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Overseas warehouse full, 6 countries express shutdown, cross-border logistics is afraid to usher in a big change in the sky

The annual Christmas is coming again, sellers have been sharpened, ready before the end of the year from the foreigners to make a fortune. But I didn't realize that this time the logistics completely collapse them!

According to part of the seller spit, their goods go by sea, to the port clearance has been more than 10 days, but has not been into the distribution state. Finally, the logistics information learned that, due to the local Amazon burst suspension of receipt of goods, UPS suspended acceptance of FBA goods, delivery time will be delayed.

What's even more frightening is that more than just the U.S. FBA warehouses are bursting at the seams, even Europe has been paralyzed on a large scale.

Some freight forwarders said that at present, many Amazon warehouses in Europe goods simply can not be sent in, and even some of the express delivery are directly stopped! And in the face of repeated customer urging, they also said there is no way.

Why are FBA warehouses so congested?

In Europe and the United States two stations, the epidemic is bound to be the culprit. Just a few days ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel tearfully announced a new blockade extending to January 10th as the number of deaths and infections from the new coronavirus continues to rise. France is no exception, extending the blockade until January next year, and the United States, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and other countries have likewise introduced corresponding blockade response measures.

As a result, more people are staying at home, and the demand for online shopping has grown. But on the other hand, the warehouse logistics staff is still only so many, the efficiency is not going to change, so the burst warehouse naturally happened. Coupled with the U.S. and other places are too chaotic, the warehouse staff all hands off, the goods stay 10 days is not the least bit surprising.

In addition, the U.S. before the California fire, the inevitable local UPS, FedEx and USPS three major logistics caused a serious impact. Parcel sorting, handling and unloading, transit transportation, inbound and outbound, each link is almost always hindered to varying degrees.

More than that, recently there are freight forwarders indicate that Hong Kong DHL added 6 countries 0-5KG parcel suspension shipping services. These six countries are the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Finland, Turkey, Bulgaria six countries. Together with the previously suspended countries, there are now 12 countries have suspended this express service.

As the most globalized express company, DHL has an unusually large market share in European countries. This also precisely shows that this suspension, some European station sellers can only cry at the end of the year.

I have to say, before the Christmas promotion even out of the logistics of the moth, for sellers, is undoubtedly very hurt.

What kind of impact do these logistics problems have on sellers?

Generally speaking, if you think about it according to domestic e-commerce ideas, it is indeed a good thing that the products are sold during the big promotion. But if you put it on the cross-border piece, that's not so.

Why?

It is because there is a logistics difference in the middle. Domestic e-commerce logistics distribution, most of the merchants and courier companies direct cooperation, directly to the buyer, even if the double eleven, double twelve of these promotions, 2, 3 days basically can receive the goods.

Cross-border e-commerce is not the same, courier selection, export customs clearance, list into the FBA warehouse and so on the program is relatively complex, so most sellers will choose to cooperate with the freight forwarding, commonly known as logistics outsourcing cooperation. But despite this, the cross-border logistics cycle is still relatively long.

When the big promotion comes, the product sells, the seller is likely to appear in the warehouse supply shortage situation. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you're doing and how you're doing it.

A seller said: he has been frantically sending products, but after 10-14 days, these products can not enter the FBA warehouse. In his words, "It's really extremely hard to replenish the stock now!"

Imagine: it's not easy for the promotion to come, the product is sold, and your warehouse is out of stock, logistics and late replenishment, so you can only watch yourself miss the annual promotion. This is a helpless and painful thing ah!

And the logistics problem will also trigger a chain reaction, so you lose a wife and a soldier.

Let's take Amazon as an example, if Amazon finds that the goods are not enough inventory or out of stock, it will reduce the store's product ranking in the search results. This downgrading, which is to reduce the exposure of the product, has a huge impact on the seller.

So, how to effectively avoid the risks associated with logistics is actually very necessary.

Since this year, cross-border logistics problems have arisen and fallen, not only what we said before the burst warehouse and courier stoppage and other issues, the cabin is difficult to book, the package is lost, the end of the delivery is difficult, and other logistics problems are also endless.

Then as a cross-border seller, how do we avoid the risks associated with these logistics?

On the one hand, if the seller is a self-shipping.

Should choose the channel stable dedicated logistics. The price is as cheap as the postal parcel, and the time limit is much higher than the postal service. Very suitable for peak season shipments. Definitely the king of cost-effective.

At the same time, if you work with a third-party logistics organization, you should also give preference to service providers that have a first-class agent channel. For example, covering DHL, Fedex, UPS, Dutch postal parcels, new postal parcels, U.S. special line, British special line, European special line, Australian special line and a host of other resources.

On the other hand, if it is an FBA overseas warehouse seller.

It is important to know that if there is a problem with the burst warehouse, there is almost no antidote in the middle. So you can only save for a rainy day and take precautions. Sellers should know in advance the overseas warehouse and FBA related information, as early as possible to know which warehouses burst, which warehouses have not burst. In addition, to clearly understand which warehouses have a higher probability of bursting, to avoid shipping to these warehouses as far as possible.

Of course, if the logistics end of the delivery channel is blocked, you can choose to send according to the end of the DHL, UPS express delivery logistics channels for flexible delivery. On the cabin hard to book the problem, as far as possible to choose to have the cabin of the service provider and so on.

Finally, to give you a shot: the difficulties are only temporary, everything will pass.

Although it is true that the logistics situation has not been optimistic lately, with the emergence of the vaccine and the improvement of the epidemic, I believe that everything will be back on track. As a matter of urgency, sellers should complain less, focus on doing their own thing, and work and live positively and optimistically, which is the right way to cope with the crisis.

By electrician