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How orders are delivered from the Alibaba store (Alibaba)
Features of delivery of goods and orders from the Chinese wholesale store Alibaba.com to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan.
As you already understood, the russian.alibaba.com store-site is primarily focused on the B2B industry, namely, to work business with business bypassing a bunch of intermediaries. Alibaba is a platform where manufacturers find distributors and vice versa on mutually beneficial terms. But there are also retailers and small wholesalers.
Delivery in cases of wholesale, large wholesale on Alibaba
Almost all suppliers sell their wholesale lots on FOB terms. This means that the manufacturer assumes the costs of packing and delivering your order to the port (do not load on the ship), however, relieving himself of all further responsibility for the safety and transportation of the cargo. In this case, all further actions to organize the delivery of the cargo fall on your shoulders. There are other conditions of shipment, but about them in a separate article.
If you are reading this article, then most likely you have no experience in logistics and delivery of goods from China in bulk. In such cases, you should first contact a logistics company (intermediary) who will take care of all the hassle of delivering the cargo to its destination. Believe me, an intermediary will cost you cheaper and safer than your independent actions.
Therefore, the general algorithm for working with Alibaba for large wholesale is as follows:
- Search for a supplier and negotiate conditions;
- Obtaining a preliminary packing list with prices, sizes, weights and names of goods by item;
- Calculation of delivery and customs duties with a logistics partner;
- Conclusion of a contract and payment;
- Providing the necessary data to logisticians;
- Control of delivery to the agreed point.
Delivery in cases of small consignment?
The situation is much simpler if you are interested in single order or small wholesale - in this case you can use express delivery of international postal couriers: UPS, TNT, EMS. The shipping and tracking process is the same for all online retail stores in China. However, even in these cases, do not forget about free shipping which is the same for purchases on Aliexpress. You can determine the shipping cost during the checkout process.
