Merchants who frequently come into contact with the US FBA should have a good understanding of Amazon's warehouse requirements for goods. Only when the outer packaging meets its requirements and the warehouse entry time is scheduled in advance, can they enter the warehouse. After the goods enter the FBA warehouse, Amazon will be responsible for packaging, courier, and return of the goods. Generally speaking, cross-border e-commerce will choose to directly deliver the goods to the FBA warehouse in the United States, but there are also some special cases where they will choose to deliver the goods to the FBA overseas warehouse.
If the goods are directly delivered to the FBA overseas warehouse in the United States and they are responsible for the delivery of the goods, cross-border e-commerce will not be able to enjoy Amazon's many preferential policies, which will affect product sales. So why do businesses still choose overseas warehouses? Overseas warehouse refers to the warehouse provided by third-party logistics companies. It is not under Amazon's management, but also provides delivery, return and other services. Cross border e-commerce stores goods in overseas warehouses are equally safe and reliable. The main reasons why they chose the US FBA overseas warehouse are as follows.
1. FBA's overseas warehouse fees in the United States are relatively cheap. Merchants choose overseas warehouses to reduce logistics costs.
2. Overseas warehouses have lower requirements for the size and other aspects of the goods. If the size and other specifications of the goods cannot meet the requirements of the FBA warehouse, the merchant can only choose to store the goods in overseas warehouses as a second option.
3. The problem of warehouse explosion and other issues in the US FBA warehouse, where goods cannot be stored in a timely manner, will affect the sales of goods. Merchants need to seek other ways to solve the delivery problem of goods. For example, affected by the COVID-19 this year, the reservation of the FBA warehouse has been scheduled for three months, and merchants can only avoid the risk of commodity delivery by storing goods in overseas warehouses.