In August 2026, the competitive landscape of South Africa’s cross-border e-commerce market is rapidly diverging: Takealot resumed recruiting Chinese sellers in April, Temu launched a local warehouse in Johannesburg and introduced ”two-day delivery,” and the beta version of TikTok Shop officially launched in South Africa. The average order value, return rates, traffic mechanisms, and category suitability of these three platforms operate in three entirely distinct systems. For sellers who placed all their bets on a single platform, search traffic in Q2 2026 showed a marked divergence—sellers who chose the wrong platform saw their average monthly order volume on Takealot drop by 18% year-over-year, while sellers who chose the right platform

Sellers on Meituan’s Mexico site in August 2026 have recently been receiving two alarming emails: one states, ”Your RFC tax ID has not passed the e.firma electronic signature verification; please complete the verification as soon as possible”; the other states, ”Invoices cannot currently be issued for some of your products due to missing CFDI electronic invoice information. Please provide the SAT product classification codes and tax rates.” These two new regulations have effectively eliminated the ”borrowed RFC” model—the most common practice on the Meituan platform in recent years—where sellers used someone else’s tax ID to set up a store and get through platform reviews.

On August 1, 2026, Mercado Libre, the Latin American e-commerce giant, officially opened its local “FULL” warehouse services in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina to Chinese cross-border sellers, while simultaneously launching CBT PRO (an advanced seller growth service for overseas warehouses). This marks the largest infrastructure upgrade by Mercado Libre since the launch of its cross-border trade program. Previously, Chinese sellers could only enter the Latin American market via direct international shipping, which resulted in delivery times of 15–30 days and persistently high return and exchange rates. Now, through local “FULL” warehouses, sellers can pre-position inventory in warehouses within their target countries,

On August 1, 2026, Meituan’s Brazil marketplace began enforcing the ”Split Payment” system. This new regulation caught many Chinese sellers preparing to enter the Brazilian market off guard—in the past, Chinese sellers received payments through Meituan’s cross-border stores, and after funds entered the platform’s account, the entire amount was settled into a third-party payment tool; Under the new regulations, in accordance with Brazilian tax law, the platform automatically splits the sales revenue from each order into two parts—”product sales” and “service fees”—which are settled separately and taxed separately. This means that sellers who have not linked a local Brazilian CPF/CNPJ tax ID and a local bank account will face

“What exactly does Qicaiying do?”—This is one of the most frequently asked questions the customer service team on Qicaiying’s official website receives each week. When many clients first come into contact with Qicaiying, it’s often because of a specific need—”I need to register a Hong Kong company,” ”I need to change the entity for my Amazon store,” ”My Hong Kong ID is about to expire,” or ”I’m planning to sell on Mercado Libre and need a Latin American company”—only to discover that Qicaiying offers far more than just that single service.