Is it necessary to pay the deposit of Shopee? What will happen if I don't pay it?

In fact, more and more people are now aware that cross-border e-commerce may have a better development prospect, because once cross-border e-commerce is established, everyone's profits will be very considerable. At the same time, the requirements of cross-border e-commerce are also different. Is it necessary to pay the deposit of Shopee?

Is it necessary to pay a deposit for Shopee?

1. First, let's analyze the difference before and after the deposit. The platform used to have activities as before, but there was no need to pay the deposit, so a problem arose. A large number of sellers came in to grab the event venue to sign up, and they thought that there was no loss in such activities, so such activities would be reduced.

2. When the platform reform requires a deposit, some sellers will 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.

3. There may be a situation where a large amount of his goods cannot be shipped out. If they cannot be shipped out, they will be cancelled. Cancellation will result in deductions, so most orders will be deducted, and his deposit will be deducted soon. But flash sales are not a loss. On the contrary, the traffic it brings us far exceeds our expectations. A flash sale can bring nearly a thousand traffic to the store, and flash sales can not only drive related sales, but also increase the traffic of orders, which is more than we imagined!

4. The deposit is actually just a content to constrain 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.

5. Here Shopee is more restricting merchants, and the support for new merchants is not very obvious. Moreover, Shopee is still limiting the number of goods that merchants can put on the shelves, which is very unfriendly to some retail companies. Brands like Yiwu Small Commodities must be merchants with a large number of goods as their advantage, but limiting the number of shelves will put merchants in a dilemma. Many products need to increase traffic and go abroad, so how to make a choice is a problem.

6. Shopee limits the number of products on the shelves, which means that the types of goods must also be properly controlled, which will undoubtedly increase the work pressure of operators. Shopee classifies merchants, and high-quality merchants can put more products on the shelves. Therefore, in order to achieve initial development, merchants have to try their best to compete for the position of preferred stores. Competition is cruel, and there will always be some stores with insufficient combat effectiveness that will be defeated. Is this really beneficial for Chinese brands to go global? Time will tell. In fact, what cross-border platforms need to do is not only to limit the number of products on the shelves, but also to strictly control the quality of goods so that cross-border trade can go further and further.

No matter which platform you open a store on, it is best to pay a deposit. Paying a deposit is the platform's way of restricting the behavior of merchants. As long as you do not have any violations during the opening of the store, the deposit will be returned in full if you close the store later.

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