With the development of cross-border e-commerce, many people want to open international online stores. In addition to opening them on Amazon and eBay platforms, you can also open international online stores on your own website. So how should you open an international outlet? Next, follow the editor to take a look!
How to open an international foreign trade online store?
1. How to find foreign trade sources
1. To do foreign trade, you may need to have products and sources of goods first. So where and how to find the sources of foreign trade goods? Everyone has his or her own channels. As long as you work hard, you will definitely find better. The most famous foreign trade regions are mainly concentrated in China's coastal areas, such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fujian, Shanghai and other coastal areas. Watches and bags from Guangzhou, shoes from Putian, Fujian, and electronics from Shenzhen are all well-known for their foreign trade.
2. Find agents, find merchants who are doing well in running foreign trade online stores, cooperate with them, become their agents, and make money from the difference. And the pictures are provided to you free of charge. No need to purchase goods, just drop ship. This way you don’t have to worry about not having money to purchase goods or not being able to sell the goods, and you can achieve zero inventory. Just upload the pictures provided by the seller to the online store. As for the quality of the goods, of course you also have to evaluate and research the agents.
3. As long as you get products with good quality and low wholesale price, and then sell them at a high price, they are good sources of goods, and the greater the profit, the better. Don’t underestimate the search for sources of goods, it may be half of your success.
2. How to build a foreign trade online store
1. Why do you want to build an online store? Can't you just sell it on an e-commerce platform (such as eBay)? But have you considered how many sellers there are on eBay? The market price of the platform is very obvious. Some prices may be cheaper than your purchase price. The competition is so fierce. Therefore, it is necessary to build an independent foreign trade online store.
2. If you own an independent foreign trade online store, you can have your own territory and don’t have to compete with others on the platform. Independent foreign trade online stores can also establish their own brand and credibility, and manage themselves, etc.
3. A good foreign trade online store must be built in terms of picture shooting, product pricing, customer service, customer experience and color matching.
4. Choose a suitable domain name. The domain name should be easy to remember and simple, and can reflect our product features, so that people can know what your website does at a glance. A good domain name is also beneficial to search engines.
5. Choose a good space server to place the website. We are engaged in foreign trade business and our customers are all foreigners. Of course, it is better to choose a foreign space for our website space. In this way, foreign customers will visit our website quickly, the customer experience will be good, and the business will naturally be good.
6. To build a foreign trade online store, it is recommended that you find a professional large company to help you. Building an online store is not a hassle.
3. How to choose international logistics express
1. Foreign trade must of course go through international logistics. The main international logistics include the following ones. The specific details depend on experience and you can slowly explore them.
2. UPS (United Parcel Service), an American company and the world's largest express delivery company. The discount is mainly based on the published price, and the discount is based on the published price on the basis of weight.
3. FEDEX (Federal Express), an American company. It’s mainly discounted based on published prices, much the same as UPS.
4. TNT DHL Express, the Dutch Post, is the largest express company in Europe, with a market share of 65% in Europe. It charges based on the first weight and the additional weight.
5. DHL Europe is a German company, second only to TNT in Europe. The charges are based on the first weight and the additional weight.
6. EMS China Telecom has a large share in China.
6. For example, when departing from China, FEDEX and UPS are strong in the Americas and Japan routes, TNT has absolute advantages in Europe, West Asia and the Middle East, and DHL has advantages in Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia.
