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Cross-border e-commerce

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCore term

In e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce means: Selling products online to customers in other countries, which brings extra work such as customs, international shipping, currencies and local languages.

In Turkish: sınır ötesi e-ticaret, e-ihracat, uluslararası e-ticaret

How it is used

Used in strategy, logistics and trade discussions. Brands start, grow or invest in cross-border e-commerce, often through international marketplaces first. In Turkey, selling abroad this way is widely called e-ihracat (e-export).

Example sentences

  1. Cross-border e-commerce now brings in 30% of our orders, mostly from Germany.

  2. Returns are the hardest part of cross-border e-commerce for a small brand.

Common collocations

  • cross-border e-commerce growth
  • start cross-border sales
  • cross-border shipping
  • cross-border payments
  • customs dutyA tax charged by a country on goods brought in from abroad, calculated from the product type, its value and sometimes where it was made.
  • localizationAdapting a store for a particular country, including language, currency, sizes, units, payment methods, legal texts and cultural details, not only translating the words.
  • multi-currencyDescribes a store or system that shows prices and accepts payments in several currencies, so customers can shop in their own money.
  • landed costThe full cost of getting a product to its destination: the product price plus shipping, insurance, customs duty, taxes and other fees.
  • DDPShort for delivered duty paid: a shipping term under which the seller pays all delivery costs, including import duties and taxes, so the buyer pays nothing on arrival.

More terms: Cross-Border Sales

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