Thailand is located in the center of Southeast Asia, adjacent to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia. According to statistics, about 95% of the Thai population believes in Buddhism, and Thai and English are the official languages. Thailand is the second largest economy in Southeast Asia, second only to Indonesia. In order to maintain its leading edge in the Southeast Asian e-commerce market, logistics companies with strong financial strength, high automation level, and high logistics efficiency are deploying the local logistics market in Thailand to create a low-cost logistics industry. Cost-effective operating model to share industry dividends, then, let’s learn about the development and analysis of Thailand’s e-commerce express logistics.
Thailand is a country with a social media penetration rate of 74%, the highest social media penetration rate among Southeast Asian countries. The network environment is convenient, which facilitates the rapid development of e-commerce. Due to the excellent business environment and logistics infrastructure, Thailand’s e-commerce market has achieved rapid growth. Compared with other countries in Southeast Asia, social media users in Thailand are more active. In the Thai e-commerce market, social e-commerce is the most popular sales channel, accounting for as much as 40%, while comprehensive e-commerce platforms such as Shopee and Lazada account for 35%.
Among the comprehensive e-commerce platforms in Thailand, Lazada and Shopee are in a dominant position. In recent years, fashion and beauty products have become one of the fastest growing categories in the e-commerce market. Thailand has 9 Asian Highway networks and 23 ASEAN highway networks, and the number of highways connecting neighboring countries has reached 13. In addition, Thailand borders the Gulf of Thailand (Pacific Ocean) in the southeast and the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) in the southwest. Highways and waterways Transportation is currently the main mode of transportation in Thailand.
Compared with other countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand’s logistics system is more mature, logistics infrastructure is constantly improving, and the proportion of logistics costs in GDP currently remains below 14%. Compared with Indonesia and Vietnam, the cost proportion is low. About 6-8 percentage points.
The above introduction is the relevant knowledge about the development and analysis of Thailand’s e-commerce express logistics. Thailand’s e-commerce express logistics provides localized settlement solutions in Southeast Asia for small and medium-sized e-commerce companies, providing warehousing, picking, and delivery. A series of services such as express delivery, COD payment collection, returns and exchange processing, etc., efficiently process orders and provide free WMS order, inventory, and delivery management systems, thereby reducing operating costs and improving customer management efficiency and accuracy.