DHL eCommerce has partnered with e-commerce platform Shopify to enable merchants in Singapore to ship to their customers around the world through a single plugin.

According to DHL, through the shipping plugin on Shopify, shippers can ship internationally by processing shipments on a single platform, from printing labels to generating tracking reference codes for shipment visibility.

“Cross-border e-commerce continues to grow exponentially and this is apparent from the borderless buying behaviour of online shoppers,” said Senthil Kumar, managing director of DHL eCommerce Singapore. “Seventy percent of online buyers made a purchase from a foreign site in 2017, up 6% from the year before and this trend is expected to continue. To deliver to buyers across borders, sellers need simple and seamless shipping solutions to manage their orders and deliver to their customers worldwide. By building tools for global shippers on Shopify, we’re making it easy to satisfy this exact requirement.”

More than 60% of Singapore-based merchants currently sell and ship their products internationally through the Shopify platform. The DHL eCommerce plugin will make it even easier for them to ship their goods internationally.

“Shopify understands the dynamics of e-commerce, where requirements of sellers and buyers are evolving faster than ever,” said Arun Verma, country manager of Shopify Singapore. “To ensure our merchants are keeping pace, we are working with DHL, a key driver of the global e-commerce ecosystem. The DHL eCommerce plugin, combined with the special rates for new Shopify merchants, will help retailers and brands on our platform ship with ease so they can devote more time to selling.”

DHL has been operating in Singapore since 1970.