Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
At TikTok World '26 on May 14, TikTok updated GMV Max to deduct affiliate commissions, coupons and platform fees from reported performance — previously measured against gross transaction value(TikTok Newsroom EU; The Keyword). For sellers running affiliate-driven campaigns where…
A UK High Court trial that opened May 11 — Shein vs. Temu — could set a precedent on marketplace liability for seller-uploaded product images. Shein accuses Temu of "industrial scale" infringement, alleging Temu reproduced ~2,300 Shein product photographs to promote imitation lis…
Shopify's official changelog confirmed Shop Pay checkout now supports the full set of Shopify Payments local methods, including Bancontact, BLIK, EPS, MobilePay, Multibanco, Przelewy24, Swish, TWINT, and USDC — availability gated by merchant configuration. Seller insight: For DTC…
Amazon US is rolling out "Amazon Now" — ultra-fast delivery promising as fast as 30-minute receipt, with coverage projected to reach tens of millions of US consumers by year-end. Seller insight: For FBA sellers in convenience / impulse / urgent-need categories(beauty restocks, ho…
TikTok Shop US has opened live auction to multi-category Chinese merchants — the live-auction format now accepting cross-border seller applications. Reported daily transactions jumped +200% on the live-auction surface,driven by interaction-heavy + social-value dynamics that map t…
