The end of the year is approaching, not only Amazon sellers, but also major logistics companies will start to have holidays one after another. Coupled with the drop in shipping prices, sellers have already started preparing their 2023 stocking plans.

In recent years, relying on the vigorous growth of cross-border industries, cross-border logistics has also taken advantage of the trend. Especially in 2020, while prices are rising infinitely, it is quite common that a cabinet is hard to find. However, due to the lack of supervision, the industry is full of chaos, and scenes of thunderstorms, bankruptcy, and money laundering are repeated every day.

Since the beginning of this year, due to the drop in freight rates, in order to attract more customers, freight forwarders have started to come in at low prices, and the phenomenon in the industry is even more mixed.
The recent update of Amazon's background delivery page also exposed the chaos of freight forwarders "delivering from distant warehouses to near".  …

The end of the year is approaching, not only Amazon sellers, but also major logistics companies will start to have holidays one after another. Coupled with the drop in shipping costs, sellers have already begun to prepare their stocking plans for 2023.

In recent years, relying on the vigorous growth of cross-border industries, cross-border logistics has also taken advantage of the trend. Especially in 2020, while prices are rising infinitely, it is quite common that a cabinet is hard to find. However, due to the lack of supervision, the industry is full of chaos, and the scenes of thunderstorms, bankruptcy, and money rolling are repeated every day.

Since the beginning of this year, due to the drop in freight rates, in order to attract more customers, freight forwarders have begun to come in at low prices, and the phenomenon in the industry is even more mixed.

The recent update of Amazon's background delivery page also exposed the chaos of freight forwarders "delivering from distant warehouses to near".  …

According to the receiving address and registered address displayed in the background, the seller can check whether he has been shipped by the freight forwarder. Some sellers found that their delivery address was clearly FTW5, but they were actually handed over to the XLX2 warehouse in the western United States, which may be sent by some bad forwarders.

In addition to the page revision, this rectification measure can also be seen in the delivery warehouse. Amazon has also introduced other policies:

The carrier's booking list is required to be more than 70% accurate before delivery.

If 4 "disorderly warehouse shipments" are found within 8 weeks, the shipping center account will be directly sealed.

(Pre-Order (“PO”) Manifest Accuracy (“MA”) is the comparison between the PO quantity on the reservation (entered by the carrier) and the PO quantity received by Amazon. Included in the reservation and successfully in-stocked The total number of orders; the number of orders not in the reservation but received by Amazon warehouse; and the sum of the number of POs in the reservation but lost on receipt)

The introduction of these policies also indicates that Amazon will step up efforts to crack down on illegal freight forwarders in the future and urge sellers to operate accounts in compliance. We also remind the majority of sellers to be cautious when choosing a logistics provider, and not to be greedy for small gains, which will lead to their account being banned.

Here, based on the experience of many Amazon sellers, Little Craftsman will give you some suggestions when choosing a logistics provider:

1. Find a logistics company with good qualifications, complete channels, and good control of every link. Including basic information such as establishment time, company address, legal person, and business conditions. , Ask friends in the circle about the word-of-mouth of the logistics provider, search whether the company has been complained by other sellers, and try to understand the situation of the freight forwarding company in an all-round way. Field trips are available if conditions permit.

2. Improve your professionalism. Such as customs declaration information, customs declaration documents, product names, declaration elements, pictures, etc. For logistics companies, the more complete the elements, the lower the probability of additional expenditure.

3. Sign the contract, and the claims should be clearly stated in the contract.

4. For small and medium-sized sellers, due to limited strength and resources, they do not have the corresponding ability to deal with and solve logistics problems. When stocking up, they need to take stock of basic data such as the quantity of products in overseas warehouses, sales capabilities, and quantities in transit, accurately calculate the quantity of replenishment, reduce logistics chaos, take the quantity of replenishment on their heads, and effectively control logistics costs.

Finally, it is also recommended that sellers pay attention to the logistics information of their products in a timely manner, so as to avoid logistics errors and affect performance.