For anyone thinking about expanding their e-commerce business globally, all your questions answered in one tweet
writing this response is like publicly messaging my high school crush ...
OpenBorder
If you are new to int'l:
- Collect remit taxes and duties, so customer has no surprise on delivery
- Connect best carrier based on region in CA you are shipping too
- Optimize pricing in each region (should taxes be a line item or baked into product price pre checkout)
- Delightful post purchase tracking experience
- Shipping notifications via Whatsapp (less needed in CA, much definitely outside North Am.)
If you have scale:
- Provide 3pl to store goods in CA
- Provide local product compliance (registration, overlabeling etc)
- Importer of Record service - bring goods into CA under our name so you don't need tax registrations or worry about import duties
- List and manage local marketplaces on your behalf without needing local trade setup