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E-Commerce · Report VN-2026-E02

Shadow Payment Rails: How Top Sellers Bypass Fees

Direct-billing rails lift net margin 11pp for the top 100 e-commerce sellers — a regulatory tightrope.

Pages

78

Tier

I

Format

PDF · DRM

Published

Mar 14, 2026

Table of Contents

01Executive Summary
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02The Shadow Rail Ecosystem
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03Margin Impact Analysis
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04Top 100 Seller Profiles
05Regulatory Risk Assessment
06Platform Response Strategies
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Sample · Methodology

Transaction audit + seller interviews

VN-SIR audited payment flows for 100 top sellers across Shopee and Lazada, cross-referencing reported platform fees with actual settlement records obtained through direct seller interviews.

100

Sellers audited

18

Months of transactions

7

Payment rails identified