What is an e-commerce cloud warehouse? How to choose?

E-commerce cloud warehouse means that e-commerce hands over the problem of storage+distribution to cloud storage companies for operation, while e-commerce sellers only need to focus on the sales and operation of their own stores.

How to choose an e-commerce cloud warehouse, it is recommended to refer to the following dimensions:

1, define your own needs.

There is no best, only the most suitable, and the same is true for choosing an e-commerce cloud warehouse. First of all, according to the characteristics of business and products, we should make clear our own requirements and make targeted choices, which will not only achieve our own logistics service level, but also reduce our operating costs and achieve a win-win situation. I suggest you consider the following six aspects.

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(1) Where is your logistics scale and customer base?

(2) What is your daily inventory, the number of SKUs, and do you have any special needs?

(3) your commodity turnover rate, timeliness requirements and distribution scope;

(4) What are your requirements and expectations for storage space, such as shelves, temperature and humidity, ventilation facilities, etc.

(5) What is your budget range?

(6) Do you want to connect the system to the cloud warehouse system?

2. Cargo safety

No matter which mode of transportation is used, safety should be considered, because both buyers and sellers certainly want to deliver the goods to customers in a very safe way. If safety cannot be guaranteed, a series of problems may affect consumers' evaluation of your store.

3. Information level

Fully consider the informatization level of e-commerce cloud warehouse, such as whether it has the ability of order management, warehousing management, transportation management, automation management, customer service management and so on. , can make enterprises know the goods management in transit, product inventory and customer satisfaction in time, and can make enterprises make decisions more quickly and accurately.

4. Flexibility of services

When sellers choose e-commerce cloud warehouses, they should consider the expectations of target customers for warehousing and logistics. If some have personalized requirements for storage environment, delivery timeliness, delivery location, delivery methods, etc. When choosing a cloud warehouse, we should pay attention to whether it can provide personalized service for customers.

5. Is the charge reasonable?

Cost is a common concern, because high cost will greatly reduce the profit margin of products, and low cost may not guarantee the quality of service. Therefore, we also need to focus on this point when choosing cloud warehouse services, and we need to weigh the pros and cons.

6. Service experience and level

Enterprises can understand the service experience and level of logistics companies from all aspects and choose logistics service providers that meet their own business characteristics. It is best to have service experience in the same type or similar industry, so that service providers can provide relevant customer service case references.