Logistics is the key to solving the “last mile” from seller to buyer. Its quality often determines the seller’s service capabilities and the buyer’s shopping experience. For novice sellers, when choosing to open a store on the eBay website, they need to deal with product selection, new releases, store ranking optimization, promotion, logistics and other aspects one by one. Among them, they need to focus on the service quality of the logistics and distribution links. Specifically, how do cross-border sellers find reliable logistics service providers when opening a store on eBay?
Currently, eBay’s delivery model mainly includes delivery model and overseas warehouse model. The more common international logistics include UPS, FedEx, DHL, EMS and Nippon Express. wait. Among them, UPS Express is currently the world’s largest express company, mainly serving sites in the United States and Europe. FedEx’s main service area is the United States. Its most attractive advantage for cross-border sellers is that it can mostly use air transportation and its logistics and distribution efficiency is high.
In addition, DHL is a transportation company founded in the United States and one of the largest transportation companies in the world. EMS postal express delivery service is an express delivery service provided by China Post. Nippon Express’s main transportation methods include truck transportation and air transportation, and it can also provide overseas warehousing services for cross-border sellers. Cross-border sellers with overseas warehousing needs can also make reasonable choices.
When cross-border sellers open a store on the eBay website and are looking for a suitable logistics method, they first need to coordinate the selection of self-delivery mode and overseas warehouse mode based on their own characteristics and needs. At present, the logistics channels of the self-delivery model mainly include four logistics methods: international commercial express delivery, international EMS express delivery, international dedicated line express delivery, and international small parcels. Cross-border sellers need to accurately understand the characteristics and advantages of each logistics channel and timely choose the logistics channel that suits the store’s delivery needs.
For cross-border sellers who choose the overseas warehouse model, they need to send the goods to the overseas warehouse for storage in advance. When the customer places an order on the eBay website, the overseas warehouse will complete the packaging and delivery, and deliver the goods. into the hands of consumers. The use of overseas warehouses must solve the first-leg logistics problem. Currently, overseas warehouses can choose first-leg methods such as air transportation and sea transportation. You can make flexible choices based on your own product characteristics, logistics timeliness and other needs.
Choose a logistics company that is suitable for store development and can ensure the timeliness of logistics and delivery. For cross-border e-commerce sellers seeking overseas development, how to find “reliable” logistics when opening a store on eBay is crucial important. It can not only efficiently and conveniently deliver goods to buyers, but also reasonably reduce logistics and distribution costs, thereby ensuring necessary and efficient delivery response speed, and at the same time optimizing warehousing capacity, which requires cross-border sellers to make logistics planning in advance. , optimize warehousing and distribution capabilities, and continuously improve store operation capabilities and levels.