Compared with the cold Christmas, cross-border "Yang" people are more worried about having no goods to sell!

If you have survived the winter solstice and Christmas and still have no sunshine, congratulations, you have officially entered the knockout stage.

As 2022 is coming to an end, how are your orders? Of course, what is more worthy of attention than sales is whether you have "sheep"?

As a chosen worker, God will always leave a way to work for you before the epidemic prevention policy is relaxed. Now, even if the company fails, you will not fail...How many workers in the cross-border circle are still holding on?

An unhappy Christmas, the beginning is the peak,

Seller: It's hard to clear stock during this peak season...

Christmas is one of the most important shopping festivals in Europe and the United States, and of course it is also taken very seriously by cross-border sellers.

Some sellers reported that the traffic has been very good recently! The sales volume is very good! The seller said: "With the increase in traffic and sales volume, everyone has increased their prices. After all, every penny earned is a penny earned these days. The price of products that have been ranked in the top for many years has increased by seven or eight dollars, but it still has no impact on sales and rankings. " However , this is not the case for all sellers.

According to relevant reports, in many countries, a quarter of personal spending is expected to occur during the Christmas shopping season. However, during this year's Christmas shopping season, many people in Europe and the United States cut their shopping spending, and consumers are paying attention to the potential economic recession in 2023; on the other hand, even with traditional holiday discounts and price cuts, commodity prices affected by inflation are still high.

Therefore, more sellers said that this year's shopping season has been repeatedly cold, and it is difficult to say that Christmas in Europe and the United States is happy this year, and this unhappiness is also reflected in the number of orders from sellers.

According to feedback from a seller of toy products, the traffic of his products declined during this year's Christmas season, and the peak period was shortened by two days. "Last year, the peak period lasted until the 22nd, but this year, the traffic has dropped by half by the 20th, not to mention that the number of visitors during the peak period has also dropped a lot this year ," the seller added.

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In response to this, many sellers said that the traffic of their products was also the same, and they all started to complain.

Seeing this situation, some sellers speculated that the reasons behind the cold Christmas sales are roughly as follows:

• First, Amazon's massive layoffs have led to a slowdown in warehousing and delivery speeds. Amazon, which usually delivers orders within the next day, can no longer guarantee delivery within 4-5 days. Many American consumers said, "I'll wait until after the holiday if I see delivery after Xmax."

• Secondly, too many discounts are brought forward this year, and the discounts for Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday are also brought forward. If you want to buy, buy it early, there is no need to wait until Christmas.

• Moreover, due to the extreme weather bomb cyclone, more than 2.8 million households in the United States have lost power and more than 15,000 flights have been delayed or canceled! At the same time, many European and American countries have also launched strikes...

Regardless of the reason, this year's end is not easy for Amazon sellers. Some workers even said, "I just recovered and went to work for two days, and the number of orders has dropped day by day. I am already thinking about when to go home for the New Year. The company is also going to be disbanded..."

The supply chain should be as positive as possible.

This is what sellers are more worried about!

2022 has reached the bottom. Faced with the current situation of falling orders, sellers wanted to turn the tide, but unfortunately they were powerless. In this regard, one seller said frankly, "FamilyMart is dead. The orders from Amazon Europe have been so low in recent days that I am bleeding. I'd better lie down. My life is more important ."

As the seller said, this is because after the epidemic prevention policy was relaxed, many cross-border workers fell into the "positive" curse. There are even cross-border corporate statistics that show that employees have almost been wiped out, with the positive rate reaching 100% .

An operator said, "There are fewer people on the subway recently. You used to have to squeeze into the subway, but now there are many empty seats. You can hear coughing everywhere you go. There are fewer and fewer people in the office every day~ ". One operator even joked: The first domestic horror film in 2022 - colleagues disappear every day.

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"The policy has been liberalized, and the virus is prevalent and spreading everywhere. Whenever I meet friends, they all ask if you have the 'sheep'. Under such circumstances, is your warehouse still shipping goods?" a seller asked.

Regarding this issue, a seller could only helplessly say: "There are only two people left in the company's warehouse to pack and prepare the goods. As a result, the delivery time is directly extended for a long time. Now I am a little worried that the link will be out of stock. Alas, I am stuck in the finals." Another seller added: "Half of my colleagues in the office are missing. Everyone around is out of stock, but my colleagues in the warehouse are still insisting on shipping the inventory prepared for the Spring Festival."

Although stocking up is an important part, what worries sellers more is that the factory cannot get raw materials, the factory cannot start work, and the logistics cannot ship goods. The whole supply chain is in tatters... A factory manager said: "We are the factory. Only one out of ten employees are left. There are only a few people left in the office... "

Although the current domestic policy has been relaxed, Amazon does not have the storage capacity, and many people cannot ship goods . In this regard, one seller said: "The domestic policy has been relaxed, Amazon, you should relax the storage capacity. The goods are almost sold out. I hope that you can ship a batch of goods before the New Year, otherwise I will be hungry next year!"

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However, there is no need to worry too much about this. After all, according to Amazon's habit, the storage capacity will be gradually opened up after the end of the year.

In general, cross-border workers still maintain the concept of staying on the front line with mild symptoms and working from home with high fever . Cross-border work is not easy, and it is even more difficult for workers. I hope that in the future of 2023, cross-border workers who have experienced thousands of sails will get what they want and what they ask for!