Detailed explanation of overseas warehousing services and their application in the United States
What is overseas warehousing service?
Overseas warehouse warehousing service is an overseas warehousing and logistics service established in other countries or regions provided by overseas warehouse logistics service providers. This service can not only provide destination warehousing for cross-border sellers, but also store products sold by sellers on cross-border platforms. Overseas warehousing is not limited to providing simple warehousing services. Most logistics service providers will provide one-stop logistics services, including sorting, packaging, delivery, etc.
Advantages of establishing an overseas warehouse in the United States
There are many advantages to establishing overseas warehouses in the United States. First, it can shorten product transportation time, speed up the speed of products reaching customers, and improve customer service quality and satisfaction. The second is to reduce transportation costs, reduce the cost and time of sea or air transportation, and improve product profits and market competitiveness. In addition, optimize inventory management, reduce inventory costs and loss rates, and improve inventory turnover rates and efficiency. Finally, increase sales and market share and attract more customers and orders by providing high-quality products and service levels.
Why is overseas warehouse business concentrated in the United States?
As an important market for global cross-border e-commerce, the United States has naturally become the first choice for overseas warehouse business. Its huge consumer market provides huge demand for overseas warehouses, which is one of the important factors that must be considered when selecting locations for overseas warehouses. Not only that, the United States also has many important ports and hubs, which provides a solid foundation for the smooth operation of overseas warehouse logistics. In addition, the Eastern United States accounts for 50% of U.S. e-commerce orders, mainly distributed in Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and other places; the Western United States accounts for 25%, distributed in California and Washington. In addition, other regions such as Texas and Chicago also account for 25% of US e-commerce orders. This distribution trend further confirms why overseas warehouse business needs to be concentrated in the United States.
How to choose a US overseas warehouse?
When merchants choose a US overseas warehouse, they must ensure that the partner is a company that operates legally and compliantly. After confirming the legality and communication capabilities of the partner, the merchant should comprehensively consider other factors, such as the size and price of the overseas warehouse and whether it has an independent warehousing system. In addition, after choosing a cooperative US overseas warehouse, merchants must be able to follow up on the logistics and transportation situation in real time and deal with possible problems in a timely manner.
What specifically does the US overseas warehouse service refer to?
The U.S. overseas warehouse business is mainly divided into three categories: dropshipping, FBA label replacement, and transit replenishment. Drop shipping means storing the goods in an overseas warehouse in the United States. After the buyer places an order, the goods are delivered directly to the buyer from the overseas warehouse in the United States. FBA label change means that if the Amazon account is abnormal, the products returned by FBA can be sent to the warehouse and the label can be changed again. FBA transit means storing the goods in overseas warehouses in the United States and transferring them (replenishment) to FBA regularly or irregularly.
How should cross-border e-commerce merchants choose overseas warehouses?
When choosing an overseas warehouse, merchants need to consider the characteristics of the product. Theoretically, the products that overseas warehouses can cover extend indefinitely and are no longer limited to a series of restrictions such as 2 kilograms and a total length of no more than a few centimeters in the era of small packaging. Especially for those heavy logistics products (such as hardware, furniture, outdoor, etc.), it is especially suitable for overseas warehouses. However, if it is a light logistics category in the era of small packaging, there are still many product inventory units, and the market estimate of popular products cannot be formed, it is not suitable to choose overseas warehouses.
Conclusion
Whether it is to improve timeliness, reduce freight or make full use of labor resources, the United States has become a golden place for overseas warehouse business with its many advantages. When cross-border e-commerce sellers choose overseas warehouses, they need to comprehensively consider the credibility, service quality, price and other factors of the service provider to ensure that their products can receive good service. By rationally choosing overseas warehouses, sellers can greatly improve customers’ shopping experience, increase customer repurchase rates and sales, while also reducing logistics costs and improving brand reputation.