With the booming development of cross-border e-commerce, more and more companies are using direct mail channels to sell their products around the world. However, the disadvantages of “high cost and low efficiency” in logistics and express delivery are plaguing companies. In addition, there are frequent reports of warehouse explosions, delays, and embargoes in logistics. Under such circumstances, overseas warehouses have emerged. Many e-commerce platforms and export companies are building overseas logistics systems by building “overseas warehouses”. The construction of “overseas warehouses” allows export companies to send goods in batches to overseas warehouses to achieve local sales and local distribution in the country (region). Since its birth, “overseas warehouses” are not just about building warehouses overseas, but also an optimization and integration of existing cross-border logistics and transportation solutions.
Concept of overseas warehouses:
Overseas warehouses refer to the logistics method in which domestic companies transport goods to target market countries (regions) in the form of bulk transportation, build warehouses and store goods locally, and then respond to local sales orders as soon as possible, and sort, pack and distribute goods directly from local warehouses in a timely manner. Simply put, overseas warehouses refer to storage facilities established overseas. They are a form of transnational logistics in which cross-border e-commerce companies export goods in bulk to overseas warehouses in accordance with general trade methods to achieve local sales and local distribution. Cross-border e-commerce companies export goods in bulk to overseas warehouses in accordance with general trade methods. After the e-commerce platform completes the sales, the goods are delivered to overseas consumers.
Overseas warehouse service refers to a one-stop control and management service for sellers to carry out goods warehousing, sorting, packaging and delivery at the sales destination. Overseas warehouse direct delivery service includes three parts: first-leg transportation, warehousing management and local distribution. First-leg transportation refers to the process in which Chinese merchants transport goods to overseas warehouses by sea, air, land, rail or intermodal transportation. Warehousing management refers to the management mode in which Chinese merchants remotely operate overseas warehouse goods and conduct real-time inventory management through logistics information systems. Local distribution is the process in which overseas warehousing centers deliver goods to customers through local postal or express delivery based on order information. Due to the good buyer experience brought by local distribution, overseas warehouses are increasingly favored by cross-border e-commerce companies.