What is the service process of overseas warehouse service providers?
With the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce, the overseas logistics of sellers' goods has become a link that sellers and friends attach great importance to. Buyers value nothing more than two things when shopping: the quality of the goods and the logistics timeliness. If the goods are shipped from domestic to abroad, these A period of time is relatively long, about one month. In this case, the customer's return rate is very high, so a new service provider is born: overseas warehouse.Seller friends can ship to overseas warehouses first. When buyers place orders, sellers only need to send instructions to the overseas warehouses they cooperate with, and the foreign local express companies will deliver the goods. This is equivalent to shipping goods locally, which greatly shortens the logistics transfer time. time, improving buyer experience, thereby reducing return rates.
1. Overseas warehouse warehousing
After the goods arrive at the foreign port and are picked up, the goods will be sent to the cooperative overseas warehouse according to the logistics channel selected by the seller: Kapai and Shanghai Pai. The overseas warehouse will then conduct blind unpacking, sorting, punching and entry into the system. Taiguang can also handle the transfer and withdrawal of FBA positions.
2. Operations in overseas warehouses
If sending FBA, the box label will be affixed. If the customer needs to change the SKU, the overseas warehouse can provide replacement SKU or FNSKU. It can also provide repacking and box changing services. It can also provide services such as inventory counting, taking photos, and checking the condition of the goods.
3. Departure from overseas warehouses
Outbound delivery is divided into: one-piece outbound delivery and FBA transshipment outbound delivery. Dropshipping can provide services such as ordering and packaging consumables, and FBA transshipment can provide board making and board labeling services.
Choosing overseas warehouse business can greatly save sellers and friends a lot of tedious work, and FBM can handle large items. Compared with FBA, it does not have so many limitations and its operation is relatively flexible.
Is overseas warehouse suitable for you?
Nowadays, cross-border e-commerce is becoming more and more common. Many people who know about cross-border e-commerce often hear the term "overseas warehouse". So, are overseas warehouses applicable to all industries? The answer is no. Whether overseas warehouse is suitable for you mainly depends on your own situation. First, let’s talk about the advantages and disadvantages of overseas warehouses?
1. Overseas warehouses can stagger shipment peaks and reduce shipping costs.
For cross-border sellers, there will be a peak shipping period during Christmas every year. Logistics costs are expensive and timeliness is slow. Through overseas warehouses, sellers can prepare goods in advance and stagger peak periods. At the same time, because most of the first-leg transportation of overseas warehouses uses container shipping, it has greater scale advantages and lower logistics costs.
2. Overseas warehouses not only reduce logistics costs, but also reduce the difficulty of customs clearance.
Compared with customs clearance for direct mailing of bulk items, goods in overseas warehouses are mostly transported by sea, and the traditional customs clearance and import process of foreign trade logistics is generally adopted, which reduces customs clearance obstacles.
3. Overseas warehouses can significantly improve consumer user experience.
Overseas warehouses ship goods overseas, so consumers can receive express delivery faster. At the same time, due to the reduction of transshipment processes, the possibility of package damage and loss will also decrease, and the shopping experience can be greatly improved. Moreover, it will be faster for customers to return or exchange goods, as they only need to return them to overseas warehouses.
1. Overseas warehouses require sellers to have relatively sufficient financial reserves. Compared with the direct mail model, overseas warehouses not only require sellers to prepare goods in advance, but also calculate storage fees for sellers on a daily basis, which will result in higher capital costs.
2. Overseas warehouses require sellers to have certain operational capabilities. No matter what kind of business, having a lot of inventory can be a headache. If the product selection is improper, resulting in poor sales of goods, a large amount of goods will accumulate in the warehouse, continuously increasing storage costs, and easily causing losses.
So what kind of products or industries are suitable for overseas warehouses? Generally speaking, large size and heavy weight are suitable for overseas warehouses, because these products cannot be directly mailed normally, and the specifications are restricted. Of course, you can also use international express delivery, but this is very expensive. It is also worth mentioning that if the product is too large and heavy, Amazon’s FBA will not accept it, and you can only choose other overseas warehouses. Please consult Amazon customer service for details.
Products with relatively slow style updates have relatively stable demand, and sellers using overseas warehouses will also reduce comprehensive logistics costs. For high-volume products, sellers can process orders more quickly through overseas warehouses and increase capital turnover.