What is cross-border e-commerce
Cross-border e-commerce, referred to as cross-border e-commerce, refers to various business activities between trading parties (individuals or enterprises) in different countries or regions through the Internet and its related information platforms.
Specifically, cross-border e-commerce refers to an international business activity in which trading entities in different customs territories reach transactions, make payments and settlements through e-commerce platforms, and deliver goods and complete transactions through cross-border logistics. It has the characteristics of globality, intangibility, anonymity, and immediacy.
What is cross-border retail
Cross-border retail, in a narrow sense, is actually basically equivalent to cross-border e-commerce. Cross-border retail refers to the transaction process in which trading entities in different customs territories reach transactions, make payments and settlements with the help of computer networks, and use express mail, small packages and other postal methods to deliver goods to consumers through cross-border logistics.
What is e-commerce
E-commerce refers to business activities that use information network technology as a means and focus on commodity exchange. It can also be understood as the electronic trading of trading activities and related services on the Internet, Intranet and Value Added Network (VAN), which is the electronicization and networking of all aspects of traditional business activities.
E-commerce usually refers to a new business operation model in which buyers and sellers conduct various business activities without meeting each other in the open network environment of the Internet, based on the browser/server application method, in a wide range of commercial trade activities around the world, to achieve online shopping for consumers, online transactions and online electronic payments between merchants, as well as various business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities.