Cross-border e-commerce

For those looking to start cross-border e-commerce, especially new Amazon sellers, the North American market (the US and Canada) is a top choice due to its relative maturity and large size. This article will analyze the market from various perspectives, including market insights and opportunities, how beginners can get started, and how to open a store in 2026. [If…]

On March 2nd, the nation's first "pre-positioned bonded warehouse" for cross-border e-commerce retail exports, embedded in the production and operation of an e-commerce platform, officially launched in Weihai, Shandong. On the morning of March 2nd, in a logistics warehouse of an e-commerce platform in the Weihai Lingang District, Shandong, staff were packing and sorting cross-border e-commerce export parcels…

TikTok Shop in the US has announced an adjustment to its previously announced policy of terminating seller-fulfilled shipping, and has notified merchants via email that the previously announced deadline for ending the self-fulfillment model will no longer be in effect. This means that merchants can choose to continue self-fulfillment, upgrade their platform's logistics services, etc., depending on their own circumstances.

On February 11th, German fashion e-commerce platform OTTO announced that it will open its platform to merchants from select EU countries for the first time. Previously, the platform only allowed merchants with German VAT numbers and registered in Germany to join. This expansion to include multiple European countries signifies OTTO's shift from focusing solely on single-country markets…

At the start of 2026, ChatGPT accelerated its commercialization efforts, launching transaction commissions and officially testing advertising in the US market, even disclosing its advertising costs: CPM, almost three times that of Meta. Meanwhile, Google also announced…

As cross-border e-commerce enters a phase of refined operations, AI is rapidly transforming from an industry buzzword into a daily capability driving business growth. Faced with a complex environment of multiple markets, cultures, and languages, brands need, more than ever, a smarter and more scalable way to gain insights and generate…

Southeast Asia, a market once considered a "red ocean of low prices" by e-commerce practitioners, is undergoing a profound transformation. Due to geographical distance and cultural similarities, Southeast Asia was one of the first markets that many e-commerce professionals noticed. However, for a long time, many people's impression of e-commerce in Southeast Asia has remained stuck on price wars and…

Similar to China's Singles' Day (Double Eleven), Black Friday has also become a long-running event. Recently, Temu officially announced that its Black Friday sale in the US will begin its pre-sale on October 9th and continue until November 29th, lasting a total of 51 days, once again breaking Temu's record for the longest Black Friday sale. TikTok Black Friday…