Poland and Ecommerce
Read More »China retail sales significantly below forecast
In August Chinese retail sales were predicted to grow by 7% by a number of analysists, it actually came in at 2.5% leading to a significant drop in APAC stocks. The blame is being pointed at China’s zero-tolerance policy towards lock down leading to fewer buyers walking the streets. NBS …
Read More »Payoneer Launches Green Channel to help International Sellers On-board to Marketplaces
Payoneer, one of the leading cross border payments platforms, have recently launched their Green Channel program. It aims to connect Payoneer’s existing large, online retail customers with new marketplaces internationally. For retailers, one of the major issues when opening a new marketplace is the need to go through the, often …
Read More »Selling Internationally on… Amazon
The international selling program on Amazon is known as Amazon Global Selling. Essentially it’s a collection of services and tools that help Amazon’s marketplaces sellers to expand to their 16 marketplaces. The available locations on Amazon are as follows: Europe: UKGermanyFranceItalySpainThe Netherlands Asia-Pacific JapanIndiaAustraliaSingapore Middle East: UAETurkey Americas: USACanadaMexicoBrazil These …
Read More »Selling Internationally on… eBay
Welcome to the first in our bi weekly series “Selling Internationally on…” where we will cover the basic how to of selling on the major international marketplaces. From the US to China and Latin America to Singapore. In this first article we start with eBay, a marketplace which as international …
Read More »International Retail Sales Season 2020-2021
It’s that time of year again when many retailers globally do 40% or more of their yearly business. Q4 and January is peppered with holidays all over and retailers worldwide offer incentives for buyers to buy more each year. With the advent of the dominant eCommerce marketplaces pushing their own …
Read More »Know Your Customer (KYC) and Selling Overseas
Know Your Customer, or Know Your Client as it’s sometimes known, is a process that most retailers will have been through in the past. So what is KYC, why does it matter to you and why is it important in International eCommerce? What is KYC? KYC is a regulation of …
Read More »Adobe Research Adds Weight to Selling Via Marketplaces
Last week Adobe Research reported via a press release the significance of marketplaces over retailers own websites in the UK. Of the 67% found to have purchased online between March and June 2020 (lock-down data!) over half of them, 57%, purchased from a marketplace seller compared to retailers own websites …
Read More »Approaching Cross Border eCommerce
This is a chapter our of the eBook available on our resources section or by downloading the eBook here. In this post we discuss an approach, one developed by Mark Ellis after helping many retailers, large and small, expand their online retail business overseas. With the limited information available and …
Read More »Five simple steps to improve international shipping
With a purchase through your online site or via an online marketplace you have limited points in the journey to make a great impression and give your buyer a lasting experience. One of these, one of the more important, is the shipping experience. It’s always important to get this right …
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