How to choose between US overseas warehouse and Amazon FBA warehouse?

How to choose between US overseas warehouse and Amazon FBA warehouse?

The U.S. overseas warehouse refers to a warehouse established in the United States. Cross-border buyers send the goods to be sold to the U.S. warehouse so that they can be shipped within the United States.

The Amazon FBA warehouse means that sellers send goods in batches to the Amazon FBA warehouse. When the goods are sold, Amazon completes the order sorting, packaging and delivery.
01. What services are available in US overseas warehouses?

Provide long-term storage for goods

For example, by transporting goods to overseas warehouses in the United States when freight rates are low, and then selling goods directly from the warehouse in the United States during the peak sales season, sellers can not only save the cost of renting domestic warehouses, but also avoid high freight costs and logistics delays during peak seasons. question.

FBA return and label exchange

When the seller's products cannot be delivered to the warehouse due to logistics delays, the listing review fails or is invalid, the product is accused of infringement, the account is blocked, etc., the seller can remove the goods to the overseas warehouse in the United States and change the packaging through the overseas warehouse. Re-transport to Amazon warehouse for sale, which directly helps buyers avoid loss of goods.

Dropshipping

The seller stores the goods in the overseas warehouse in the United States. When the platform generates an order, the seller notifies the overseas warehouse in the United States to sort the parcels and deliver them out of the warehouse, and then delivers them to local USPS, DHL, UPS and other couriers, and transports them directly from the domestic warehouse to the buyer. It only takes 1-3 days for express delivery to reach the entire United States, which greatly improves delivery efficiency.

FBA transit replenishment

For example, by transporting goods to overseas warehouses in the United States when freight rates are low, and then selling goods directly from the warehouse in the United States during the peak sales season, sellers can not only save the cost of renting domestic warehouses, but also avoid high freight costs and logistics delays during peak seasons. question.

Recycling inventory service

Many sellers often encounter Amazon inventory backlog problems. There are many reasons, some of which are due to the platform and others to the seller’s own products. If these inventories are not cleared in time, they will not only occupy storage capacity, but also consume high storage costs for sellers, and they will not be able to create expected profits. The U.S. overseas warehouse recycling inventory service is targeted at this type of products and quickly helps sellers clear out unsalable inventory at a certain discount price. Sellers can not only free up storage capacity but also recover some funds.

In addition, U.S. overseas warehouses also provide many other value-added services. The service content provided varies according to different service providers. Sellers can choose according to their own needs.

02. The difference between US overseas warehouses and Amazon FBA warehouses

So, what is the difference between the US overseas warehouse and the Amazon FBA warehouse?

01. Amazon FBA warehouses do not provide customs clearance services, but most US overseas warehouses can provide importers to help sellers with customs clearance. Choosing an FBA warehouse for the first leg requires the seller to handle it himself, but choosing an overseas warehouse can provide services including first leg, customs clearance and last leg delivery.

02. The Amazon FBA warehouse has restrictions on the size, weight, and category of products, especially large and oversized products. The U.S. overseas warehouse does not. Large and oversized products can be warehousing normally, but they must be processed according to the cooperative U.S. overseas warehouse. Determined by the size of the warehouse site.

03. When sellers choose Amazon FBA warehouse, sellers can enjoy more official Amazon resources, such as increasing the exposure of sellers’ products, improving the seller’s Listing ranking, helping sellers grab shopping carts, etc. These are all conducive to increasing the traffic and sales of the seller’s store. sales volume. However, when using US overseas warehouse services, there may be more resources from some local service providers.

04. Amazon is fully responsible for end-of-sales delivery and customer service in Amazon’s FBA warehouse. However, for buyers’ returns, Amazon will not help sellers confirm whether the products can still be sold, and will directly judge them as unsellable. On the contrary, the US overseas warehouse uses the account of the US overseas warehouse for tail-end delivery. The price may be more expensive, but the US overseas warehouse can help sellers detect the quality of returned products and determine whether they can be re-sold, which can help sellers reduce losses.

05. The FBA warehouse only provides delivery services for orders through the system, and sellers are required to affix labels. If the labels cannot be scanned, the goods cannot be put on the shelves. The overseas warehouses in the United States are flexible in operation and can provide services such as assembly, label replacement, sorting and delivery.

06. In addition to paying storage fees, there are almost no risks in overseas warehousing in the United States. Since the FBA warehouse is associated with your Amazon account, if there is a problem with the products you sell on Amazon and your account is closed by Amazon, the goods placed in the Amazon FBA warehouse will also be temporarily blocked and cannot be sold.

Summarize:

US overseas warehouses and FBA warehouses each have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they can complement each other. Reasonable selection can better help sellers. For some sellers with sufficient funds, you can choose FBA, which is faster. There are no big requirements for timeliness. If you want to save warehousing costs, choose overseas warehouses.