As a cross-border e-commerce platform, Tmall Global provides consumers with a convenient shopping channel, allowing them to purchase goods from all over the world. For merchants, it is very important to understand Tmall Global’s delivery methods and the process of overseas delivery.
1. Tmall Global’s delivery methods
Tmall Global’s merchants must subscribe to Cainiao services and activate BMS to ensure that they can log in to the Cainiao BMS backend to deliver goods. If the merchant has not subscribed and activated this service, the delivery operation will not be possible. This is because Cainiao services provide logistics support and order management functions, which help merchants better handle orders and delivery matters.
2. Overseas delivery methods
1. Overseas direct mail: Merchants can choose to use express direct mail to ship goods directly from abroad to China. This method has a longer cycle and a longer customs clearance time. It usually takes more than 15-30 days to arrive. The advantage of overseas direct mail is that the goods are shipped directly from abroad, which can ensure the authenticity and quality of the goods.
2. Overseas collection: Logistics companies collect multiple pieces of goods from multiple merchants abroad, and through the collection method, mail them from overseas to China in batches by air freight and other methods. This method is shorter than the overseas direct mail cycle, but it still takes more than 15-20 days to arrive. The advantage of overseas collection is that it can save some logistics costs and also reduce some customs clearance time.
3. Domestic bonded warehouse: Merchants can give priority to shipping goods from abroad to bonded warehouses under the full supervision of domestic customs. After consumers place an order, bonded goods are cleared by customs and directly delivered from domestic bonded warehouses to consumers. This method is the most respected among the current bonded models because of its short cycle and fast customs clearance. Generally, it can arrive in about 7 days. The advantage of domestic bonded warehouses is that they can provide faster delivery services and improve consumers’ shopping experience.
3. Precautions
It should be noted that Tmall Global overseas merchants cannot ship from China (except for domestic Tmall import merchants marked with Tmall Global). In addition, the bonded model is currently the most popular due to its short cycle and fast customs clearance, and the goods can generally arrive in about 7 days.
According to the normal process, it takes 7-10 days from the Tmall International overseas warehouse to the consumer, which is relatively easy to understand. Unlike domestic Taobao, Tmall International shopping is a cross-border logistics. Merchants need to consider factors such as shipping costs, customs clearance costs, and domestic express delivery costs. These entire processes take about 1 week. Therefore, Tmall International shopping requires consumers to have a certain degree of patience.
In general, as a cross-border e-commerce platform, Tmall International provides merchants with a variety of shipping methods and logistics options to meet the needs of different merchants. Merchants can choose the appropriate shipping method according to their actual situation to improve efficiency and reduce costs. At the same time, merchants also need to pay attention to comply with relevant regulations and requirements to ensure smooth delivery and delivery to consumers.
Whether it is overseas direct mail, overseas collection or domestic bonded warehouses, Tmall International provides corresponding logistics processing solutions to help merchants achieve the successful operation of cross-border e-commerce business.