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The Gazette · 2024
Robert Nikic Featured in The Gazette
The Gazette on Robert Nikic's leadership as his company expanded seller support across the U.S., Mexico and Canada for Amazon, Walmart and eBay sellers.
U.S. · Mexico · Canada
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At a glance
- Outlet
- The Gazette
- Format
- Contributor content
- Published
- March 22, 2024
- Topic
- Expansion across North America
- Robert's role
- Founder and CEO
- Markets
- U.S. · Mexico · Canada
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What The Gazette reported about Robert Nikic
Across three countries
The Gazette covers Robert's leadership as the company expanded its services across the United States, Mexico and Canada. For small sellers, that meant reaching customers in three countries from one setup.
The services
The article lists what the company handled for sellers on Amazon, Walmart and eBay: picking, packing, shipping, returns and customer service. Those are the jobs that usually keep a one-person business from growing past its home market.
How he led
The Gazette describes his leadership as built on transparency, innovation and customer focus, presenting the expansion as an extension of those values rather than a break from them.
Related: Digital Social Hour on simpler selling · Fast Company board on globalization
In Robert's words
Selling into Mexico and Canada sounds big, but for a small seller it should feel like selling to the next state. That was the goal. My family crossed borders as refugees from the Balkans and started over with nothing, so I've always noticed how much borders cost people. I failed at startups as a teenager and worked 18-hour shifts long before any of this. We built the company without outside investors and handled the hard parts, packing, shipping and returns, so sellers didn't have to. Since 2026 I've worked on SDG 8 & 9, trying to make cross-border selling cheap and simple.
Robert Nikic
Key takeaways
01
Three markets, one setup
Sellers reached the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
02
Operations handled
Picking, packing, shipping, returns and customer service.
03
Values at scale
Transparency, innovation and customer focus, as The Gazette describes.
Where this fits in his story
2011
First platform launched
2018
Relaunched as a full platform
2023
Inc. 5000 debut at #418
2024
Climbs to #35
This feature
2026
Steps away to work on SDG 8 & 9
Where it led
Then, he helped sellers cross borders. Now, under SDG 9.c, he works on making it cheap and simple for small businesses to sell across borders with digital tools, which is exactly what this expansion was. The Gazette documented the company version; his current work is the policy version.
Then
The Gazette covers Robert's leadership as the company expanded its services across the United States, Mexico and Canada, supporting sellers on Amazon, Walmart and eBay with picking, packing, shipping, returns and customer service.
Now
Now, he works on SDG 9.c, selling across borders, which is exactly what this expansion was.
See Robert's SDG 8 & 9 workQuestions
When did The Gazette feature Robert Nikic?
March 22, 2024.
What did The Gazette report?
The company's expansion across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, handling fulfillment and service for sellers.
What does Robert Nikic do now?
He works on SDG 8 & 9, including cross-border selling under SDG 9.c.
Original article
Read the original article · Published in The Gazette, March 22, 2024
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About The Gazette
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About Robert
Robert Nikic is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and Advisory Council Chair at Reseated Councils (United Nations SDG 8 & 9). He came to the United States as a refugee, and from 2011 to 2026 he built and led an e-commerce company that was twice named to the Inc. 5000. Today he works to make it easier for anyone, anywhere, to start a business and grow it.