Global e-commerce is enabling direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands to sell their products in hundreds of countries at a time. Shipping those goods, though, can be problematic with tariffs and duties, various tax rates and currency conversion issues.
Shopify’s Oberlo brand estimates that 2.14 billion people will shop online in 2021 and Statista said that the average order value for an international sale is $147, a 17% premium over the average domestic sale for a U.S.-based seller. It also found that...