The difference between foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce

The differences between e-commerce are as follows:

There are significant differences between foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce in many aspects. First of all, foreign trade mainly relies on traditional trade channels for sales, while cross-border e-commerce sells through the Internet platform, which has a wider coverage and is more convenient.

Secondly, foreign trade usually involves bulk commodity transactions, while cross-border e-commerce is mostly small-batch and high-frequency transactions. In addition, cross-border e-commerce can reduce intermediate links, improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Finally, the basic mode of foreign trade is mostly B2B, while cross-border e-commerce is more B2C, directly facing consumers. To sum up, there are obvious differences between foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce in sales channels, transaction characteristics, efficiency and business model.