To learn English, especially cross-border e-commerce English, I think the fastest way is to let cross-border e-commerce veterans show you what you need to learn in English to express contract terms and word application.
In addition, you can sign up for some training and courses in this field. Teachers can teach you to get started faster. If you don't have these, read more books and materials in this field yourself, explore slowly and apply what you have learned.
Practice is the best teacher. A friend didn't pass CET-4 before. After graduation, he continued to study and began to do international trade. A classmate in the same department failed CET-6, but he did well in foreign trade. All these show that not knowing English is not an obstacle to doing cross-border e-commerce. The key is not afraid of difficulties, keep learning and seek progress and breakthrough in practice.
Language is not the first condition. What are the conditions for engaging in cross-border e-commerce? I want to summarize some personal understanding for your reference. 1, a strong heart. Why did I put this in the first article? In my opinion, a person with a good attitude can do everything well. A person with a strong heart must have his own firm beliefs. In fact, his inner strength is also manifested in his extreme self-confidence. This kind of self-confidence is manifested in his calmness in doing things, and he has a look of assurance in everything. Even if you are hit by life, you can always find a solution to the problem. For example, I see that many sellers who do cross-border e-commerce are often alone in the early stage. Selecting products, uploading products, shipping, finance, pre-sales and after-sales and purchasing are nothing. Especially at the beginning of the new store, there was no sales, no evaluation and no orders. You will think, "Why do consumers choose you instead of selling with excellent sales volume and evaluation?" "If you were a consumer, would you choose your own store? If you can't choose, why do you let others choose? " Therefore, a person with a strong heart can always keep a calm heart under any circumstances. 2. Basic risk identification ability Cross-border e-commerce This industry is relatively closed, and it is easy to step on the pit if you are not careful. For example, logistics pits, training pits and brush pits are everywhere. Considering the particularity of this industry, it is a high probability event to encounter a pit. Especially for newcomers to cross-border e-commerce, they will be deceived by various routines if they are not careful. Why do you need basic risk identification ability? Cross-border e-commerce entrepreneurship is risky, and this risk comes from all directions. Take the training criticized by the industry, the most urgent need for newcomers to cross-border e-commerce to enter a new industry is to quickly learn and carry out cross-border e-commerce business. How fast? The first thing that comes to mind is training. Cross-border e-commerce training has always been one of the most controversial industries. It is true that knowledge is paid, and spending a few hundred dollars to get started quickly can really save a lot of detours. But if it is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of high tuition fees, you need to identify risks, and more importantly, you are misled by the training content and go the wrong way. Some trainings will publicize how so-and-so is good and how to create one millionaire after another. As long as you follow us, you can earn millions a month, but it forgot to tell you how many pits you stepped on before you became a millionaire. So a group of sellers went bankrupt one after another. In the end, you will find that only these training companies and a few sellers really make a lot of money, and most of the sellers end up leaving in a daze. Therefore, reading more books, getting more industry information and thinking independently will help identify risks. Can I do cross-border e-commerce if my English is not good? Basic requirements for cross-border e-commerce 3. English basic ability English is not the only basic condition for doing cross-border e-commerce, and the quality of English is not a decisive factor. The competition in the cross-border e-commerce industry lies in the thinking of product operation, rather than comparing whose English is good. Even if the English major is TEM-8, it will never be comparable to foreigners in native-speaking countries. If English is really poor, or even not, it is not a rational choice to do cross-border e-commerce alone. Even with the help of Google Translate, the huge translation workload will get you into trouble in minutes. At present, English is still the international common language. Most cross-border e-commerce platforms are mainly in English, and communication with customers is also in English. If you can learn English well, it will definitely help cross-border e-commerce operations. For example, you can learn the experience sharing of foreign sellers on video websites, read a lot of professional cross-border e-commerce knowledge on overseas websites, and communicate with customers by email or telephone. 4, active learning ability cross-border e-commerce, you can understand as a comprehensive discipline. Cross-border e-commerce has developed to today, and it is no longer a shop. If you upload some products, you can wait for the order. There are many factors affecting sales, including platform selection, packaging and delivery, product selection analysis, logistics selection, tariff policy, brand strategy, overseas warehouse, off-site drainage, independent self-built station, ERP system and so on. If you start in-depth study, the knowledge here is not less than what you learned in college, but you still have to have and learn these basic cross-border abilities. Teamwork: When it comes to teamwork, many people think it is nonsense. It is this one-sided thinking that determines that you will not go far. Real entrepreneurs are not separated from the team, but integrated into the team, so as to play their due value. This aspect mainly includes some leadership, efficient execution and team culture. Market analysis ability: the choice of products has a vital impact on the whole team and company! So you must know your customers and your target market. From festivals and consumption habits of various countries to the situation of the whole market, we can lay a good foundation for the choice of products. Awareness of intellectual property protection of commodities: Any commodity is dazzling. How can you distinguish your own commodities from those of other countries? This requires you to prove your goods, that is, the so-called brands and trademarks, so as to ensure that your goods will not be used by others and will not be maliciously imitated by competitors, and to defend your intellectual property rights and the long-term healthy development of products on the market. Memorize the tax policy of the target market: do you know the tariffs of various countries, and do you know the export tax rebate of each product? Why is it still unclear? Please know the tax policies of various countries immediately, such as European VAT, W8, EIN, etc. Master relevant market laws and regulations: Do you know about CPSC regulations? FDA, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, do you know all these? If you don't know, make up your mind and skillfully combine international logistics with customs declaration and inspection: sellers who have done cross-border e-commerce will fall into the pit of logistics more or less. What are the cheap, efficient and safe express delivery modes? Do you have an address book of international express companies? These are far from enough, and a directory of commonly used service providers must be established. Mastering the Multilingual System: Are you still complacent about passing Band 4? Wake up, English is just a basic language. When you have nothing to do, it will do you no harm to learn more small languages, such as Spanish and Portuguese. Familiar with products and after-sales service: Do you really know your products? Do you know the manufacturing process, materials and uses of this product? The product is your child, please fully understand. If you don't understand yourself, how can you let your customers understand? If you are not confident about your products, please immediately learn the technical specifications, product descriptions, instructions for use and after-sales service knowledge of various products. Remember, others can't help you! Financial accounting and cost control: you should make clear the cost, express delivery cost, packaging cost, labor cost, water and electricity fee, internet access fee, foreign exchange rate and profit analysis of the products you sell. Every link is a risk point where you may lose money. Platform operation capability: There are many cross-border e-commerce platforms, such as Amazon, AliExpress, ebay and wish. Do you really understand the rules of these platforms? Do you follow the rules or operate according to your own wishes? The results of these two attitudes are quite different. Ability of remote marketing: You still think that Facebook is just a tool for chatting, and you are still watching American TV shows on Youtube. Friends, studious people have come into contact with customers when you are chatting and watching American dramas. Summary: Cross-border e-commerce practitioners must constantly learn and improve themselves in order to be invincible in the future industry reshuffle. When you thoroughly study and understand cross-border e-commerce, the most important thing is the ability to solve problems.
