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‘Early-Stage Startup Index 2024. Challenges in the Era of Cross-Border Commerce’ survey commissioned by PayPal and conducted by Startup HUB Poland in April-May 2024 among 110 early-stage startups operating in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
The Challenges of Cross-Border Commerce.
For the second year in a row PayPal and Startup HUB Poland asked early-stage startups about the main obstacles they face when expanding their sales to foreign markets. Within the latest and extended edition of our ‘Early-Stage Startup Index. Challenges in the Era of Cross-Border Commerce’ research we surveyed startup companies representing different verticals and operating across four European countries: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Check out our report and find out what we learned.
Early-stage startups want to reach the global market.1
79%
startups that have already started to sell their producs or services, sell cross-border.
93%
startups selling internationally plan to expand their operations to new markets.
87%
startups operating only domestically plan to start cross-border sales in the years to come.
52% of startups selling internationally consider payment-related issues, ranging from technology issues related to the integration of different payment methods to access to local payment options, to be challenging.1
PayPal aims to help startups overcome payment-related challenges and grow their business.
With PayPal, startups could get started with one, easy integration for all their payment needs, including credit cards, digital wallets and multiple alternative payment methods.
Check out our two-pager and find out why you should choose PayPal.
‘Payments play critical role when expanding the business internationally. Making it easy and frictionless is an absolute priority.’
Efi Dahan, VP, General Manager, Central Eastern Europe & Israel, PayPal
Partners of the ‘Early-Stage Startup Index. Challenges in the Era of Cross-Border Commerce’ research:
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