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Doughnut, the popular luggage brand, increased its international online orders by 210% YoY
Within just a few months of partnering with Global-e, the brand’s international revenue grew by over 135% YoY
The Challenge
Doughnut had been attracting a dedicated following with its aesthetically designed backpacks and wide range of luggage items but wanted to provide more shoppers from around the world with the opportunity to enjoy its popular products.
The company realized that in order to grow their international online sales and widen their global reach, they needed to provide shoppers around the world with a seamless, localized shopping experience. Doughnut sought a cost-effective, cross-border ecommerce solution that would cover all aspects of cross-border selling, including local pricing, local and alternative payment methods, duties and taxes calculation and a choice of attractively priced shipping methods, with a quick and simple implementation process that would enable them to be up and running quickly, without the need to allocate significant and costly technical development and resources.
The Solution
In order to increase its global reach and international sales, Doughnut chose the Global-e Pro cross-border ecommerce solution, designed to support emerging brands.
With Global-e Pro’s dedicated solution for the Shopify platform, Doughnut were able to simply localize the shopping experience on their current webstore. The integration process was fast and simple and within three weeks, Doughnut’s international webstore was up and running, enabling them to prove a seamless experience to customers in 200 destinations worldwide, including:
- Localized welcome pop-up and marketing banner for customizing messages and promotions for shoppers such as free shipping over specified thresholds
- Local prices presented in local currencies and rounded according to local market conventions – 100+ currencies supported
- Localized one-step checkout supporting 30+ languages
- Guaranteed calculation of all import duties and taxes with the option of prepayment to prevent any surprise charges upon delivery
- A variety of the most commonly used local payment methods in each market – 150+ methods are supported including local and alternative payment methods
- A choice of shipping methods at competitive rates including free shipping worldwide over specified thresholds
- Transparent and easy returns process
The Results
Doughnut has seen impressive results within just a few months of implementing the Global-e Pro cross-border solution. The company has increased its international online order numbers by 210% YoY, and grown their international revenue by 135% YoY.
Doughnut has seen impressive results across its top international markets:
Additionally, the company has also seen outstanding growth in key markets that had few sales previously and which are now among Doughnut’s top international markets. The USA has seen a 1656% increase in orders YoY and is now the brand’s top international online market and Canada has increased its orders by 2250% YoY and is now one of the brand’s top 5 markets.
Providing international shoppers with a fully localized shopping experience, including a wide choice of local and alternative payment options has also had a clear impact on cross-border sales. In the Netherlands, for example, where the number of orders has increased by 24%,78% of shoppers opt to pay with iDeal.
Furthermore, offering international shoppers the option to prepay any duties and taxes owed at checkout has also had a high adoption rate. 87% of Doughnut’s international customers across all relevant markets choose to prepay duties and taxes at checkout when given the option. In markets where every purchase is subject to local VAT due to low thresholds, such as Switzerland and Australia, the brand can now present shoppers with the final cost of the product, including all applicable customs duties & taxes, with a guarantee that no additional duties will be charged upon delivery.
By localizing the shopping journey offered to international shoppers with Global-e Pro, including offering attractive shipping rates and free express shipping worldwide over specified thresholds, and adjusting their international offering to the specific characteristics of each market, Doughnut are now able to convert more shoppers from around the world and increase online sales and international customer satisfaction.
About Doughnut
Doughnut was established in 2007 in Hong Kong by two students who met at university and saw a demand for high quality, aesthetically designed backpacks. Since then, Doughnut has grown into a successful company that produces a wide range of handcrafted bags, including backpacks, cross-body bags, luggage, duffle bags, totes and accessories. Doughnut bags enjoy a cult following and are sold in over 25 countries worldwide in addition to their online store
With Global-e Pro’s dedicated solution for the Shopify platform, Doughnut were able to simply localize the shopping experience on their current webstore. The integration process was fast and simple and Doughnut’s international webstore was up and running within three weeks.
