and analytics with global reach. Competes with Mysteel in energy and chemicals intelligence, particularly for international clients needing cross-commodity views.
• LSEG (Refinitiv): Operator of financial market infrastructure including the Refinitiv data business (formerly Thomson Reuters), distributing commodity prices, futures data and analytics to financial and corporate clients. Broad competitor to Mysteel on commodity data distribution and analytics.

Regional players

• Dalian Commodity Exchange: Chinese regulated commodity futures exchange listing iron ore, coking coal, soybean and industrial contracts. DCE's iron ore futures contracts reference Mysteel data, making it a closely related infrastructure peer in the Chinese commodity ecosystem.
• Shanghai Futures Exchange: Chinese regulated futures exchange listing steel, non-ferrous metals and energy contracts. SHFE contracts reference Mysteel indices for settlement, making it both a primary customer for Mysteel's price assessments and a related Chinese commodity-market infrastructure peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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