Today, as the e-commerce field continues to develop and change, Temu’s semi-hosted model provides merchants with a unique operating option. This model allows merchants to have a certain degree of autonomy. One important aspect is that merchants can manage the main links such as product listing and marketing promotion by themselves, which allows merchants to display and promote products based on their own experience and strategies. So for inventory, if merchants do not have overseas warehouses themselves, how can they cooperate with Temu? Let’s take a look at Temu’s semi-hosted model. Can merchants do it without overseas warehouses?
First, merchants can deliver goods to domestic collection points or warehouses designated by Temu. In this way, Temu will assume the responsibility for subsequent international logistics and warehousing services. In this way, merchants do not need to invest a lot of resources and energy in the construction and management of overseas warehouses, but can use the power of the platform to ensure that the goods can reach overseas consumers smoothly.
Secondly, merchants can also choose third-party overseas warehouse service providers that cooperate with Temu. Sending products to these overseas warehouses in advance for storage provides convenience for fast delivery to overseas consumers.
When an order is generated, the goods can be quickly transferred from the overseas warehouse and delivered to the consumer, greatly improving logistics efficiency and consumer satisfaction. This approach provides merchants with a more flexible inventory management strategy, enabling them to better respond to market changes and demands.
Therefore, from a practical perspective, even if the merchant does not have its own overseas warehouse, as long as it can complete domestic shipments in accordance with Temu’s requirements and actively cooperate with relevant logistics arrangements, it can still smoothly conduct business under Temu’s semi-hosting model. This provides merchants who do not have overseas warehouse resources with the opportunity to participate in cross-border e-commerce, reducing entry barriers and operating costs.
However, it should be made clear that the specific situation still needs to be determined based on TEMU’s latest policies and the content of the service agreement signed between the merchant and the platform. Because the e-commerce environment is dynamically changing, the platform’s policies and requirements may also be adjusted and optimized based on market conditions, operational needs and other factors. Merchants need to always pay attention to the platform’s dynamics and maintain close communication with the platform to ensure that their operations comply with the platform’s regulations and requirements.
Under Temu’s semi-hosted model, although merchants do not have overseas warehouses, they can still get a share of the cross-border e-commerce market through cooperation with the platform and related service providers. This model provides more development opportunities for small and medium-sized merchants, allowing them to try to expand into the international market with relatively small risks.
Of course, merchants also need to continuously improve their capabilities and levels during the operation process to better adapt to market changes and challenges. In short, Temu’s semi-hosted model provides merchants with a feasible and potential operating method. Regardless of whether they have overseas warehouses, it is worth in-depth research and active exploration by merchants.