FBA enables Chinese sellers to realize their dream of e-commerce in the United States and the world. You just need to send the goods to any FBA in the world, and Amazon will help you with everything behind! For the vast majority of sellers, how to easily handle the FBA first journey is also a very crazy thing. The first topic of FBA can be talked for three days. How to find reliable logistics service providers? How to plan the logistics scheme? What is the inside story of Shuangqing and what is the standard operation? Today, let's start with money. How much is the first transportation cost of the fba? How to reduce the initial cost of FBA?
How much is the first transportation cost of fba? How to reduce the initial cost of FBA?
In order to reduce costs, we must first understand the cost. Everything in the United States is cheap, but labor is not cheap. Eating, hotels and haircuts are much more expensive than in China, because these services cannot be "traded". If a commodity or service cannot achieve international trade and is difficult to scale up, it must be difficult to reduce costs. Logistics is one of these non tradable services. Therefore, the cost of FBA's first trip is mainly the cost of overseas sections, while the sea freight of domestic sections, including trunk lines, accounts for a small proportion of the total cost.
The customs clearance fees in the United States have not changed for 30 years. Although different customs brokers are different, the difference is only $25-50 a bill. It is meaningless to cut it any more. Moreover, customs brokers or overseas service providers have paid thousands of dollars in customs duties for you, and it is reasonable to add tens of dollars in profits.
What about the cost of dock trailer? First of all, you must ask clearly what are the fees for dragging the card? Are Pierpass, Clean Truck, Fuel Surcharge, Waiting Time and Congestion Charges included? You can take some time to figure out the costs of each port, but I suggest you give up from the perspective of cost and benefit. It's better to ask your supplier to quote an all in price for a trailer. In addition, the cost of truck hauling should be compared with that of the whole process, because the cost will be different depending on the location of the transshipment warehouse. The cost of truck hauling near the wharf will be cheaper, but the cost of FBA warehouse delivery will be higher.
Then look at the unloading, palletizing and loading charges. Because the vast majority of customers choose to pay in the transshipment warehouse, and the cost of warehousing often accounts for a large proportion of the first logistics cost. The hourly wage of American warehouse workers is generally 10 to 15 dollars, and with insurance benefits, it is about 25 dollars per hour. How can it take more than 2 hours for 4-5 workers of HQ to unload bulk cargo? You can calculate the cost. The containers are usually loaded on pallets with forklifts, and the labor cost will be half as low. In addition to the cost of consignment, the local cost of trays above B Grade required by Amazon is generally $8-10 (much cheaper than the 120-140 yuan in China), and the cost is close to $15, including the cost of touching, labeling and labor. What about the storage fee? Generally, the warehouse of transshipment business will give a free warehouse period. However, since the warehouse is required for transshipment, there are fees and costs. The warehouse rent in Los Angeles has nearly doubled in the last three years (all caused by e-commerce), and the warehouse far away from the dock has risen to $70/square foot, which is equivalent to the price of offices in many second tier cities in China.
Besides the cost of warehouse delivery, the biggest cost and gap is the cost of warehouse delivery. Generally, Amazon will allocate 2-3 different warehouses to sellers, and they are often distributed to different cities, even different states. When you are assigned to the United States from east to west, your warehouse delivery cost will be much higher. If your service provider does not have enough transshipment warehouse resources, no matter how low the quotation is, it will not reduce the cost. For example, you are assigned to FTW1 near Dallas. If your service provider has no warehouse in Dallas and wants to send it from Los Angeles, then the cost gap is not a few hundred dollars. Generally, there are 35-40 pallets for a HQ shipment after it is packed. If your shipment cannot bear pressure or the pallets are irregularly packed, it cannot be stacked. It may be delivered by two trucks. If it is calculated at 3000 dollars per vehicle, your cost will be at least 1500-4000 dollars more!
In a word, the first cost of FBA is mainly to find a reliable partner with nationwide warehouse and logistics resource layout through the optimization of professional services and logistics programs, which is the key to reduce the first cost of FBA.
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