History and Development of

Cross Border E-commerce

in Nepal

Prepared by: Sujan Khaiju

1. E-Commerce
 Cross border e-commerce refers to a new type of international business activity, which is a
transaction entity that belongs to different countries. It can deal through e-commerce
platform, and use cross border logistics to distribute commodities.
2.Characteristics of Cross Border E-Commerce:
 The characteristics of cross border e-commerce are as follows:
a. Globalization,
b. Anonymity,
c. Immediacy,
d. Paperless and
e. Rapid evolution
f. Workforce diversity
g. Innovative
h. Technological
3.Select the regions in your country where cross-border e-
commerce is developing well.
 The regions in my country Nepal where cross-border e-commerce is developing well are as follows:
a. Kathmandu
b. Pokhara
c. Dharan
d. Birgunj
e. Biratnagar
4. Briefly describe their development history and
characteristics of cross-border e-commerce.
 It has already been over two decades since e-commerce began in Nepal. Thanks to the advancement
in information technology and its wide reach, by now, there are thousands of e-commerce sites
running in Nepal.  As of August last year, there were already more than 40,000 registered commercial
websites in Nepal. 

 As of May 2019, there were 31 private ISPs in Nepal, with about 200,000 subscribers, and nearly
16.67 million internet users nationwide.  Roughly 40 percent of these accounts are commercial, with
businesses promoting their products and services and communicating with foreign businesses via the
internet.  

 Online activity is concentrated in Kathmandu and a half-dozen other cities, with relatively little
internet penetration in rural areas, although this is slowly changing with most users accessing the
internet via mobile phones.  Many businesses rely on the internet when dealing with foreign partners.
 Even though the peak development of domestic e-commerce business platform, the cross-border e-
commerce that is international ecommerce is not well developed in Nepal due to various problems .
 But the cross-border e-commerce is being initiated , developed and facilitated by various shipping
companies and business agencies in these days.
 All sorts of cross-border e-commerce is available but limited only for those who has acess for good
internet, international master card / credit card (not available with everyone and even not facilitated
by local banks of Nepal) , cosy and much more time consuming. Cross-border e-commerce like
shopping and business deals/ activities from amazon , flipkart and Alibaba is possible and developing
as well

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