Cross-border e-commerce is a new form of international trade that has emerged when the Internet has developed to a certain stage. It has not only changed the traditional international trade model, but also expanded the transaction scope of traditional e-commerce, showing great commercial value. So what exactly is cross-border e-commerce? What is the significance and characteristics of cross-border e-commerce?
Cross-border e-commerce, referred to as cross-border e-commerce, refers to an international business activity in which trading entities belonging to different customs territories reach transactions through e-commerce platforms, conduct online payment settlements, and deliver goods through Qianjing logistics to complete the entire trade process. In simple terms, cross-border e-commerce is a business model in which sellers and buyers from different countries or regions conduct cross-border commodity transactions through e-commerce platforms. In order for sellers to better understand the business model of cross-border e-commerce.
The main transaction process of cross-border e-commerce is as follows.
●American buyers browse goods through cross-border e-commerce platforms;
●After American buyers choose their favorite goods, they place orders and complete payments;
●The Chinese seller to whom the goods belong receives the order information;
●The Chinese seller to whom the goods belong delivers the goods to the American buyers through cross-border logistics, completing the entire cross-border e-commerce transaction.
Traditional international trade is divided into two directions: import trade and export trade, depending on the direction of commodity flow. Foreign commodities entering the Chinese market is import trade; Chinese commodities entering foreign markets is export trade. Therefore, cross-border e-commerce is also divided into export cross-border e-commerce and import cross-border e-commerce according to the direction of commodity flow.
Cross-border e-commerce integrates e-commerce and traditional international trade, breaking down barriers between countries and making international trade borderless. At the same time, due to its advantages of low threshold, few links and low cost, cross-border e-commerce has flourished worldwide, causing great changes in the global economy.