Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Interim €3 flat duty from July 1, 2026. The European Commission confirmed the bridging tariff this month ahead of full customs hub rollout in 2028 (Avalara). Every parcel under €150 now carries duty. Insight: China-direct dropship into EU effectively ends in 9 weeks. Sellers ship…
Street consensus: $177.2B revenue, +13% YoY. Andy Jassy already disclosed Rufus AI drove $12B in incremental salesin 2025. Why it matters: AI shopping assistant attribution numbers will set the bar for how Shopify, TikTok Shop, and Walmart talk about their own AI commerce stacks.…
Started from July 1, 2026 (Council of the EU, Dec 2025; restated by EU Taxation & Customs Union). Covers 93% of e-commerce flows into the EU via the IOSS registration. This is the interim measure before the full elimination of the €150 threshold and the Customs Data Hub launc…
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland (effective Jan 8, 2026) (CedCommerce, ECDB). Germany's FBT (Fulfilled by TikTok) warehouse is operational. Wave-three expansion (Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden) is teed up for late 2026. Why it matters: The 4-point commission jump eras…
This is on top of the new payout-delay policy where sellers wait until 7 days after delivery (vs. 7 days after ship) and the move to auto-deduct ad costs from earnings rather than allowing credit-card billing. Hundreds of large sellers boycotted Amazon ads on April 15 in protest.…
