Under the saturation of the European and American e-commerce markets, developing new regional markets is undoubtedly a good choice. Meikeduo platform is the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in Latin America, and has become the first choice for many cross-border e-commerce companies. The following will discuss the comparison between Meikeduo’s overseas warehouses and self-delivery.
How does Meikeduo’s overseas warehouse deliver goods?
Overseas warehouses, that is, the platform provides warehousing and final delivery, and merchants only need to pack and send the goods to the platform’s designated warehouse. (Similar to merchant A entrusting goods to freight forwarder B, freight forwarder B delivers the goods to platform C, and platform C delivers the products to customer D) It can be seen that the overseas warehouse model is only managed independently by merchants in the early preparation stage. Once the goods are sent to subsequent orders, the platform will perform a series of operations such as sorting, packaging, and delivery.
First-leg delivery: that is, the above-mentioned transportation period, arrival period, and warehousing are completed. Final delivery: that is, the above-mentioned order generation period and final delivery period. For overseas warehouse merchants, matters after order generation do not need to be operated, but there is a certain probability of wrong delivery. Clarifying the overall process of the Full mode is one of the contents that cross-border people should not miss.
Comparison between Meikeduo’s overseas warehouse and self-delivery
1. Overseas warehouse model
Meikeduo platform provides warehousing and final delivery. Merchants only need to pack the goods, and the goods are sent to the designated warehouse of the platform by the logistics carrier. This service aims to reduce the response speed of orders and achieve same-day or next-day arrival, thereby improving consumers’ shopping experience and enabling products to obtain local delivery premiums.
Advantages:
1. Meikeduo advocates FBA mode and has greater traffic support.
2. One-stop services such as warehousing, packaging, delivery, and customer service reduce the common phenomena of package loss, delay, and leakage during delivery.
3. Fast final delivery time, reducing the response speed of orders, achieving same-day or next-day arrival, which is beneficial to the buyer’s purchasing experience.
2. Self-delivery method
That is to say, after the buyer places an order, the merchant ships the goods to the buyer’s delivery address in China, and sells them by door-to-door delivery.
Advantages:
1. No need to replenish goods to overseas warehouses in advance, better control inventory issues.
2. Personalized product packaging, self-delivery can add some personal characteristics on the basis of complying with international delivery specifications.
3. Customer experience, using self-delivery, merchants can also add thank-you letters in the package to enhance buyers’ favor, promote the generation of good reviews and buyers’ repeat purchases.
In contrast, it is recommended that merchants choose the Meikeduo overseas warehouse model, which will get more traffic support from the Meikeduo platform. The traffic of the Meikeduo platform tends to the overseas warehouse model, and the collection cycle is faster than the self-delivery method.
Choosing the overseas warehouse model of the Meikeduo platform is a good choice. It can provide a full range of warehousing and last-mile delivery services, helping merchants to respond to orders quickly and provide a high-quality shopping experience. Compared with self-delivery, the Meikeduo overseas warehouse model has more traffic support, can better expand new regional markets, and bring more opportunities and benefits to merchants.