Cross-border e-commerce

China's cross-border e-commerce is at a critical juncture, undergoing a strategic shift. Intensified competition and high costs in Europe and the US, coupled with persistent policy and compliance risks, and ongoing uncertainties and hindered growth in the Middle East, all contribute to the precarious state of logistics and e-commerce development. Many cross-border sellers are searching for the next high-growth, long-term growth opportunity that warrants in-depth exploration…

A .99 smart camera seems out of place in a security market where prices often run into the hundreds of dollars. According to Grand View Research, the global smart home security market was worth approximately .94 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it will officially launch a tariff refund system on April 20, totaling 6 billion, to refund approximately 330,000 importers for "illegal" tariffs previously imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). As of April 9,…

Xiaohongshu's cross-border e-commerce project, RedShop, is scheduled to officially launch in June 2026. At its global seed merchant salon on April 10th, Xiaohongshu touted the slogan "Bringing quality Chinese products to global users." Frankly, the buzz surrounding this project is no less than that surrounding TikTok in its early days…

A number of freight forwarders are about to go out of business… Recently, Amazon Global Selling officially announced that Shenzhen, as the industrial heartland with the highest concentration of cross-border e-commerce sellers in China, has become the first city in China to launch Amazon's Global Smart Hub (GWD) warehouse, and it has officially gone live; this new service also…

On April 10th, Amazon Global Selling announced that its Global Smart Hub (GWD) warehouse has been put into operation in Shenzhen. However, currently, the Shenzhen GWD warehouse only supports sellers replenishing their inventory to US FBA; other sites are not yet open. [For more details on GWD usage and operation, please visit the event from May 14th to 16th…]

On April 3rd, Amazon Global Selling issued a notice stating that starting April 17th, FBA shipping fees for North America and Europe will include additional fuel and logistics-related surcharges. FBA shipping fees will increase by 3.5% for North America and 1.5% for Europe. [Amid rising costs, Amazon…]

The "offshore structure" isolation measure is rapidly becoming ineffective. In the past two days, the question "Wasn't it said that offshore entities don't report?" has gone viral among cross-border sellers. Many sellers have revealed that their Amazon stores registered with Hong Kong or US companies have all received emails pushing tax data for Q4 2025;…

For Chinese furniture and home furnishing suppliers, going global has long faced several core challenges: high customer acquisition costs, long operational chains, heavy last-mile logistics, and fierce competition from similar products. In 2026, Wayfair, a leading vertical e-commerce platform for furniture and home furnishings in Europe and America, further expanded its presence in the Chinese market, adopting a "lightweight operation" approach…

Illegal certification harms both the seller and the seller. A recent indictment by Italian prosecutors has served as a stark reminder of the importance of compliance for all cross-border e-commerce businesses: Italian prosecutors have formally filed charges against three Chinese cross-border e-commerce sellers for selling chargers with falsified safety certifications and serious electrical leakage issues…

As the global home furnishings market enters a critical period of recovery and growth in 2026, North America, with its massive consumer base and continuously increasing online penetration, has become the preferred destination for many companies expanding overseas. Data shows that the US furniture market revenue is projected to reach 0.84 billion in 2026…

The cross-border logistics industry has recently been thrown into turmoil. According to multiple industry media reports, over five overseas warehouses near the Port of Long Beach in Los Angeles, specializing in low-price dropshipping, have collapsed in quick succession, creating a chain reaction of problems. It has been revealed that warehouse owners are currently unreachable, warehouses have been seized by landlords, goods have been impounded, and some have even been illegally sold off, affecting over 2,000 people…

Amazon's 2026 Spring Sale quietly kicked off in mid-March. As the first major sales event of the spring season, the Spring Sale was expected by many sellers to boost traffic. However, recent industry feedback suggests that "quiet" has become the prevailing sentiment among many sellers regarding this year's Spring Sale…

Competition for traffic among major cross-border e-commerce platforms has already reached a fever pitch. For many sellers, the old "product listing model" and "price wars" are turning into unbearable pressure to survive. Tighter platform policies, logistical bottlenecks, and increasingly stringent compliance reviews are making it impossible to rely solely on "shipping from China..."

Recently, besides the heated industry discussions sparked by the Middle East situation, a new review operation by U.S. Customs has also caused considerable anxiety among countless overseas sellers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently officially launched a special document review operation codenamed "5H," focusing on Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach as key areas, with several...