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Cross-border shopping, defined

Plain-English definitions for every term in the international US shopping space — virtual shopping, live shopping, package forwarding, US personal shoppers, and more.

Definitions

What is virtual shopping?

One-to-one live video shopping where a real shopper walks a physical store while you direct the session remotely.

What is a personal shopper?

A professional who shops on someone else's behalf — historically in-store, now also remote via video call.

What is package forwarding?

A US-address service that receives your packages from US retailers and ships them onward to your country.

What is cross-border shopping?

Buying retail products from a store in one country for delivery to a buyer in another country.

What is live shopping?

Real-time video commerce — either one-to-many livestream or one-to-one buyer-directed sessions.

Stream shopping (category hub)

The umbrella term for real-time video commerce. Includes both one-to-many livestreams and one-to-one buyer-directed sessions.

What is a US shopping concierge?

A service that handles the full US shopping experience — search, buy, consolidate, customs, ship — on a buyer's behalf.

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