The African e-commerce market is a blue ocean market full of potential, attracting more and more attention and investment. In this market, Jumia is undoubtedly the largest e-commerce platform, and its huge number of visits and customers provides great business opportunities for sellers. Although the Jumia market has great potential, there are still many questions that need to be answered for sellers who want to settle in. This article will provide detailed information on Jumia’s overseas warehousing fees and domestic self-mail transit warehouses to help you better understand how to expand your business in this market.
Jumia Domestic Self-mail Transit Warehouse Points
Jumia currently has 6 distribution points in China, located in the following cities:
1. Shenzhen
2. Guangzhou
3. Hong Kong
4. Xiamen
5. Yiwu
6. Hangzhou
These transit warehouses provide sellers with convenient logistics support and help simplify the product delivery process. No matter which city you are located in, you can use these transit warehouses to manage your inventory and shipments more efficiently.
Jumia Overseas Warehouse Shipping Process
Jumia’s overseas warehouse shipping process is that sellers ship in batches to Jumia’s local warehouses overseas, and the local warehouses provide warehousing and shipping services to achieve local sales and high-speed last-mile delivery. If you want to use Jumia’s overseas warehouse service, you need to meet the following conditions:
1. The direct mail store score reaches 3.5 points or above.
2. The monthly total order volume of the store reaches 200 orders or the monthly sales reach 1,500 US dollars.
3. Sign a store opening contract with Jumia.
4. For special categories, the above conditions do not need to be met. You can directly contact Jumia’s overseas warehouse business team for more details.
Jumia Overseas Warehousing Fees
Using Jumia’s overseas warehouse service will involve the following fees:
1. Warehousing fee: The total warehousing fee includes warehousing fee and value-added tax. This is the initial fee for you to send your products to Jumia’s overseas warehouse.
2. Storage fee: From the moment the product enters Jumia’s overseas warehouse, storage fees are charged daily based on the size of the product. Currently, storage fees apply to all sellers using overseas warehouse services.
3. Delivery outbound fee: Starting June 1, 2022, Jumia will charge a delivery outbound fee for all sites. This fee applies to the products of each overseas warehouse seller, but does not include “returned” or “failed delivery” products.
Understanding these fees and planning them properly is the key to entering the Jumia platform. Although there are relatively few sellers on Jumia, as the largest e-commerce platform in Africa, it has huge traffic and potential customers, and it also has great advantages in acquiring customers. Therefore, in-depth understanding of Jumia’s overseas storage fees and domestic self-mail transit warehouse information will help you better grasp this market full of opportunities.
Please note that the rules and conditions of the e-commerce market may change at any time. It is recommended to check the latest relevant information or contact Jumia’s customer support team before entering the market for accurate guidance. I hope this information will help you successfully enter and expand your business in the African e-commerce market!