Future Commerce

[Step by Step] How do I Begin Selling Internationally? (Feat. Kent Allen, Co-Founder of GELF)


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Have a More Holistic Global View of the World
  • Kent Allen is the Co-Founder of GELF, who has been in the ecosystem and helping lead the conversation of cross-border for 25 years
  • “We've got to realize that the very nature of digital commerce is cross-border.” -Kent
  • In the last few years we’ve seen a boom in eCommerce, which has inherently led to a boom in cross-border
  • The monkey paw of cross-border is having to be extremely specific when manifesting things in the eCommerce world
  • Cross-border eCommerce is a diversification play. It’s an opportunity to be relevant to your consumer and the next-decade consumer.
  • You don’t have to go strictly direct-to-consumer; marketplaces can be a huge opportunity for selling internationally. If you’re able to adapt your domestic operations, you can quickly and easily fulfill international orders from your domestic operation
  • “When you're ready to kind of go into new markets and you need to find customers and things like that, marketplaces are usually the best way to do it.” -Kent
  • If you ignore selling internationally, others aren’t and you will lose markets in the future
  • “You have to have a more holistic global view of the world” -Kent

 

Associated Links:
  • Want to learn more about going cross-border? Download our free Step by Step guide!
  • Get connected with Avalara!
  • Learn more about Kent Allen and GELF
  • Listen to our other Step by Step seasons
  • Find our other Future Commerce episodes on our website

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