Third-party overseas warehouses are overseas public e-commerce logistics centers, that is, overseas warehouse companies that provide localized warehousing and distribution services for cross-border e-commerce in the form of independent logistics service providers. There are also some logistics services open to large sellers, such as Zongteng’s Granary and Zhiyu Middle East Overseas Warehouse. This wave of overseas warehouse business opportunities has also benefited from the spillover effect of FBA to a certain extent, and it has taken on many demands that cannot enter FBA warehouses.
The product selection range of third-party overseas warehouses is wider than that of FBA warehouses, and its product selection range is not limited to sales platforms. Third-party overseas warehouses are still far from the king of overseas warehouses, FBA. Although FBA does not provide first-leg transportation and charges higher fees, it is leading in core services such as fulfillment, inventory and distribution. At present, there are many overseas warehouse suppliers on the market, and sellers can choose to rent a fixed area or storage space. The core of overseas warehouse services is to help cross-border e-commerce companies do what they must do overseas but cannot do themselves, and to take all the risk concerns of sellers due to distance issues overseas as the top priority of services, and to ensure real-time and efficient communication with e-commerce companies. At present, most overseas warehouses are still in the stage of continuous investment. From renting warehouses, buying equipment, building systems, recruiting people to management and running-in, they all want to fill the warehouses first. However, all overseas warehouses have the problem of being unable to fill or seasonally vacant, as well as the “ice and fire dilemma” of warehouses bursting during peak seasons. The scale effect of overseas warehouses has not yet appeared, and they will fall into a price war in the short term.