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Selling on Amazon as a Foreign Entity

Amazon welcomes sellers from 186 countries- and counting- on its 22 venues. On Amazon.com, most sellers aren’t even local. If you’re ready to take the leap and sell abroad, you’ll find plenty of useful information in the official guide on How to Sell Internationally with Amazon Global Selling. But in our series titled “Selling on Amazon as a Foreign Entity”, we take you through some dos and don’ts too. We also offer some insider tips. Today, we round off the…

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Selling on Amazon as a Foreign Entity – Part 5: Customer Experience

In this day and age, customers aren’t very fussy about typos and grammar, but it’s best to keep your messages to buyers concise and respectful. If you don’t have a native speaker or translator there to help with the proofreading, look for tried-and-tested email templates online. AI tools can help you draft basic templates, translate messages, and even deduce customer sentiment. But they don’t understand the finer nuances of a complaint and they tend to produce emotionless and clunky content.…

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Selling on Amazon as a Foreign Entity – Part 4: How to Optimize Your Listings

The quality of a translation, the fluidity of the text, and the symbolism behind every word- these are aspects that create a perception of product reliability. Even thrifty shoppers want good quality items, and especially Amazon buyers. So, second-rate translations impact sales. If possible, steer clear of AI translators and have a native speaker or professional translator proofread your content.   Nail That Cultural Nuance As you bring your products to the North-American market, it’s important to connect with your…

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Selling on Amazon as a Foreign Entity – Part 3: Logistics and Customs

Fulfillment Options for Foreign Sellers on Amazon So, how can you get in on the action? There are 4 main shipping options available to foreign sellers on Amazon, as explained in the Logistics and Warehousing section of the official Global Selling page: Self-fulfillment (MFN). This involves confirming the order, printing shipping labels, packing the item, transporting it across borders, handling export customs declarations, liaising with import customs for clearance, delivering the item to its buyer overseas, and handling returns and…

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Selling on Amazon as a Foreign Entity – Part 2: Sourcing Amazon Products

Where to Source Amazon Products From? There’s no shortage of software tools that can help you source Amazon products by identifying the manufacturers other sellers use (e.g., Supplier Database). But if you want to do things differently from your competitors or you just don’t want to share suppliers with them, it’s best to handle your Amazon product sourcing yourself. One option for sourcing high-quality and trusted PL products is to work with established brands or manufacturers. However, working with established…

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One-Third of US Online Shoppers Buy from Foreign Sellers – Ecomhunt Blog

There will be 71.8 million cross-border e-commerce customers worldwide in 2024, or close to a third of all US digital shoppers, according to a forecast by Insider Intelligence/eMarketer. Before the pandemic, the growth of online marketplaces encouraged cross-border purchasing. Growth is now sluggish.However, as brand loyalty wanes, inflation will encourage more consumers to purchase internationally. According to the International Post Corporation, 41% of US cross-border customers made a digital purchase from China in 2022, making China the biggest winner. Ariel…

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5 Mistakes To Avoid When Creating Your Foreign Amazon Listing

6 – Understanding Local Markets Can Bring Unexpected Gains  If you go to a Starbucks in China you’ll see a lot of students doing homework. Homework is a big thing there and much much bigger than you would see in Europe or the USA.  What you’ll also find after a while is a lot of twenty-something years old girls with a lot of pink cute accessories (see the picture for an example).   In London, you don’t see this. British girls don’t…

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Saving on Foreign Currency Transaction Fees with Payoneer

Episode Transcript   David De Souza: Today I’m here with Doreen from Payoneer. Today we’re going to discuss a big challenge eCommerce sellers experience when growing their business internationally, namely payments and dealing with foreign currency. I’m really pumped to bring this episode to you guys as it can seriously save you a lot of time and a lot of money. Welcome Doreen. Doreen: Thanks for having me, David. David De Souza: Thanks for coming on the show. Before we…

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Foreign Exchange Market and the Five Secrets of Its Success

[ad_1] The foreign exchange market or forex market as it is more commonly known used to be the preserve of the big international banks and to a degree they still try to control and manipulate it. However, largely due to the internet and high speed connections, the market has opened up significantly to the smaller traders. The forex market is unique and offers a better opportunity to make money than most other forms of investment for five basic reasons: 1)…

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