Overseas warehouses are warehousing and logistics nodes established by cross-border e-commerce export sellers in regions close to buyers abroad to improve order delivery capabilities. They typically have functions such as overseas goods storage, circulation and processing, local distribution, and after-sales services What are the advantages and disadvantages of overseas warehouses

Benefits

1. Reduce logistics costs

Shipping from overseas warehouses has lower logistics costs than shipping from within China

2. Accelerate logistics efficiency

"Shipping from overseas warehouses can save time for customs clearance, greatly shorten transportation time, and accelerate the timeliness of logistics."

3. Improve product exposure

We have our own warehouses overseas. When choosing to shop, local customers generally prefer to ship locally, which can greatly shorten the time of receipt."

4. Improve customer satisfaction

During transportation, there may be situations such as damaged goods, short shipments, and wrong shipments, and customers may request that goods be returned, exchanged, or re shipped. This can be adjusted in overseas warehouses, greatly saving the timeliness of logistics

Disadvantages

1. It is necessary to pay overseas storage fees. The storage costs vary from country to country, so the seller must calculate the cost "

2. Overseas warehousing has a certain amount of inventory for sellers, and some specially customized products are not suitable for overseas warehousing sales."

3. It is difficult to handle overseas warehouse sales inventory, and selling through appropriate channels is a major challenge

4. Finally, setting up overseas warehouses still faces numerous localization challenges "In the cross-border e-commerce market, various overseas 

warehouse services can be described as diverse, and cross-border e-commerce sellers who lack knowledge of them need to choose the services that are truly suitable for them from among many products, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. You can first learn about them and then choose the appropriate overseas warehouse for yourself."