Amazon is a brand-led cross-border e-commerce platform

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Amazon, the originator of e-commerce, is the earliest company to engage in e-commerce and the largest cross-border e-commerce company in the United States. After more than 20 years of vigorous development, it has successively expanded Kindle, network services, Project Aria, Prime Music, Amazon Fresh, street convenience stores, housekeeping services, physical bookstores, grocery stores, drone express…

Unstable logistics system in cross-border e-commerce transactions

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In the overall transaction process of cross-border e-commerce, logistics costs generally account for 20% to 30% of the total transaction costs, and logistics service providers are also the largest group in the entire cross-border e-commerce ecological chain. Cross-border e-commerce companies must face problems such as a sharp increase in logistics costs and collective price increases…

Different taxation: Traditional foreign trade taxation is complex, while cross-border e-commerce taxation is relatively simple

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Traditional foreign trade taxation involves complex tariffs, value-added tax, consumption tax, etc., while cross-border e-commerce taxation is relatively simple, generally only postal tax. 1.2.5 Different models: Foreign trade e-commerce is mostly B2B, while cross-border e-commerce also has B2C, M2C, etc. Traditional foreign trade e-commerce basically adopts the business-to-business B2B model, while cross-border e-commerce adopts the…

Different links: Cross-border e-commerce reduces import and export costs and diversifies links

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After exporters in traditional foreign trade enterprises export a large number of goods to foreign countries, the circulation of goods in the local territory must go through the multi-level distribution of enterprises before finally reaching consumers or enterprises, which greatly increases the cost and raises the transaction threshold. Specifically, when traditional foreign trade enterprises participate…

Cross-border e-commerce sellers must know: Analysis of EBAY store opening rules

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EBAY, as a world-renowned e-commerce platform, has attracted a large number of sellers and buyers. As a cross-border e-commerce seller, it is very important to understand EBAY’s store opening rules. This article will introduce the relevant rules and requirements for opening an EBAY store to help you establish and operate a successful e-commerce store on…

Different forms: Traditional foreign trade is mainly offline transactions, while cross-border e-commerce is mostly online

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At present, the traditional foreign trade is still dominated by offline transactions, including exhibition sales, processing trade, compensation trade, and technology trade. With the rapid development of the information technology industry and the Internet in recent years, facing the problem of transformation, traditional foreign trade enterprises have begun to think about their own thinking mode,…

How to become a seller on eBay

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In today’s cross-border e-commerce market, EBAY is a well-known platform that has attracted much attention and participation. Becoming an EBAY seller can provide sellers with broad market opportunities and potential customers around the world. This article will introduce how to become an EBAY seller, from registering an account to conducting business, to help sellers successfully…

Five major differences between traditional foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce

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Cross-border e-commerce is different from traditional foreign trade, and there are great differences between the two. Below we will compare and analyze traditional foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce from five perspectives: subject, link, form, taxation, and mode. 1.2.1 Different subjects: the subject of traditional foreign trade is information flow, while the subject of cross-border e-commerce…

How can traditional e-commerce transform into cross-border e-commerce?

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In recent years, with the development of the economy, the scale of China’s cross-border e-commerce transactions has continued to expand, and the proportion of import transactions has increased rapidly, prompting the upgrading of the domestic industrial structure. Traditional foreign trade companies have begun to think about how to adapt to the times and consumer needs,…