Is it good to open a cross-border e-commerce store for free? What do you need to prepare to open a store?

There are still many mainstream platforms in the cross-border e-commerce industry. Some of these platforms are free to open stores, while others require payment. Most people think that platforms with paid stores are better, while platforms with free stores may not be so good. So are cross-border e-commerce platforms with free stores good?

Is it good to open a cross-border e-commerce store for free?

In fact, what everyone means by "free store opening" is that the Shopee platform does not charge any entry fee or deposit for merchants to join, but in the subsequent operation, a commission will be charged for each order (ranging from 5% to 6%), in addition to transaction fees, shipping fees, etc. In addition, merchants also need various packaging fees and storage fees to operate. So, it is indeed free to join, but the platform will have related commissions, and there is still a certain amount of operating costs.

What do I need to prepare to open a store?

1. Business license (for individual business owners or companies)

2. Identification certificate of the legal representative (the legal person listed on the business license)

3. Turnover of other e-commerce platforms (in the past three months)

4. Contact information (mobile phone number and email address)

In addition, since Shopee mainly targets Southeast Asian buyers, it is inevitable to use overseas HTTP proxies when operating and attracting third-party social media traffic. So here I will tell you about several overseas HTTP proxies currently in use, and help you see how to choose a proxy:

1. Stormproxies

Stormproxies is a high-quality overseas HTTP proxy service provider based in China. It has in-depth cooperation with many medium and large enterprises such as NetEase, Sogou, Dangdang, Ant Group, etc. It can provide a variety of API parameters and account password authentication management methods to extract IP, which is convenient and fast to meet various business needs of enterprises. It currently supports dynamic and static residential proxies, and data center proxies and mobile proxies will be launched soon. It has the characteristics of ultra-high concurrency, high-quality IP pool, stable and efficient, and technical services.

Advantages: IPs are distributed in more than 200 countries and regions, large IP pool, high IP anonymity, customer service is online all day, and you can register for a trial of 1G

Disadvantages: Data center agents and mobile agents still need to wait for online launch

2. Smartproxy

Smartproxy is a high-quality overseas HTTP proxy and global IP resource provider in China, which can help enterprises/individuals obtain data sources quickly and efficiently. It has exclusive high-performance servers, integrates real, high-quality family residential IPs, and supports static, dynamic and other proxy authentication modes and customized exclusive IPs for business scenarios. At the same time, it has lines in more than 190 countries and regions around the world, with more than 50 million active IPs updated daily, an availability rate of up to 99%, and supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 proxy protocols. The main thing is that the IP purity of this company is indeed good, and it can be accurate to the city, which is very suitable for overseas business.

Advantages: high cost performance, convenient communication with domestic customer service, high purity of static residential proxy, stable speed

Disadvantages: Few packages available

Whether it is a free or paid platform for opening a store, they are all similar. Merchants themselves need to have sufficient operational capabilities and promotion skills to make it work. It actually has little to do with the platform. The platform only provides a place, just like a vegetable market provides you with a stall.

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