With the development of the cross-border e-commerce industry, more and more people are entering the Amazon platform. Logistics is also an important part of cross-border e-commerce. Below, let’s share the characteristics of Amazon logistics.
1. Amazon FBA warehouse is only responsible for receiving goods, without any help.
When the goods are delivered to the FBA warehouse, Amazon is only responsible for receiving the goods, and then entering the warehouse according to the outer box label of the goods. Therefore, when the goods arrive at the destination country, Amazon will not help sellers deal with tariffs or other issues.
2. Shorten the delivery distance and time
After the seller ships to the FBA warehouse for storage, as long as the local FBA warehouse has goods and the buyer places an order, the platform can directly ship to the buyer, which can save time. At the same time, it is shipped through the local FBA warehouse instead of from the domestic to the buyer, which greatly shortens the delivery distance. This is also an important advantage of Amazon Logistics FBA warehouse.
3. Buyers and sellers do not need to contact directly
Merchants who have done Amazon know that the goods shipped to the FBA warehouse are mainly for stocking, and then Amazon directly ships to the buyer through the order details. Therefore, in this process, the seller does not need to contact the buyer, only the seller needs to prepare the goods in the FBA warehouse in advance.
4. Limited logistics channels
Since the goods in the FBA warehouse have no actual consignee, only the local warehouse address, on Amazon websites outside the United States, before sending to Amazon, it is necessary to meet the requirements of double clearance and tax package. Because this condition cannot be met, the local government needs to pay tariffs before shipping, so it cannot enter the warehouse. At this time, this channel is limited.
5. Distribution specialization
Amazon logistics distribution centers are set up according to commodity categories, and different commodities are distributed by different distribution centers. This will help improve the professional operation level of the distribution center, simplify and standardize the operation organization, not only improve the operation efficiency of the distribution center, but also reduce the management and operation costs of the distribution center.
The above are the main characteristics of Amazon logistics distribution. Logistics is an important part of cross-border e-commerce operations. When sellers enter the platform, they need to fully consider the characteristics of logistics and distribution of each platform and choose appropriate logistics and distribution services to achieve twice the result with half the effort.