Under the influence of economic globalization and the gradual saturation of the domestic e-commerce market, more and more domestic e-commerce sellers have begun to move to the cross-border e-commerce market, especially in Southeast Asia. Today we will compare Southeast Asia e-commerce and domestic e-commerce. What are the differences between e-commerce?
1. Competitive pressure.
The current domestic e-commerce market is close to saturation, and the number of people doing Amazon-type cross-border e-commerce is far less than the number of domestic e-commerce companies. Secondly, if sellers want to be a Southeast Asian e-commerce platform, their competitors are not only Chinese, but also their local sellers. However, Chinese sellers will have advantages over foreign sellers in certain categories by taking advantage of domestic more complete and convenient supporting facilities. Therefore, foreign e-commerce platforms such as Amazon have become the choice of many domestic sellers.
2. Language differences.
Whether it is a local e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia or a well-known e-commerce platform such as Amazon, the buyer information, seller notifications, and product content on all platforms are in foreign languages. Although operators can use some translation software, But you still need to have a certain foundation in foreign languages. However, many domestic cross-border sellers have now compiled and published their experience in dealing with various problems, including templates for replying to emails, online, which can be directly applied to reduce language pressure.
3. Logistics and transportation.
On local e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia such as shopee, sellers first transport the goods from domestic to overseas warehouses, and then deliver the goods from the warehouse to the buyers, or directly deliver them from domestic to the sellers. The two delivery modes also have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the pressure on distribution funds, package delivery time, and logistics costs are also different.
4. Repayment.
Domestic and foreign e-commerce platforms have remittance cycles, but because foreign currencies are received in foreign countries, there will be an exchange situation, and in this aspect there will be exchange rates, and there is a certain upper limit on the amount of personal foreign exchange.
The above is the relevant content to compare the differences between Southeast Asian e-commerce and domestic e-commerce. Generally speaking, compared with Southeast Asian e-commerce, domestic e-commerce has very complete policies, but it is more difficult to stand out. Southeast Asian e-commerce is currently on the rise, and it will be slightly easier to open a store than in China. .