At present, more and more novice merchants choose to start cross-border business in order to seek more development opportunities. However, there are still some questions about how to ship the goods, so let us answer them for you one by one.
There are generally five ways to do overseas e-commerce independent station delivery:
1.Self-shipping
Because many independent stations themselves do not limit the delivery channels, most sellers will choose the form of domestic self-delivery. Find your own logistics providers to cooperate, such as: postal parcels, DHL, EMS, SF, etc., select the corresponding logistics channels in the independent station background configuration settings, by the buyer orders directly from the country, most of the self-delivery is suitable for light quality, small size, not fragile goods.
2.No source of goods to ship
The mode of no source of goods can usually be found through Alibaba International Station, AliExpress, 1688 and other platforms, and then after the independent station generates an order, it can quickly place an order on AliExpress, 1688 and other platforms, so that the first merchant can directly deliver the goods to the buyer. The disadvantage of the no-source model is that inventory, timeliness and quality cannot be guaranteed.
3.Overseas warehouse delivery
Usually it is sold by independent stations and will be shipped in the form of overseas warehouses or large goods are more suitable for overseas warehouses, and batches are sent to foreign warehouses by sea. Overseas warehouses can achieve local sales, which can shorten delivery time, reduce logistics costs, quickly process returns and exchanges, and improve customer satisfaction.
4.Amazon FBA
Usually sellers send their inventory of goods directly to the warehouse in Amazon's local market, and after the customer places an order, the Amazon system automatically completes the subsequent delivery. Therefore, FBA is actually the delivery method chosen by Amazon, and because it is the official choice, the advantage will be even greater. FBA logistics is not only fast in logistics, but also able to improve the ranking rate. Of course, the disadvantages of using FBA delivery are also obvious, you need to have inventory, so the cost is relatively high, and it is very inconvenient to operate, you need to clear customs by yourself, and it will delay a lot of time when you come and go, which affects the user experience and improves the return rate.
5.Virtual overseas warehouse
The warehousing mode of virtual overseas warehouse is a mode between domestic direct delivery and overseas warehouse delivery. Virtual overseas warehouses have the advantages of low cost, low risk, no storage fees, flexible operation, etc., and can control the timeliness of the entire process according to the timeliness requirements of the platform. For example, if you mark a local country for a shipment, you actually ship from China, but the first track on the web shows the local country.
The above is about the mode of independent station delivery, I hope it will be helpful to merchants who go to sea to do business.
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