Alibaba Expects to Nearly Double Transactions Volume to More Than $900 Billion by 2020 Posted by June 14, 2016 Leave a comment on Alibaba Expects to Nearly Double Transactions Volume to More Than $900 Billion by 2020 Echoing that growth, Chairman Jack Ma said Alibaba expects to have 2 billion consumers on its books by 2036, up from 423 million active buyers in 2016.