What is EPC(Export Process Center)? EPC(Export Process Center) Review, Features

EPC (Export Process Center) is an export processing center service provided by Wish. The platform combines and delivers the goods purchased by the same buyer across stores based on the user's order status.

About EPC

Simply put, EPC is to ship products from different merchants to the same consumer. After each merchant ships them to the Shanghai EPC processing center for packaging and processing, they are then sent to the consumer in a unified manner using a more high-quality logistics method. Currently, this service supports goods shipped from China to the United States. From traffic tilting to usage adjustments, after a period of operation, the EPC China-to-US route combined order service project has made more adjustments to preferential merchants and convenient merchants, helping merchants to more easily cope with logistics challenges.

Advantages

1. Logistics cost advantage

This is the biggest advantage of the EPC China-US combined order service. For products shipped to the United States, products included in the service will enjoy an 85% discount on China Post's standard weight rate (or EUB rate), and the logistics cost of shipping products to the United States is as low as 1.91 yuan.

2. Enjoy the delivery service

The delivery products are more popular with platform consumers because of the guaranteed timeliness. Orders that meet the requirements of the EPC combined order service project will be delivered with delivery or even higher-level logistics services, and the logistics are guaranteed. Meeting the requirements means meeting the arrival time, correct information, and no contraband in the package. See the appendix on goods attributes.

3. 70% insurance

Every merchant does not want to see returns, and for returns due to logistics reasons, orders that meet the requirements of the EPC combined order service project will be insured for 70% of the value of the goods to maximize the protection of merchant interests. Refunds due to logistics reasons refer to customers selecting the reason for refund on the Wish platform as too long logistics time, the goods were not received, or the received goods were damaged.

4. 20% advance loan

If the ordered products are delivered to the EPC Shanghai Processing Center within 96 hours and meet the order requirements, they can also enjoy an early loan discount of 20% of the order amount. The relevant funds will be paid to the merchant account on the next loan date to help merchants cope with financial pressure. The early loan discount is valid until June 30.

cost

The price advantage of EPC's combined order service from China to the United States is one of the most competitive advantages of the project. To ensure that products are delivered to consumers as quickly as possible, merchants are advised to send the ordered goods to the Shanghai EPC processing center within 96 hours* to enjoy the most favorable logistics prices.

*Time calculation method: starts from the time the APPROVED order is released to the merchant backend and ends when it reaches the EPC scan.

1. Orders within 96 hours

For orders delivered to the EPC processing center within 96 hours (including 96 hours), orders weighing less than 0.5 kg (including 0.5 kg) will be charged at 85% of the China Post standard weight rate, with a minimum weight of 0.02 kg; orders weighing more than 0.5 kg will be charged at 85% of the E-mail rate.

The standard rate for China Post ordinary mail is 112.52 yuan/kg;

The standard rate for China Post E-Post is 80 yuan/kg, with a handling fee of 10 yuan;

The 85% billing discount is valid until June 30.

2. Orders outside 96 hours

For orders that arrive at the EPC processing center after 96 hours, an additional 20% handling fee will be charged on top of the above preferential prices. EPC combined order rates are settled using the Wish account, using a post-paid payment method. The bill for the previous month is generated on the 1st of each month, and payment must be completed before the 15th of each month.

Procedure

1. Open a Wish account and bind a merchant account.

2. Use the EPC product selection tool to select participating products.

In order to facilitate merchants to use EPC services, the platform allows merchants to select products that need to participate in the EPC consolidated order service. There are two selection methods: product selection blocking and product selection participation. The selection can be adjusted on a weekly basis, giving merchants greater operational autonomy and flexibility.

(1) Product selection tools can be used flexibly according to the store's merchandise situation.

Use the product selection blocking list function to block a small number of unsupported products from EPC orders; or use the product selection participation list function to select some products to participate in the EPC service.

(2) Adjustments can be made weekly to deal with temporary shortages of hot-selling products.

Merchants can click the "Edit Next Product List" button to modify the EPC participating products and models. This can be modified multiple times before the modification deadline of the "Next Product List".

3. Create an EPC logistics list.

Sellers can create EPC logistics orders through Wish Mail, or they can operate through the ibay365-ERP system. Isn’t it convenient?

Precautions

When fulfilling EPC orders, sellers need to pay attention to:

1. EPC order fulfillment has a very rigorous judgment logic.

First, determine whether the goods purchased by the buyer are in stock. If not, the order fails. Secondly, determine whether the goods are in the valid list of EPC. If the goods are selected as non-EPC goods by the seller, a normal order is generated. Finally, the system will determine whether the order meets the EPC marking requirements, that is, whether the buyer has an EPC order that meets the quantity requirements within a period of time. If so, the above orders will be marked with EPC and the EPC service will be used to fulfill the orders.

2. Among the orders to be fulfilled, there are orders marked with EPC.

You can only use the Wishpost-EPC channel in the bound Wish account to fulfill shipments.

3. The verification of EPC channels is relatively strict.

All sellers must fill in the correct Wish transaction ID, that is, the order ID on the Wish website, otherwise the order will not be placed normally.

Target customers

Taking into account the advantages and tariff rules of EPC's combined order service from China to the United States, the EPC combined order service is suitable for all types of merchants and products. Products can not only enjoy a more secure high-level logistics service than direct logistics, but also enjoy a much more favorable logistics price than the standard tariff. Of course, in order to enjoy the greatest discount of the EPC combined order service, merchants need to send the ordered goods to the Shanghai processing center within 96 hours, which puts forward requirements for the product inventory.

Instructions

After joining the EPC China to US consolidated order service, when the EPC order is released to the merchant backend, the order will have a corresponding logo to remind the merchant. The merchant can ship the goods through the Wish mail account bound to the merchant ID according to the corresponding EPC logistics order number generated by the transaction ID of the order.