"U.S. overseas warehouse refers to the warehouse established in the U.S. Cross-border buyers will sell goods to the U.S. warehouse, so as to achieve shipment in the U.S. mainland.
And Amazon FBA warehouse refers to sellers sending goods in bulk to Amazon FBA warehouse, when the goods are sold, Amazon completes the order picking, packaging and distribution.
01 What are the services of the U.S. overseas warehouse
Provide long-term storage for goods
For example, by transporting goods to US overseas warehouses when shipping prices are low, and then selling goods directly from US warehouses during the peak selling season, sellers can not only save the cost of renting warehouses domestically, but also avoid the problem of high shipping costs and logistics delays during the peak season.
FBA Returns for Label Change
When the seller's products can't be sent to the warehouse because of logistics delays, the listing audit is unqualified or invalid, the goods are accused of infringement, the account is blocked, etc., the seller can remove the goods to the U.S. overseas warehouse, and then re-transport the goods to the Amazon warehouse after changing the labelling and packaging, which can directly help buyers to avoid the loss of goods.
One for one delivery
Sellers will store the goods in the U.S. overseas warehouse, when the platform generates an order, the seller notifies the U.S. overseas warehouse sorting parcels and out of the warehouse, and then handed over to the local USPS, DHL, UPS and other couriers, directly from the U.S. mainland warehouse to the buyer's hand a generation of the whole process only 1-3 days to reach the United States throughout the country, greatly improving the efficiency of the delivery.
FBA transit replenishment
For example, when the shipping price is low, the goods are transported to the U.S. overseas warehouses, and then sold directly from the U.S. warehouse during the peak season, the seller can not only save the cost of renting warehouses in the country, but also avoid the high freight costs and logistical delays during the peak season.
Recycling Inventory Service
Many sellers often encounter Amazon inventory backlog problem, there are many reasons, some are platform reasons and some are sellers' own commodity reasons. These inventories are not cleared in time, not only occupy the storage capacity, but also consume the seller's high storage costs, but also can not create the expected profit. U.S. overseas warehouse inventory recovery service is for such products, to a certain discount price to quickly help sellers to clean up slow-selling inventory. Sellers can not only liberate the warehouse capacity can also recover part of the money.
In addition, the U.S. overseas warehouse also provides many other value-added services, according to the different service providers to provide different service content, sellers can choose according to their own needs.
02 The difference between the U.S. overseas warehouse and the Amazon FBA warehouse
So, what is the difference between the U.S. overseas warehouse and the Amazon FBA warehouse?
(1) Amazon FBA warehouses do not provide customs clearance services, but most U.S. overseas warehouses can provide importers to help sellers with customs clearance. Choose FBA warehouse headway needs to be solved by the seller himself, but choose overseas warehouse can provide including headway, customs clearance and tail delivery service.
(2) Amazon FBA warehouse has restrictions on the size, weight and category of the product, especially large oversized products, the U.S. overseas warehouse is not, for large oversized products can be normal warehouse operation, just according to the cooperation of the U.S. overseas warehouse warehouse site size to decide.
(3) Sellers choose Amazon FBA warehouse, sellers can enjoy more official Amazon resources, such as increasing the exposure of sellers' products, improving sellers' Listing rankings, helping sellers grab shopping carts, etc., which are conducive to improving the flow and sales of sellers' shops. But the use of U.S. overseas warehouse services, may be more some local service provider resources.
(4) Amazon FBA warehouse tail-end delivery and customer service after-sales service by Amazon is responsible for the whole process, but for the buyer's return, Amazon will not help sellers to confirm whether the product can still be sold, and directly judged to be unsaleable. On the contrary, the U.S. overseas warehouse, the tail end of the distribution of the use of the U.S. overseas warehouse account, the price may be more expensive, but the U.S. overseas warehouse can help sellers test the quality of the returned product to determine whether it can be re-sold on the shelves, which can help sellers to reduce losses.
(5) FBA warehouses only provide delivery services for orders through the system, which requires sellers to affix labels, and if the labels can't be scanned, the goods can't be put on the shelves. The U.S. overseas warehouse is flexible in its operation, and can provide services such as assembly, labelling, picking and delivery.
(6) U.S. overseas warehouse storage in addition to paying storage fees, there is almost no risk.FBA warehouse because it is associated with the Amazon account, if you sell products on Amazon out of the question, the account was closed by Amazon, then the goods placed in the Amazon FBA warehouse will also be temporarily seized can not be sold.
Summary:
U.S. overseas warehouse and FBA warehouse have their own advantages and disadvantages, and at the same time can complement each other, a reasonable choice can better help sellers. For some sellers with sufficient funds, you can choose FBA, the time limit is faster. There is no big requirement for the time limit, want to save storage costs, then choose the overseas warehouse."
