Are delivery fees going to increase again during peak season? How can sellers keep their profits...

For cross-border people, September means the official start of the cross-border peak season. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber ​​Monday, Christmas... these festivals with strong demand from overseas consumers are coming soon!

However, due to the slowdown in global economic growth and continued inflation in many overseas countries, many sellers have fallen into anxiety and bottlenecks in profit growth under the influence of multiple factors.

In addition to facing the situation of "low-price internal competition", sellers may also have to face the dilemma of rising logistics costs.

Since last year, several e-commerce platforms have adjusted their shipping rates, and many express delivery giants such as DHL, UPS, and FedEx have also announced price increases.

For example, at the end of last year, Temu announced that it would reduce the proportion of shipping costs borne by the platform; in August of this year, Amazon announced that it would increase FBA shipping costs during the holiday shopping peak period.

In short, the above problems have brought certain pressure to sellers in preparing for the peak season.

If delivery fees continue to rise during this year's peak season, how can sellers maintain their profits?

Some sellers have chosen to abandon certain products that already have lower profits, but this is not a long-term solution.

Choosing a more cost-effective logistics service is one of the ways for sellers to maintain profits during the peak season.

To help merchants better serve overseas consumers, Cainiao International Express has launched a limited-time discount for first orders!

"First order discount - register and order to enjoy a 100 yuan shipping discount coupon"

[Event Period]:

13:00:00 on August 29, 2023 to 23:59:59 on September 30, 2023 (“Event Period”)  

[Activity Target]: During the event period, registered Chinese customers who meet the following conditions:

1) Such customers have completed the online registration of Cainiao International Parcel Network, signed the Cainiao SaaS Platform Customer Logistics Service Agency Agreement with Cainiao, and subscribed to the Cainiao SaaS Platform Customer Logistics Service Standard Service ;

2) Such customers have never placed or created their first logistics order with Cainiao (“Customer”)

1. Customers who have never placed a logistics order can get 2 free shipping discount coupons with a face value of 50 yuan after completing registration and service ordering, with a total value of 100 yuan. Each customer (calculated based on a single business license) can only get 2 coupons at most. The number of coupons for this event is limited, and they will be sorted in the order in which customers meet the requirements, on a first-come, first-served basis.

2. Customers can use coupons to place orders through the "Cainiao International Parcel Network Merchant Workstation" or ERP to select Cainiao International Express Service. Each logistics order can use up to 1 coupon. If customers choose Cainiao International Express Service through ERP, the 2 most recent orders will be automatically deducted for coupons based on the time when the order was created after the coupon was issued; if customers place orders through the "Cainiao International Parcel Network Merchant Workstation", customers can choose whether to use coupons for specific orders.

3. Coupons can only be used to deduct the forward delivery fee of the order (the freight item under the order fee information) , and are not applicable to the deduction of any other service fees or fees, such as value-added services. When the order is shipped, the deduction will be made based on the actual forward delivery fee incurred. If the actual forward delivery fee amount incurred is less than the coupon amount, the actual forward delivery fee amount will be deducted. For any unused discount denomination amount, the coupon cannot be used after deduction.

4. The coupon is valid from 13:00:00 on August 29, 2023 to 23:59:59 on September 30, 2023. Customers must complete the creation of the first and/or second logistics order within the promotion period. The coupon will be invalid if the period is exceeded.

5. Instructions for use: Customers can query coupons under "Merchant Workstation-Account Management". If a customer chooses to use a coupon when placing an order, the coupon will become "in use" after the order is successfully submitted, and will become used after actual delivery and billing. If an order is cancelled and the coupon is still valid, the coupon will be restored to the pending state after the order is cancelled and can continue to be used.

(All content is subject to the final launch of Cainiao International Express Service)

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