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At least you have to be able to read English money.
You can do cross-border e-commerce if you don't know English. Amazon's entire page is full of Chinese store management, erp software comes with translation, and there are various templates for replying to emails. There are various online translation software tools on the Internet.
For a small partner who wants to be a cross-border e-commerce, the first step is not to struggle with English, but to understand the basic links of cross-border e-commerce, the problems that may be encountered in each link, and whether there are solutions. If the answer is yes, you can naturally enter this industry.
1, platform selection;
At present, there are many cross-border platforms, such as Yi Bei, Amazon, AliExpress, Wish, Shopee, Lazada, Shopify, etc. Each platform has different policies and requirements. You can choose the platform that suits you according to the platform's requirements for registration materials and charging standards.
2. Choice of products
I have determined the e-commerce platform, and then I have to confirm what products I want to sell. Different platforms in the market will have different product selection tools, such as Terapeak and Algopix in Yi Bei, Sellers Wizard and JS in Amazon and Seahawk data in Wish. These softwares all support Chinese, so don't worry about language problems, which makes it easier for you to find explosions.
3. Publication;
After determining the product, it is necessary to release a new product.
There are two common modes of releasing products for cross-border e-commerce.
2) Second, the products of 1688, Taobao, JD.COM, Pinduoduo and even overseas e-commerce platforms are directly moved to their own stores through data collection tools. If it is an overseas platform collection, there is basically no need to worry about the title, and other information still needs to be handled by the seller's friends. If it is a domestic e-commerce platform, it is basically Chinese, and the workload of translation will be even greater.
Fortunately, ERP tools on the market basically provide free translation function, including our shop assistant. Not only can you translate the title, description and keywords of the product, but you can also translate the text on the picture, which not only supports Chinese-English translation, but also supports small language translation.
3. procurement;
There are also two modes of cross-border e-commerce procurement:
1) Voucher voucher purchase. The advantage of this model is to reduce the inventory pressure and capital risk, but it will prolong the overall order arrival speed, and suppliers may be out of stock, which will greatly affect the buyer's shopping experience. Of course, if your supply is stable, this one is also a good choice.
2) stock up in advance. This model is suitable for sellers who are at least semi-boutique models. They need to be very clear about what they want to sell, have a certain forecast of sales volume and have a certain fund reserve. However, for small partners who are just starting out and have no experience, there are certain risks if there is no suitable supply chain advantage.
Regardless of the mode, centralized management of purchasing suppliers/sources and stocking according to sales volume or supplier's production cycle and domestic logistics time are all issues that cross-border sellers need to consider.
4. Order logistics;
After the order is issued, the purchased goods have arrived, and the goods should be sent to the buyer. When choosing the logistics channel to use, we need to consider different dimensions, such as platform policy requirements, buyer's order requirements, the requirements of the product itself on the channel (such as whether it contains electricity), logistics timeliness, price and so on. How to find the most suitable channel among the many channels of cross-border logistics is something we have to consider when considering entering the industry.
Of course, these cross-border ERP now have corresponding solutions. For example, ERP will integrate the mainstream cross-border logistics channels in the market, and automatically recommend appropriate channels according to the characteristics of goods, platform requirements and buyers' needs. , and can calculate the estimated freight for each channel. Finally, the goods need to be safely delivered to the logistics company, just waiting for the platform to make money.
5. Customer service;
This is a special process that runs through the whole sales process. There may be pre-sales consultation, sales problems, after-sales disputes and so on. Cross-border electronic commerce is a global business model, so buyers use a wide range of languages, not just English. But this is actually not a problem. As mentioned above, the ERP tool allows the seller to input Chinese, and the system will automatically convert it into the local language of the buyer.
Therefore, to sum up, for the mature field of cross-border field, not only language is not a problem, but also mature service providers escort sellers in various chains. Little friends who want to join can think about it quickly ~
To do cross-border, you need to learn to use tools well.
In the final analysis, all the questions are whether you can bear the result of nothing and dare to fight for it. In the first year or two, the initial investment income was relatively low. Can you solve the daily living expenses and not push yourself to the wall? If these are all right, it will be easy.
Yes, you can do it. For example, dried shrimps can be made at Taiwan Province Station first. Now there is a Baidu translation, so don't worry. But it is not easy to do well in every industry.