After high growth, the market continues to surge. AliExpress semi-hosted merchants lament that "market prices are rising every day"

“It’s very busy because we added semi-custodial services and business is good.”

For Eric, an AliExpress merchant in the Xuchang wig industry belt , the May Day holiday is no different from any busy working day because "there are just too many orders to send out."

Since joining AliExpress semi-hosting in January this year , Eric's store has seen a rapid increase in orders . During the Chinese New Year , they have already warehoused all the popular products, and have arranged for the rest of the JITs to ship manually , so they are open on all holidays.

( Merchants on AliExpress said that their business is very good after adding semi-hosting )

AliExpress launched semi-hosting service at the beginning of this year, which has become a new catfish in the cross-border circle, creating a strong whirlwind after the "full hosting". AliExpress semi-hosting allows the platform to take on the complex cross-border logistics links, while leaving merchants with flexible and independent operating and pricing space. With a model of higher profits and less trouble, it has won the favor of many merchants.

The latest data shows that AliExpress semi-hosting has entered a high-speed growth track, with more than 20,000 merchants seeing orders increase by more than 100% in just one month . This momentum is still continuing, and AliExpress merchants are expanding their warehouses and buildings to cope with the surge in orders.

In order to cope with the continued growth brought by semi-hosting, Eric established a new office in the center of Xuchang to recruit more operational talents ; in addition, he also built a new warehouse outside the factory to separate the production and finished product warehouses to facilitate standardized delivery management .

Zishan is also busy working in Shenzhen. When AliExpress semi-trusted services first became popular, Zishan did not join the market immediately. Just after the Chinese New Year, his pop store only received single-digit orders per day. At the end of February, Zishan added a few products to semi-trusted services with a try-and-see attitude and found that "orders increased every day after joining semi-trusted services."

In fact, the hardware category he mainly deals in is very suitable for semi-hosting, as there are many types and styles of products, and they are small and light items with low customer orders. After joining semi-hosting, the AliExpress platform will help him upgrade to a better logistics route by combining orders, so that consumers can receive the goods faster, thereby increasing repurchase and conversion, forming a positive cycle.

At present, Zishan has put 95% of the goods in the store into semi- trusteeship , with an average daily sales of nearly 1,000 orders . "It has grown so fast, in just over a month, it has grown so fast." Zishan sighed.

( AliExpress semi-hosted merchants are busy packing and shipping )

In the eyes of Ryan, a men's shoe merchant in Quanzhou , the Choice Day of AliExpress in early May is the cornerstone of the 618 promotion, so he must hold on. "When doing cross-border business, you can't take holidays in foreign countries or in China." Ryan said with a smile, "You all take holidays, let me ship alone!" At the end of March, Ryan reorganized the links in the store, streamlined the SKU, added more semi-hosting, and the growth was very fast. He is looking forward to the explosion of 618.

The relevant person in charge of AliExpress semi-hosting said that semi-hosting has brought great growth to light and small categories such as seasonal clothing, trendy toys, household goods, digital accessories, etc. Next, the investment promotion efforts will be expanded to categories such as outdoor sports, DIY tools, home decoration and gardening, and pet supplies, and the merchants' delivery operating system and processes will continue to be improved.

In April, AliExpress urgently added three semi -managed warehouses in Chengdu, Qingdao and Tianjin, and also added four new semi-managed JIT collection cities: Wuhan, Baoding, Qingdao and Zhengzhou . In May , more cities including Weihai, Shanwei, Tianjin, Huzhou, Lianyungang and Changsha will be opened to meet the growing delivery needs of many merchants, so that merchants can fully grasp the traffic and make adequate preparations before the upcoming 618, European Cup and Olympic season to obtain order growth.

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