Illustrative images on online shopping with customers browsing, comparing prizes and being re-routed to a different website due to the principle of geo-blocking.

computer

mobile phone

digital single market (T)

electronic commerce

new technology

Geo-blocking (T)

Infoclip: e-commerce

<p>Young man browsing on a tablet to rent a car while comparing the prices on the Belgian and Spanish websites of the same provider.</p>

<p>Young person browsing on a tablet, looking to buy a coat and comparing the prices of the same coat on the Belgian and French websites of the same retailer.</p>

Young man browsing on his phone, to buy a computer online. Geo-blocked on the shipping procedure.

Man browsing on the computer trying to buy clothes on different international websites. He is  redirected to the Belgian website and blocked on the German website.