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Cross-Border Ecommerce: Tips for Selling in Foreign Markets

Shopify · shopify.com Free Intermediate

Goes a level deeper into the mechanics that trip brands up, customs, duties, multi-currency, and how Managed Markets can handle duties/taxes at checkout automatically.

  • ~59% of global shoppers are willing to buy cross-border
  • Duties, taxes and currency are the core operational hurdles to design for
  • Collecting duties at checkout reduces surprise fees and cart abandonment
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It answers 6 questions

  1. How do I show local currency, language and payment methods without building N different websites?
  2. Should I start with a marketplace like Amazon Global, my own Shopify store, or both?
  3. What's Shopify Markets Pro / Managed Markets, and do I actually need it as a smaller brand?
  4. How do I handle duties and taxes at checkout so international customers don't get a surprise bill?
  5. Do I need to register a company or entity in the destination country to sell there?
  6. How do duties, shipping and taxes change my pricing and the math of selling abroad?

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