At this stage of cross-border e-commerce development, every seller attaches great importance to the supply chain. So how can cross-border e-commerce do a good job in supply chain selection? Let’s talk about it today.
1. Advantages and disadvantages of supply chain selection
(1) Advantages
1) Relying on high-quality supply chains, you can fully understand materials and processes, which is conducive to the development of new products
2) Relying on high-quality supply chains, you can achieve a low-price market
3) Relying on high-quality supply chains, you can achieve short delivery cycles and fast delivery
4) Relying on high-quality supply chains, ensure stable quality and improve the quality of after-sales service
5) The factory has a high degree of cooperation and can quickly make diversified products
(2) Disadvantages
1) Type limitation, only single material or main body is a single material product
2) Single material is basic, generally involving different categories and different groups of people, and the user needs behind it are difficult to grasp. Generally, you sell what you have, rather than what the user needs and what you do. At present, if you don’t do branding, the supply chain has advantages, and the success rate of making products is much higher. Every seller needs to find a way to accumulate his own supply chain.
2. Supply chain selection operation ideas
First, determine what kind of material you want to make. If you are a small or medium-sized seller, it is recommended to make textiles, wood products, simple hardware, etc. This kind of material has low cost and is not difficult. A powerful store can make some materials with thresholds, such as large molds, injection molds, etc. Take outdoor fabrics as an example. If you have a very professional factory that makes outdoor fabrics and cooperate well, you can go to the platform to find some new products, and then quickly use your old supply chain resources, guarantee quality at a low price, and quickly make personalized styles, so as to enter the market as soon as possible and seize the opportunity. But it’s easier said than done. This model is not done much, and various problems will be encountered during the period. For example, the most common is that an inexperienced new seller will not be connected to a high-quality supply chain; or in the process of cooperating with the factory, the number of small sellers is very small, this one does not cooperate, that one does not cooperate, and so on. These problems all need to be broken through.
3. Main issues and experiences
(1) If you are not sure which material supply chain to work on, think about whether there are industrial clusters in your area; ask yourself which materials you have a deep understanding of; think about whether there are suppliers who specialize in a certain product and are familiar with it; if not, it is best to start with a product that you can enter, and if the product is successful, then focus on this type of material and then make extended products.
(2) It is difficult to find suppliers with high cooperation in all aspects. You may often encounter the following situations: if the factory is far away, it is very troublesome to go to the factory; or the factory is not very cooperative, does not cooperate with improvements, is not compatible with prices, and is not compatible with payment terms; or the quality control is not good, resulting in many negative reviews for the product, etc.
At present, when encountering this situation, you can only accumulate slowly. The more you do, the more you have a say in the supply chain, and the higher the degree of cooperation from the factory; in the early stage, try to find a factory near the province, and it is ideal to have relatives who have the conditions to run the factory. It is best to find a factory whose strength is the same as your personal ability, so that the subsequent difficulty will be much smaller.