The moment an order is placed on an independent website, the real battlefield has just begun:
“The last-mile express delivery fee is even more expensive than the products.” “The entire batch was returned due to a wrong label in the US warehouse.” “I was still hand-writing the address and pasting the waybill in the middle of the night.”
These heart-wrenching moments have been experienced by 90% of sellers. So they turned their attention to freight forwarders – not just simple “middlemen”, but “cost reduction and efficiency improvement add-ons” that break down international logistics into an assembly line.
- Price: Why can the freight charges of freight forwarders be lower than those on the official website!!
The official quotation is the “retail price”, while the freight forwarder packs the packages from N independent stations into a full container, gets the “discounted price”, and then distributes the discount to each station. For the same 10 kilograms to the United States, it might cost 600 yuan on the official website, but 420 yuan at the freight forwarder. The profit saved is the net profit. - Process: From “Fighting Alone” to “One-click Hosting”
· Procurement agency: After placing an order on 1688, it will be directly sent to the freight forwarder’s warehouse, eliminating the need for the seller to handle it again.
· Packaging service: One-stop solution for bubble wrap, express boxes, reinforced corner protectors, and gift cards.
· Order placement on behalf of customers: Scan SKU→ Automatically match orders → machine order placement, 0 wrong shipments;
· Dropshipping: Arrive at the warehouse before 6 p.m. on the same day and be loaded onto the vehicle and sent to the airport on the same night.
· Delivery to official warehouses: After the air freight lands, it will be connected to the logistics channel for dedicated vehicle delivery. The products will be listed on the official warehouses of TikTok, woocommerce, and Shopify on the same day. - Risk: If any problem occurs, someone will take responsibility
The official will compensate for the maximum shipping cost for lost items. The freight forwarder will also provide commercial insurance. The compensation for lost items will be based on the value of the goods. At the customs, the local agent of the freight forwarder will handle the customs clearance. The seller only needs to reply with a message saying “agree”. - Hidden costs: human resources, time, and energy
Suppose there is a small team of three people. If there are 100 orders every day, someone needs to be dedicated to packaging, labeling and calling for express delivery. Outsourcing this part to freight forwarders has directly doubled the labor efficiency. Xiao Li, who used to be in charge of the warehouse, now focuses on investment promotion, and the ROI has increased by another 20%.
In a nutshell: Leave professional matters to professionals. Sellers only need to turn traffic into orders, and leave all the “dirty and tiring work” to the freight forwarders.
If you are looking for a freight forwarder that “purchases on behalf of others, labels on behalf of others, packs on behalf of others, and ships on behalf of others”, try Smartdropping.
It integrates a set of standardized agency procurement, agency shipping and warehousing service processes. It not only offers standard quality inspection procedures and warehousing services, but also provides value-added services such as photo inspection, customized packaging materials, repackaging, secondary processing and OEM/ODM customization.
We cooperate with many high-quality carrier companies and have channels such as postal services, express delivery, and dedicated lines, supporting shipping to multiple countries and regions around the world.
smartdropping platform offers comprehensive service support for cross-border e-commerce sellers. Come and experience it! Make your cross-border e-commerce journey smoother! Let independent store sellers only focus on selling goods, and leave the rest to us.
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