What is the main difference between cross-border e-commerce b2b and traditional foreign trade? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

The main differences between b2b of cross-border e-commerce and traditional foreign trade;

First, the traditional foreign trade "container" type of bulk transactions; Cross-border e-commerce b2b is a small batch, multi-batch and fast delivery;

Second, cross-border e-commerce can meet the needs of small and medium-sized importers. In order to spread risks, they often divide bulk purchases into small and medium-sized purchases and turn long-term purchases into short-term purchases.

Advantages:

First, compared with traditional trade methods, small cross-border foreign trade e-commerce has brought more abundant space for it;

Second, as the best combination of information technology and business activities, e-commerce helps enterprises to reduce operating costs, improve operating efficiency and expand profit space to some extent by obtaining information efficiently, communicating with customers in time and conveniently, and effectively integrating internal and external resources of enterprises;

Third, the e-commerce environment in developed countries in Europe and America is quite mature, and many enterprises participate in online transactions, which also provides excellent user soil for e-commerce of domestic foreign trade enterprises;

Fourth, small cross-border foreign trade e-commerce can reduce many complicated links and costs in traditional import and export business processes to a certain extent. In addition, the popularity of online payment tools and the improvement of cross-border express channels make it possible to bypass many intermediate links in traditional international trade, creating rich profit margins for small cross-border foreign trade e-commerce.