1. Different costs

Traditional foreign trade mainly focuses on a large number of goods, and then goes through multiple levels of distributors through the overseas logistics industry, and finally reaches the end customer (company or individual); while cross-border e-commerce directly faces the end customer.

2. Different processes

In traditional trade, the process of import and export trade is complicated, while cross-border e-commerce requires to avoid or reduce the process as much as possible, and can even send goods directly to customers through direct mail like domestic e-commerce.

3. Different communication platforms

Traditional trade uses wholesale news, e-mails, trade fairs and other information flow advertising platforms for communication and sales; while cross-border e-commerce will sell products directly to customers through platforms such as Amazon and wish.

4. Different models

As traditional trade uses information flow advertising to spread, its basic model is: B2B, while cross-border e-commerce reduces middlemen and mostly sells directly on service platforms, and its main model is: B2C.