Sellers' orders are stuck at 0! Will this year see a wave of freight forwarders running away?

Cross-border sellers are experiencing the "goods in transit" problem in various ways!

With the continuous development of the cross-border e-commerce industry , the logistics industry , as an important link in the overall cross-border chain , is also gradually emerging and plays a key supporting and guaranteeing role in cross-border e-commerce transactions.

However, such a critical link always "fails" from time to time. Problems such as poor timeliness, high costs and low service quality in cross-border logistics are frequently occurring, which is restricting the business development of cross-border export sellers.

With key events such as Amazon Prime Day approaching, some cross-border sellers have begun to gear up for a big event. Don’t let “logistics collapse ruin everything”!

The seller's order volume is directly set to 0, beware of unreliable "sexy operations"

Recently, a cross-border seller said that he was badly cheated by the unreliable "silly operations" of the logistics company, and the number of orders was directly dropped to 0, causing heavy losses.

It is reported that this cross-border seller sent four batches of goods to the cooperating logistics company within two weeks . During the delivery process, the seller repeatedly instructed that the goods should be sent out as soon as possible. However, mistakes still occurred. Due to the negligence of the logistics company's business and cabinet staff, goods with a difference of 14 days were placed in the same cabinet.

In the end, this seller had no goods to sell for the entire month because he failed to replenish his stock in time.

Although the situation of cross-border sellers having zero orders is not an isolated case since the beginning of 2022, this has a lot to do with global inflation and declining consumer power. This seller originally had decent sales, but because of the logistics company's mistakes, he had zero orders. Anyone would feel "frustrated."

In fact, the above-mentioned cross-border seller’s experience is not uncommon. In cross-border transactions, costs, customer orders, sales, inventory and other links are closely linked to logistics. In the current situation of cross-border logistics chaos, sellers may suffer heavy losses if they fall into traps at any link. This requires sellers to enhance their ability to identify the quality of cross-border logistics companies, and at the same time understand some of the scams of sellers in the market to reduce the risk of being scammed. Let’s take a look at the five scams of bad cross-border logistics companies:

1. The air sent a slow line to the Matson Clippers. Although this kind of operation can be easily seen through, some people will still be fooled ;

2. The Matson Express ship is converted to a Yantian ordinary ship. This is a very common pitfall in the current market . The sellers who are affected will inevitably experience delays in the transportation of their goods .

3. Send a small portion of the seller's goods to Meisen and most of them to Yantian. When the seller asks about it, use " UPS missed the scan " as an excuse;

4. Changing product names and quantities, that is, concealing or underreporting. Some logistics companies have always been lucky enough to increase the chances of customs inspection;

5. Mixing of dangerous goods, chemicals and e-commerce goods. Recently, there have been many ridiculously low prices in the market . Even if the tax rate or number of pieces is changed, it is impossible to achieve such low prices. It is very likely that bad logistics companies are playing tricks, filling warehouses with e-commerce goods and then loading dangerous and sensitive goods.

These cross-border logistics companies themselves have weak risk resistance , but they always have a fluke mentality. They continue to accept large quantities of goods when there are no problems, and run away when problems arise. In the end, the sellers lose both money and goods. However, the cost of making mistakes for these logistics companies is extremely low. They can continue to receive goods and make money by renting an office, pulling a telephone line, and changing their names.

Will there be a wave of freight forwarders running away in 2022?

It is a fact that there is chaos in the cross-border logistics circle. Some industry insiders pointed out that such chaos will only become more serious in 2022, and may even usher in a "runaway wave" of cross-border logistics companies.

This is because compared with 2021, the sales of a large number of cross-border sellers in 2022 decreased year-on-year , and the demand for delivery also inevitably declined. The survival of logistics companies is closely related to the business of sellers, and their days will not be easy if the sellers' orders are cold.

At the beginning of the year, a salesperson who had just entered the cross-border logistics industry said that he had not completed a single order since he entered the industry, and he had been receiving a basic salary of just over 4,000 yuan every month. However, the consumption in Shenzhen is very high, and he could no longer bear it. Not only newcomers, but even senior logistics practitioners who have been in the industry for a long time said that there is a severe shortage of goods this year. When they "scanned" office buildings around the company to develop new customers, many cross-border e-commerce companies were "empty", even though these companies were still doing well in 2021.

Some poorly managed logistics companies on the market cannot afford losses and can only continue to receive goods at low prices to keep their cash flow. It happens that many cross-border sellers consider price as the first factor when selecting logistics companies. Especially since this year, due to unsatisfactory product sales, they pay more attention to prices in the logistics process. However, low prices themselves are a dangerous signal. Low prices mess up the market and make profits. Logistics companies without profits are like empty shells and are in danger of collapse at any time. If sellers hand over goods to logistics companies with safety hazards, they will only "bring trouble upon themselves" and plant a "time bomb" for store operations.

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Therefore, when selecting a cross-border logistics company, sellers should not only be wary of low prices, but also keep their eyes open and enhance their ability to identify good and bad logistics companies. For example, they should fully understand the logistics company before cooperating, including the office environment, warehouse size, back-end standardized processes, warehouse operator configuration, and goods warehousing process.

There are many types of cross-border logistics companies in the world, and they are mixed. It is easy for sellers to be dazzled during the selection process. If they are not careful, they will be "tricked" and suffer heavy losses. So the question is, where can they find good logistics companies?

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