PUBLISHER: yStats.com | PRODUCT CODE: 1234322
PUBLISHER: yStats.com | PRODUCT CODE: 1234322
"Cross-border E-Commerce in Europe is forecasted to see a double-digit growth in the coming years": new yStats.com report.
As consumers globally are warming up to the idea of online shopping via cross-border means, digital modes of payment are also gaining momentum. Although card-based payment methods are still among the preferred methods to pay for cross-border purchases, mobile wallets such as Pay Pal, Apple Pay, and Ali Pay among others are becoming popular among buyers worldwide, as revealed by the new yStats.com report. The popularity of digital wallets extends to Europe. For example, PayPal, followed by credit card and direct transfer were the top 3 cross-border payment methods that cross-border shoppers used as of April 2022. Similarly, Italy also saw more than half of online shoppers inclining towards PayPal for their cross-border purchases as of January 2022. In Germany too, PayPal, followed by credit card and direct transfer were among the most accepted payment methods by majority of companies as of April 2022. .
The growing demand for online shopping during and post pandemic also led to the gradual shift towards cross-border B2C E-Commerce. A high share of online shoppers globally preferred cross-border purchases due to better price and availability of products otherwise not available locally as of September 2022, with clothing, apparel and footwear being the most purchased categories among more than one-third of online shoppers as of October 2022, as revealed by the new yStats.com report. With Germany being the home to several large cross-border online marketplaces and brands such as Hugo Boss and About You, fashion items such as clothing and footwear were also popular cross-border purchase categories among more than half of online shoppers in Germany as of H1 2022. Additionally, more than half of online shoppers in Sweden and Netherlands inclined towards the purchase of clothing, footwear, and accessories via online cross-border channels. Furthermore, in Luxembourg also a large share of online shoppers preferred to purchase clothing, footwear, and accessories from abroad as of 2021. China was the preferred cross-border purchase destination worldwide, with its share being the highest for shoppers in Greece, Latvia, and Slovenia among other nations. Despite this, the country's share in E-Commerce market declined in 2021 in comparison to its share in 2020. Moreover, in terms of the country of most recent cross-border purchase, China was not among the most preferred purchase destination for countries such as Iceland, Finland and Cyprus, according to the new yStats.com report.