What are the overseas cross-border b2c e-commerce platforms？ Which one is better？

Many friends who do cross-border e-commerce ask: "How to choose foreign online sales platforms?" "Which b2c platform is good?" "Besides Amazon, are there other popular platforms for AliExpress?" Today, I will introduce you to what b2c is and what are the overseas cross-border B2C e-commerce platforms? Let’s take a look.

B2C is the abbreviation of Business-to-Consumer, and its Chinese abbreviation is "business-to-customer". "Business-to-customer" is a mode of e-commerce, that is, the commercial retail mode of selling products and services directly to consumers.

Next is the overseas cross-border b2c e-commerce platform: (The following rankings are in no particular order)

Amazon

Amazon is the largest e-commerce company in the world, and its business covers markets in 14 countries: the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. At the same time, Amazon also operates its own B2B e-commerce platform-Amazon Business.

Amazon is a multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Seattle, USA. Its business started in an online bookstore, and soon its products became diversified. At present, it is one of the world’s largest online retailers and the 44th in the list of the world’s top 500 companies selected by Fortune magazine in 2016. Its rapid development momentum has made Amazon ranked eighth among the Fortune 500 companies in 2017.

eBay

EBay is an online shopping and auction website for consumers all over the world. It has independent sites in 24 countries including the United States, Canadian, Austrian, Belgian, French, China, German, Irish, Italian and Dutch. Ebay was founded in San Jose, California on September 4th, 1995 by Pierre Omidyar under the name of Auctionweb. People can sell goods online on ebay. On December 20, 2018, the list of the top 500 world brands in 2018 was released, and eBay ranked 47th.

Wish

Wish is a B2C global e-commerce platform that mainly deals with low-priced goods, with about 100 million visitors every year. It is reported that Wish is the most downloaded shopping software in the world.

Wish is an online e-commerce platform that can promote transactions between sellers and buyers. It was founded by Peter Szulczewski and Danny Zhang in 2010. Wish is operated by ContextLogic Inc located in San Francisco, USA. The platform allows sellers to list their products on Wish and sell them directly to consumers.

Newegg

Newegg is an e-commerce platform that sells computer electronic equipment and communication products for the American market. The platform has gathered 4,000 sellers and 25 million customers. At the same time, it has established sub-stations and operation teams in Canada, Australia and China, and announced its entry into India, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore and the Netherlands in 2014, in order to accelerate the global layout and the development of cross-border business.

Newegg Group was founded in 2001 by Chinese entrepreneur Fred Chang and is headquartered in Los Angeles, USA. China’s customer service center network in Jiading, Shanghai is a sales website for electronic digital products, while newegg, China has accumulated a stable and loyal consumer group, especially favored by business people and white-collar workers in large and medium-sized cities. "Newegg": a symbol of new life and unlimited potential, which contains the founder’s beautiful vision of realizing retail reform through e-commerce.

Etsy

Etsy is a global e-commerce platform featuring the sale of finished handicrafts. Etsy focuses on helping sellers achieve successful community transactions by simplifying product sales and reducing product costs. The website serves about 30 million customers every year. It was compared with eBay, Amazon and "Grandma’s Basement Collection" by the new york Times.

shopee

Shopee is an e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia for Singaporean, Malaysian, Thai, Taiwan Province, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Philippine markets. Its goods on sale exceed 180 million. Merchants can easily register online or through mobile phone applications.

Shopee is a pilot e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan Province, covering the markets of Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan Province, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, and has set up cross-border business offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hongkong, China. In 2018, Shopee GMV reached US$ 10.3 billion, up 149.9% year-on-year. App downloads exceeded 200 million, and there were over 8,000 employees in Southeast Asia and China. According to App Annie, the authoritative mobile data analysis platform, Shopee ranked first in the download volume of shopping apps in Southeast Asia in 2018.

Lazada

Launched in March 2012, Lazada is the leading online shopping platform in Southeast Asia, with branches in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Lazada also has offices in Hong Kong, Korea, Britain and Russia.

Lazada is the leading e-commerce company in this region. Customers can shop easily on Lazada platform. Customers can access the platform through mobile devices or computer websites. At the same time, the platform also provides a variety of payment methods, including cash on delivery, providing comprehensive customer service and free return service, and retailers can simply and directly reach about 550 million customers in six countries through a retail channel. Lazada platform has a large number of products, including consumer electronics, household goods, and fashion.

Mercado Libre　

Mercado Libre is the largest e-commerce platform in Latin America. The website has more than 150 million views per month, covering 16 countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile. MercadoLibre has expanded the mobile point-of-sale terminal (POS) transaction business, and its MercadoPago online payment tool allows users to store cash in their accounts.

Flipkart

Flipkart is the largest e-commerce retailer in India, with 10 million customers and 100,000 suppliers. In addition to selling books and electronic products, it also operates an online platform that allows third-party manufacturers to settle in and sell their products. Flipkart’s logistics network can help sellers deliver products faster, and it also provides funds for sellers.

Jumia

Jumia is an e-commerce platform with independent sites in 23 countries, five of which have opened international business, including Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco. In these countries, Jumia has covered 820 million online shopping groups, becoming a very well-known brand in Africa and the only e-commerce platform licensed by the Egyptian state.

The above is an introduction of some overseas cross-border b2c e-commerce platforms, and I hope it will help you.