Issued by:Latam Cross Border Service

For many cross-border e-commerce companies, choosing overseas warehouses has become an increasingly important link. At present, there are three types of overseas warehouses in the market, platform overseas warehouses, foreign trade companies' self-built overseas warehouses, and third-party overseas warehouses. So how to distinguish them? Follow me below to find out.

 

Platform overseas warehouse: cross-border e-commerce platform self-operated warehouse, such as Mercado Libre (Meikeduo), Amazon (Amazon), etc.

 

Self-built overseas warehouse: An overseas warehouse built by a foreign trade enterprise in a destination country.

 

Third-party overseas warehouses: overseas warehouses built by the multimodal transport and transportation agency industry in a destination country, such as our Latin America (Shenzhen) International Warehousing Co., Ltd., which focuses on Mexico's overseas warehousing services.

 

Although the overseas warehouse experience and service of the platform are great, there are many restrictions, such as trouble in warehousing, trouble in returning items, trouble in handling inventory, etc., and the cost is relatively high. Therefore, in order to reduce costs, most companies will choose third-party overseas warehouses as an alternative.

 

Because third-party overseas warehouses often charge lower than the platform price, it can ensure the maximum profit of the company to a certain extent. And third-party overseas warehouses have no sales platform restrictions. Through standardized processes and professional teams, the delivery speed of products can be improved, and the logistics costs of merchants can be effectively saved.

 

Self-built overseas warehouses also need to consider issues such as warehouse location, remote management, overseas laws and regulations, etc. All problems must be handled by yourself, which is still a headache.

 

Therefore, if the company is not particularly rich in funds, it is recommended to choose a third-party overseas warehouse, and after the business matures and grows slowly, it can be flexibly adjusted according to needs.