About Doughnut
Doughnut was established in 2007 in Hong Kong by two students who met at university and saw a demand for high quality, aesthetically designed backpacks. Since then, Doughnut has grown into a successful company that produces a wide range of handcrafted bags, including backpacks, cross-body bags, luggage, duffle bags, totes and accessories. Doughnut bags enjoy a cult following and are sold in over 25 countries worldwide in addition to their online store
With Global-e Pro’s dedicated solution for the Shopify platform, Doughnut were able to simply localize the shopping experience on their current webstore. The integration process was fast and simple and Doughnut’s international webstore was up and running within three weeks.
Within just a few months of partnering with Global-e, the brand’s international revenue grew by over 135% YoY
The Challenge
Doughnut had been attracting a dedicated following with its aesthetically designed backpacks and wide range of luggage items but wanted to provide more shoppers from around the world with the opportunity to enjoy its popular products.
The company realized that in order to grow their international online sales and widen their global reach, they needed to provide shoppers around the world with a seamless, localized shopping experience. Doughnut sought a cost-effective, cross-border ecommerce solution that would cover all aspects of cross-border selling, including local pricing, local and alternative payment methods, duties and taxes calculation and a choice of attractively priced shipping methods, with a quick and simple implementation process that would enable them to be up and running quickly, without the need to allocate significant and costly technical development and resources.
The Solution
In order to increase its global reach and international sales, Doughnut chose the Global-e Pro cross-border ecommerce solution, designed to support emerging brands.
With Global-e Pro’s dedicated solution for the Shopify platform, Doughnut were able to simply localize the shopping experience on their current webstore. The integration process was fast and simple and within three weeks, Doughnut’s international webstore was up and running, enabling them to prove a seamless experience to customers in 200 destinations worldwide, including:
- Localized welcome pop-up and marketing banner for customizing messages and promotions for shoppers such as free shipping over specified thresholds
- Local prices presented in local currencies and rounded according to local market conventions – 100+ currencies supported
- Localized one-step checkout supporting 30+ languages
- Guaranteed calculation of all import duties and taxes with the option of prepayment to prevent any surprise charges upon delivery
- A variety of the most commonly used local payment methods in each market – 150+ methods are supported including local and alternative payment methods
- A choice of shipping methods at competitive rates including free shipping worldwide over specified thresholds
- Transparent and easy returns process
The Results
Doughnut has seen impressive results within just a few months of implementing the Global-e Pro cross-border solution. The company has increased its international online order numbers by 210% YoY, and grown their international revenue by 135% YoY.
Doughnut has seen impressive results across its top international markets:
Additionally, the company has also seen outstanding growth in key markets that had few sales previously and which are now among Doughnut’s top international markets. The USA has seen a 1656% increase in orders YoY and is now the brand’s top international online market and Canada has increased its orders by 2250% YoY and is now one of the brand’s top 5 markets.
Providing international shoppers with a fully localized shopping experience, including a wide choice of local and alternative payment options has also had a clear impact on cross-border sales. In the Netherlands, for example, where the number of orders has increased by 24%,78% of shoppers opt to pay with iDeal.
Furthermore, offering international shoppers the option to prepay any duties and taxes owed at checkout has also had a high adoption rate. 87% of Doughnut’s international customers across all relevant markets choose to prepay duties and taxes at checkout when given the option. In markets where every purchase is subject to local VAT due to low thresholds, such as Switzerland and Australia, the brand can now present shoppers with the final cost of the product, including all applicable customs duties & taxes, with a guarantee that no additional duties will be charged upon delivery.
By localizing the shopping journey offered to international shoppers with Global-e Pro, including offering attractive shipping rates and free express shipping worldwide over specified thresholds, and adjusting their international offering to the specific characteristics of each market, Doughnut are now able to convert more shoppers from around the world and increase online sales and international customer satisfaction.