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Course N°178 — E-commerce

Cross-Border Checkout: Sell Internationally Without Surprises

with Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

A practical system for taking your store international: pick the right markets, price in landed cost, handle VAT and duties correctly, and localise checkout so orders actually convert.

15 lessons15 videos4h 40mIntermediateLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Shortlist three countries using demand and margin evidence
02Build a landed cost model that includes duty, tax and returns
03Choose DDP or DAP shipping without destroying contribution
04Register for VAT, IOSS or GST only where you actually must
05Localise checkout to cut abandonment and cross-border chargebacks

Curriculum

4 chapters · 15 lessons

4h 40m total
01Pick Markets on Evidence, Not Optimism
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  1. 1Demand signals you already own: traffic, search and unsolicited ordersVideo
    14:20
  2. 2The landed cost model: unit, freight, duty, tax, returns, FXVideo
    22:45
  3. 3Teardown: how competitors price the same SKU in another countryVideo
    16:10
  4. 4Shortlist three countries and size year one realisticallyVideo
    18:05
02Tax, Duty and Compliance Without a Lawyer on Retainer
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  1. 1HS codes and country of origin: classify before you quoteVideo
    19:30
  2. 2EU IOSS, UK VAT and the low-value thresholds that biteVideo
    24:15
  3. 3US sales tax nexus, Canadian GST/HST and Australian GSTVideo
    21:00
  4. 4Labelling, restricted goods and product compliance checksVideo
    15:40
03Freight, Duties at Checkout and Returns That Don't Bleed
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  1. 1DDP vs DAP: who pays, who complains, what it really costsVideo
    20:50
  2. 2Carrier and 3PL selection: rate cards, zones and surchargesVideo
    23:35
  3. 3Return routing: local hubs, refund rules and write-off mathsVideo
    17:25
  4. 4Fraud, chargebacks and address validation across bordersVideo
    14:50
04Localise, Launch and Review
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  1. 1Currency, local payment methods and checkout trust signalsVideo
    19:15
  2. 2Translation that converts: product pages, policies and support macrosVideo
    16:35
  3. 3Soft launch, paid traffic test and the 90-day keep-or-kill reviewVideo
    22:10

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Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.

“We opened two EU markets in a quarter. The landed cost model alone showed us we were losing money on every German order we shipped.”

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