Specialized Line Logistics
Specialized line logistics services mainly rely on the business volume of the sending and receiving countries. Under this premise, the most common specialized line logistics products on the market are the United States, Spain, Australia, Russia, the Middle East, South America, and South Africa. For large-volume recipient countries, sellers may have a variety of specialized line logistics services to choose from. For example, Russians are currently the largest purchasing group on AliExpress, and there are a variety of specialized line logistics services to choose from in the back-end online delivery system. Although Brazil is also a major source of visitors on AliExpress, it is limited by the fact that the local customs is prone to deduct customs for various reasons for foreign goods and the local distribution efficiency is low, so the options are not as many as the logistics dedicated line to Russia.
The characteristic of the logistics dedicated line is that the cost-effectiveness is the highest compared to postal parcels and international express delivery. The size and weight requirements are the same as those of postal parcels. Although the timeliness is not as good as international express delivery, it is much higher than that of postal parcels. Usually, the timeliness of the specialized line logistics is 7~14 days or 14~21 days.
Special line express is a kind of express delivery specifically for certain countries or regions. Its characteristics are that the goods are delivered within a fixed time, with a certain timeliness, the cost is cheaper than international express, and customs clearance is relatively simple. Therefore, special line express is a good choice for cross-border e-commerce that only does business in a certain country or region, but its disadvantage is that its geographical limitations are obvious.
International overseas warehouse
International overseas warehouse combines the characteristics of cross-border e-commerce and extends on the basis of special lines. At the same time, it can also provide overseas warehousing services, express professional channels, inventory management, and sales strategies, which can improve customer experience satisfaction. With the strengthening of foreign supervision on Chinese export goods, the problem of the last mile is alleviated through international overseas warehouses. Therefore, international overseas warehouses are the first choice for future cross-border e-commerce logistics distribution. With the increasingly fierce competition in the international overseas warehouse market and the continuous growth of cross-border e-commerce logistics demand, international overseas warehouses have also been greatly developed.
The first large overseas warehouse for Chinese e-commerce in Russia has been signed, which can provide sellers with all logistics operations such as subsequent transportation, customs clearance, warehousing quality inspection, etc., which can effectively solve the problems of sellers’ difficulty in controlling overseas warehouses, communication difficulties, inventory backlogs, etc. The logistics efficiency of China-Russia cross-border e-commerce has been increased from the current 20 to 30 days to 2 to 7 days. The advantage of international overseas warehouses is that overseas localized operations and localized sales can greatly improve user experience, and at the same time, the scale effect will also reduce logistics costs. However, if the product is unsalable, it will cause huge warehousing costs, which is also a problem that overseas warehouses urgently need to solve.
Cross-border e-commerce logistics is leading the trend with a high-speed growth trend. Small and medium-sized enterprises have limited funds and cannot independently establish a complete warehousing supply chain. Therefore, the main choices for cross-border logistics are postal parcels, international express dedicated line logistics, and international overseas warehouses.