You're a US or Canadian ecommerce brand. The UK is a market of 67 million consumers - the size of California and Texas combined - waiting to be introduced to North American brands like yours. But your UK customers don't want to wait two weeks for shipping only to receive a tax bill when their goods finally do cross the border.
You're a British ecommerce brand. The US is a market of 333 million and still growing. If you've already conquered the UK, why stop at the border?
Selling into foreign markets fulfils the promise of the age of direct-to-customer ecommerce. No longer do you need middlemen and brick-and-mortar retail to reach the vast potential markets abroad.
But there are new challenges you won't have come across in your home country. And you do need a helping hand from people who know what they're doing.
At Eirios, we've looked specifically at the challenges faced by DTC brands reaching across the Atlantic.
From shipping to border taxes, data protection laws to cultural differences, solving these challenges is our expertise.
Yes, we're a 3PL too, and that's likely to be a crucial part of the puzzle you piece together as you build your UK operation. But we're also here to help you find the other pieces: sales and marketing, strategy and finance, people and growth.
We help you get your exporting right before your goods arrive with us. We want you to get your foreign taxes right, so neither you nor your customers get caught out. And your marketing - while it's done a great job for you so far - may need a few cultural adjustments so it has the biggest impact, whether in Britain or North America.
See us as your UK-based operational arm. Not just giving you advice, but putting that information into practice too.
If you're a direct-to-consumer brand looking to sell across the Atlantic, let's start the conversation.
We're based in South-East Wales and proud of our Welsh roots.
Founder Luke Pearce spent his childhood on the south coast in Barry and Cardiff. While based in London, he grew his own ecommerce brand, Radical Tea Towel, into a 7-figure household name in the UK, with a significant export operation to the US and Canadian markets.
Luke returned to a new home in Abergavenny and in 2024 launched Eirios to help other ecommerce founders with the logistics and export which was so crucial to his own ecommerce success.
South-East Wales is actually a perfect base for a 3PL. Beautiful, flat terrain with plenty of space (forget boring industrial estates you hate to visit). Close to the M4 corridor with easy access across the country. And perhaps most importantly, a sense of permanence and roots which mean that people want to work and build a life for themselves here.
