The difference between cross-border electronic commerce and traditional international trade

The differences between traditional foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce are: different costs, different processes, different communication service platforms and different modes.

1, the cost is different.

Traditional foreign trade focuses on a large number of goods, and then develops multi-level distributors according to foreign logistics industry, and finally reaches the end customers (companies or themselves); Cross-border e-commerce is directly facing end customers.

2, the process is different

In traditional trade, the process of import and export trade is more complicated, while cross-border e-commerce stipulates that the process should be avoided or reduced as much as possible, and even the goods can be sent directly to customers by direct mail, just like China e-commerce.

3. Different communication service platforms.

Traditional trade should be spread and marketed through the service platform of wholesale news information, e-mail, trade fairs and other information flow advertisements; Cross-border e-commerce will directly sell products to customers according to service platforms such as Amazon and wish.

4. Different modes

Because traditional trade is spread by information flow advertising, its basic mode is B2B, while cross-border e-commerce sells directly to the market through service platforms because it reduces middlemen, and its key mode is B2C.