Is it necessary to pay a deposit on Shopee? How to join Shopee?

Most e-commerce platforms require certain conditions and fees to be met when joining. In fact, many novice merchants don’t quite understand the store opening fees of Shopee sellers. So, is it necessary to pay a deposit for Shopee?

Is it necessary to pay a deposit for Shopee?

Shopee requires a deposit. First, let us analyze the difference before and after the deposit. The platform used to have activities as before, but it did not require the payment of the deposit. So a problem arose, that is, a large number of sellers came in to grab the event venue to sign up, and thinking that there was no loss in such activities, such activities would be reduced.

Under the circumstance that the platform reform requires a deposit, some sellers will inevitably be dissuaded, and these sellers will give in. Moreover, in the case of deductions under the deposit, a group of sellers will also be screened out. What kind of sellers are they? For example, if a seller reports a 9-peso flash sale, the platform will require him to ship the goods within one to two days, so he dare not report the event casually, because he has to place hundreds of orders a day or even more.

The deposit is actually just a constraint on the responsibilities of both parties. If the merchant wants to withdraw from the platform unscathed, the deposit can still be returned. However, for merchants who are still on the sidelines, the deposit rules may affect their decision. Whether to leave or stay depends on what kind of preferential conditions the platform can offer.

How to join Shopee?

First of all, Shopee does not accept individual qualifications. For the current Chinese sellers to settle in, they need to settle in with corporate qualifications. Individual industrial and commercial households in Taiwan can also do so. The conditions that the Taiwan site needs to meet at the same time: corporate qualifications of a Hong Kong or mainland limited company or individual industrial and commercial household, your products must comply with national export requirements and local country import requirements, and as a platform, you are also required to be operating other domestic e-commerce platforms.

Many friends are concerned about the platform fees. Now for Chinese cross-border sellers, the platform does not charge usage fees, annual fees, or deposits, but it does charge a certain commission for product sales.

The costs of Shopee sellers mainly come from commissions, service fees, handling fees, and other expenses. There is no cost to open a store, so compared to other platforms, it is really very cheap, and the threshold is also very low.