With the development and growth of cross-border e-commerce, the logistics industry is also booming, and the choice of overseas warehouses has become an increasingly important link. What is the difference between the Wayfair platform overseas warehouse and the third-party overseas warehouse?What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them?
In this issue of cross-border dry goods, whether you are a cross-border novice or a senior seller who has just entered the industry, it is recommended that you spend 3 minutes to read this article.
1.Third-party overseas warehouse:
The seller stores the goods in the local warehouse, and when the buyer has needs, the seller gives instructions to the third-party overseas warehouse, and then the third-party overseas warehouse picks, packs and distributes the goods in a timely manner.
2.Wayfair's self-built logistics system:
Castlegate is the official overseas warehouse of the Wayfair platform, referred to as CG, which is equivalent to the FBA warehouse of Amazon and the official distribution logistics service of the Wayfair platform. This logistics system can save the time and cost spent on the transportation of goods, so that customers can receive their goods as soon as possible.
1.Wayfair's self-built logistics system:
The above picture is the buyer distribution map of the Wayfair platform officially released by Wayfair, which is also Wayfair's"fba", Wayfair's core competency castle gate. (The distribution of CG warehouses is consistent with the distribution of buyers).
It was a surprise to everyone, especially the Chinese sellers. Wayfair's buyers are almost all in the East of the United States, then in the United States and China, and the proportion of the West is very small. Chinese sellers like to ship to LA, especially now that the sea freight has been raised, and the US East has to pay more expensive sea freight than the US West.
2.Third-party overseas warehouse:
Third-party overseas warehouses generally place the goods in the same warehouse for centralized management, and third-party overseas warehouses can be used no matter which platform they sell on.
In addition, the third-party overseas warehouse also provides transit business, if you use the castle gate warehouse (hereinafter referred to as the CG warehouse) and the third-party overseas warehouse at the same time, you can directly transfer goods from the third-party overseas warehouse to the CG warehouse during the peak season, saving the time of domestic delivery.
In the return policy of Wayfair's overseas warehouse, sellers can choose one of two options, one is managed by **merchant, and the other is managed by Wayfair.
The first option, Merchant-managed Returns, is similar to our current approach to Returns Management, with the following differences:
1) All returned products are shipped back to the merchant's warehouse for inspection, instead of being disposed of as in the existing policy. The amount of each returned product order will be deducted from the proof of payment.
2) Wayfair will cover 50% instead of 100% of the wholesale cost of damage returns. Large package returns now also include a $50 return shipping fee to cover the added cost of shipping them back to the warehouse after they are retrieved from the customer.
The second option is that Wayfair manages the returns, and Wayfair takes care of all the return-related processes, including shipping, inspection, and re-sale of returns. The seller doesn't have to worry about it, and he can't get the returned goods. The platform charges a certain deduction, which is charged by order according to the specific return situation, which is reflected in the settlement list.
Castlegate can receive ** from overseas or the United States, and it is recommended that sellers prepare for the first operation of warehousing in advance, and update the information in time so that Castlegate can effectively allocate manpower to assist sellers in entering the warehouse smoothly.
If Chinese sellers ship goods, one is to enter the CG warehouse from the overseas warehouse, and the other is to ship directly from the domestic warehouse to the CG warehouse.
The operation process of shipping goods from overseas warehouses to CG warehouses is as follows:
1) Castle Gate creates an Inbound Order, and creates a model and quantity plan for products shipped to CG warehouses. **UCC label, pasted on the outer box.
2) After that, we must make an appointment for a warehousing time, so that the goods can be warehoused, otherwise it will be rejected.
3) Confirm that the label is affixed, and the toka will be sent to the corresponding warehouse address, and it will be delivered to the warehouse at the appointed time.
4) After receiving the products in the warehouse, the products will be put on the shelves, and the quantity and model can be viewed in the inventory of the CG warehouse in the background.
If it is a domestic direct shipment, the process is similar. The first step is to enter the SPO from the first merchant, and then CG Logistics will communicate with the freight forwarder to assist in contacting the factoryMake an appointment to enter the warehouse" CFS cargo arrival "Sea freight" to arrive at CG warehouse.
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