Case Study: DHgate.com achieves 100% website availability and global performance improvements with Akamai Technologies

Akamai secures and enhances the DHgate.com website, providing 100% availability

DHgate.com, a leading China-based B2B wholesale marketplace serving buyers and suppliers in 224 countries, faced growing pains as its international business expanded. Underdeveloped Internet infrastructure in regions like the Middle East and South America, rising security threats (including DDoS and DNS flooding), and the need to deploy HTTPS/HTTP2 strained its limited IT resources and threatened consistent, high-quality user experiences.

Akamai delivered Web Performance and Cloud Security solutions—caching content closer to users, supporting HTTPS/HTTP2, and providing cloud-based DNS and DDoS protection—while offering 24/7 professional support. The result was improved global site performance, reduced IT workload, stronger defense against network- and DNS-layer attacks, and 100% website availability with faster, more secure user experiences.

DHgate.com

Liu Wentao

Operation & Maintenance Director