The time limit is too scary! Multiple logistics companies stop accepting goods from 8 states in the United States

The snowstorm in the United States continued, and logistics in many places in the United States and the east coast of China were blocked. Many logistics companies announced that they would stop accepting shipments from eight states including Texas and Washington. In addition, the three major ports were congested and unloading was slow. Warehouses were closed and no reservations were accepted, and goods could not be delivered to the warehouses. Freight forwarders said bluntly that "the time limit was too scary to look at." At the same time, Amazon's front-end directly reminded some buyers that "delivery in your area was delayed due to weather reasons", and sellers' orders plummeted.

Amazon's front-end prompts "delayed delivery due to weather conditions", and sellers' orders fall again

In response to this rare winter storm, Amazon has introduced policies to protect the rights of sellers, saying it will reduce the impact of severe weather on sellers' operations and account health, and has given three operational suggestions for seller protection services. At the same time, Amazon began to remind some buyers on the front end that "delivery in your area has been delayed due to weather reasons."

Recently, due to delayed order delivery, many buyers have cancelled their orders or requested refunds. Now, many sellers are worried that this reminder will discourage more buyers, and this is happening. This week, more sellers complained that "orders are getting worse day by day" and "orders have been cold in the past few days."

In addition to delivery delays, another factor that affects orders is the buyer's funds.

After a year of the pandemic, many American families were already struggling financially, and a snowstorm made the already poor families even worse off. Take Texas as an example. On the 16th, 4 million households lost power. As power was gradually restored, some Texas residents received sky-high bills. Some residents' electricity bills for 5 days were as high as $17,000. Local residents were quite dissatisfied, and Texas has currently stopped sending electricity bills to users.

As one seller said: "I'm so worried about the American people! I wonder if their epidemic is getting better? Is the weather better? Do they have money to buy things?" But the answer is not optimistic.

The time limit is too scary! Multiple logistics companies stop accepting goods from 8 states in the United States

The severe cold and extreme weather in the United States has caused about 70 deaths. Among the many fatalities caused by severe weather, there are many situations such as car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, drowning, house fires and low temperatures across the country. Among them, road conditions have caused sellers to worry.

This week, a platform issued a notice that due to the recent snowstorm in the United States, many logistics companies have issued notices to suspend accepting shipments from some areas or delayed delivery.

Among them, express delivery services in some areas may be delayed due to extreme weather; truck delivery services are greatly restricted. Some truck companies have stopped accepting shipments to Texas, Oklahoma and other regions since February 18, US time . Some stations are closed and order delivery is restricted. The following are areas that are most affected by extreme weather, including Texas (TX), Tennessee (TN), Pennsylvania (PA), Oklahoma (OK), Washington (WA), Oregon (OR), Arizona (AZ), and Northern California. Sellers are advised to carefully import truck orders to the above areas to prevent losses caused by truck companies not accepting them.

The editor consulted the logistics company about the impact of the snowstorm. The company said that the central and eastern regions of the United States were the most affected. On the one hand, some closed FBA warehouses did not accept appointments and could not deliver goods. On the other hand, Amazon was short of staff, so there were delays to varying degrees. "The timeliness is too scary. I dare not look at it."

"The time limit is too scary, I dare not even look at it." The source said that in terms of time limit, under normal circumstances before the New Year, the overall time limit for Mason to deliver goods to popular warehouses in the West Coast, such as ONT8, LGB8, and LAX9, including back-end delivery and warehousing, was basically controlled at 22-25 days. Now no one dares to promise the time limit. Judging from the port congestion, it takes at least a week to unload the ship, and it now takes about 30 natural days to sign for the warehouse. Another freight forwarder also has a headache: "I hope the weather in Texas will improve and the cabinets will be delivered quickly."

The reduction in efficiency is also directly related to the congestion at US ports. The congestion at the Port of Los Angeles has intensified, the number of infected dock workers has increased, and slow land delivery has led to more congestion at the port. The unloading time of large ships has continued to be slow, and most ships are unable to berth and unload after arriving at the port. The waiting time for large ships to berth alone takes 8-14 days, which is already catching up with the sailing time between China and the United States.

Currently, the blizzard in the United States has caused large-scale delivery delays. Among the 75 FBA warehouses that were previously closed , some were not closed for a long time. Some warehouses needed to deal with the backlog of goods. They will reopen to receive goods after closing for a few hours or a few days, but time delays are inevitable. In the long run, sellers still need to extend the stocking cycle and replenish stocks in time by air transport or express delivery.

Large-scale out-of-stock outbreak, the hoarders win

Due to logistics delays to the United States, the number of sellers out of stock has increased significantly.

The congestion at Yantian Port is the best proof that sellers are frantically shipping goods. However, due to the weather and other issues in the United States, logistics are delayed on a large scale, and many sellers have not signed for the goods they shipped before the New Year, which makes the contradiction of out-of-stock more prominent.

As the number of shipments increases after the Chinese New Year, FBA capacity is released. Some sellers have shared their actual experience: the inventory quantity will be updated every Monday and Tuesday evening China time and the quantity is relatively high. During this time, everyone can take the opportunity to create goods as soon as possible. After Wednesday, the inventory quantity will decrease.

With the storage capacity, some sellers who were out of stock have started a new round of panic stocking and continue to spend money to stock up. Perhaps, some people have seen some cases where sellers around them who are stocking up are now experiencing a surge in orders.

Recently, sellers who previously stocked up on goods have been thriving. Having goods is cool! Some are happy to show off their daily sales, while others say: "Americans buy as much as they can in the middle of the night, as if they don't have money." Currently, they are the envy of their competitors and peers in the industry.

Seeing the victory of the stockpiling party, some sellers who were out of stock took the money to stock up, but found some heartbreaking realities: many factories have to wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to start work, and without workers there is no stock. Sellers said directly: The factory is not open, and this year's cross-border logistics is not strong, we can't wait!

According to feedback from some factories that have resumed operations, the price of raw materials is still rising after the Chinese New Year. The prices of raw materials for the polyurethane industry, copper materials, zinc alloys, aluminum alloys, stainless steel, etc. have all increased to varying degrees. By then, sellers who want to purchase goods may have to prepare more funds.

In addition to the snowstorm affecting logistics, the epidemic in the United States is another obstacle to logistics. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of Monday local time, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States has exceeded 500,000. It has increased by 100,000 cases in just 34 days. In the past 30 days, an average of two people died from COVID-19 every minute in the United States. This number is terrible!

The New York Times used nearly 500,000 black dots on its front page to commemorate COVID-19 victims. Each black dot represents a dead person, and the density of the dots represents the growth rate of deaths, covering half of the page.

The number of shipments to Canada is limited to 75

In addition to the logistics obstruction in the United States, the Canadian site, which is also in North America, has also caused sellers a lot of worry.

According to feedback from sellers in the industry, the current limit for Canada's shipments is 75. One seller said frankly that before the New Year, it was 200, but now it is only 75. In addition, logistics is very slow. Before the New Year, it took two months for sea freight to arrive, and now the situation is even worse.

A logistics company said that it is winter time in Canada and the transit speed in Toronto will be slower.

Other sellers who have had the same experience also feel deeply that the sea shipping cycle is very long and the express delivery is expensive, but the shipment quantity is so small that it has been out of stock long ago. The Canadian site is really tiring.

At this stage, logistics issues are still the biggest concern for North American sellers.

United States, Logistics, FBA