To expand business overseas on Shopee Malaysia, Shopee launched a new feature called Shopee International Platform (or SIP). This feature allows Shopee sellers to sell on overseas Shopee platforms and Singapore is the pilot marketplace.
What is Shopee International Platform (SIP)?
SIP is a new program on Shopee, Shopee sellers can sell products to Singapore. And no additional cost or effort to participate in this program. The product price is auto calculated by Shopee, which takes package weight, overseas shipping fees, and currency conversion rates into consideration.
This program allows sellers to do the following:
- Expand their business internationally
- Same selling and shipment process
- Sell internationally with no additional cost or effort
Benefits of joining SIP
The SIP sellers can expand business overseas and boost sales. Here are some benefits of joining SIP:
- Help Shopee sellers to increase customer base
- Improve cash flow and minimum your business risks
- Boost exposure and increase sales
- Free cross-border logistics
How to arrange shipment for SIP sellers?
The process of arranging shipment is the same when shipping to a local buyer, the difference is to ship the package to Shopee Malaysia Warehouse.
The seller will be informed when the sellers receive an overseas order, and he needs to arrange and ship the package to Shopee Malaysia Warehouse. When the package arrives at Shopee warehouse, Shopee will process and ship this package to the overseas buyer.
How to join SIP?
The SIP program is not available for every seller on Shopee, the Shopee sellers also have no choice to apply for this program. Shopee pre-selects and invites the qualified Shopee sellers to join the SIP program.
You will be notified when you are selected to join SIP, you can accept to join this program. The Shopee team will contact you for the onboarding process in 2-3 weeks. Once your shop is set up and live on Shopee overseas platform, you will receive a notification from the Shopee team. Then you can wait for the orders from Singapore customers.
Conclusion
To expand their business overseas with no additional cost or effort, joining Shopee International Program is a great choice for Shopee sellers. But not every Shopee seller can join this problem. Just set up your shop and wait for Shopee invites.