Before looking for a third-party overseas warehouse, merchants must first clarify their own needs, that is, the amount of goods they need to do and the logistics goals they want to achieve. They must combine the service provider’s resource capabilities and operating standards to roughly determine whether the overseas warehouse meets their own needs, because changing warehouses is not as easy as direct mail.
Secondly, there must be a reasonable quotation to avoid hidden charges. Merchants must calculate their own logistics costs and strike a balance between inventory, turnover rate and buyer experience to maximize profits. If merchants build warehouses on their own, if the daily shipment volume is less than 1,000 orders, the cost of self-construction may be higher than expected, and once the investment is made, it will not be so easy to withdraw. In the United States, a small warehouse of 1,000m2 has an annual operating cost of millions of dollars. Renting a third-party “warehouse in a warehouse” is a reference in the initial stage. The initial investment in renting a warehouse should not be too high. It should be able to adjust the scale of operation more flexibly and have basic business system support. For third-party public warehouses, the starting scale should not be less than 3,000 square meters, and the daily processing volume should be around 5,000 orders to achieve a basic break-even. Some overseas warehouses have done well in terms of operations and safety regulations, but their domestic market capabilities are relatively weak and it is difficult for sellers to know about them. In order to more conveniently solicit goods from domestic sellers, you can choose to recruit some freight forwarders as agents in key cities of domestic cross-border e-commerce.