Compared with domestic logistics, cross-border logistics has long distances and longer transportation times, coupled with imperfect cross-border supervision mechanisms, which will produce many bad guys who rely on exploiting loopholes to make money. Judging from what I have seen. The common international logistics traps commonly used by sellers are as follows:
1. Looking for an international express to promise to send a red order, and the price of the red order was paid, but when the red order was actually sent, it was changed to a blue order to obtain the profit of the price difference, which directly caused the seller to cause a huge economy due to serious logistics overtime. loss. Similar to this, I obviously took air freight, but in the end I sailed directly for you.
2. The consignment is a batch of high-tariff goods, but the freight forwarder secretly changed the name of the goods and underreported them as very cheap shipping costs, earning high taxes from them. The final goods were detained by the customs and could not be cleared.
3. Because of information asymmetry, sometimes your product is clearly okay, but the freight forwarder says you have a problem and claims to pay extra customs clearance fees, making you pay more than the actual price.
4. Due to weak legal consciousness and troublesome, he did not sign a formal contract with the freight forwarder in advance. In the end, he was separated by inferior freight forwarders, but was unable to defend his rights.
5. For the sake of profit, the freight forwarder privately replaces the seller’s packaging with cheap, or even less toxic, cheap packaging. In the end, not only during the transportation process, but because the packaging quality is not good enough, the goods will have to face the consumer. Their bad reviews.
Because the freight forwarder used a set of rhetoric when negotiating with you, but because the mechanism was not restricted enough, they had an additional set of operations when they actually delivered the goods. To change this chaotic situation in the entire industry, it is impossible to rely on individual sellers alone, and it is also difficult for sellers not to step on the pit in this environment. Here are some suggestions to let you step on the pits as little as possible.
1. Choosing an international logistics company must be very careful, not only to check the relevant information about its business qualifications, but also to consult with colleagues about the company's situation as much as possible. Don't easily trust the door-to-door international logistics company. It is best to have a few good sellers to share which international logistics companies are more trustworthy and which pits are not to step on. This can avoid many unnecessary pits.
2. If you have already selected one, then the contract must not be omitted, and in the contract, it is necessary to clearly explain how to deal with various disputes that may arise. This requires you to know all kinds of pits, don’t In the contract, let others take advantage of the loopholes and cause the final loss. If conditions permit, consult a legal person.
3. Faced with any international logistics company whose bid is below average, you must think carefully: Why is his price so low? Doesn't he want to make money? I suggest that, regardless of whether it is true or not, simply reject such an international logistics company and always choose an international logistics company with a normal quotation. There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, so don't take a chance.
4. Finally, I hope you still have confidence in this industry. The development of any industry will go through such an irregular stage. Just like the prevalence of Taobao fakes, everyone felt that Taobao would be destroyed by fakes, but Today Taobao is developing very well, and the proportion of fakes on the platform has been greatly reduced. Like cross-border e-commerce, it is not just a group of sellers. For international logistics companies to achieve long-term development, they will also work with the group of sellers to promote the development of the industry in the direction of continuous regulation. I believe the future must be optimistic.
