I just finished dragging the first batch of cartons into the warehouse for a buyer based in South America.
There are still four more shipments from completely different factories currently on the road heading our way. Managing these random arrivals takes a lot of physical coordination. A huge chunk of our client base operates exactly like this. They need to source a wide variety of product categories to keep their retail stores fresh, but their individual order volumes are relatively small.
If they tried to ship each small batch individually across the ocean, the logistics fees would eat their margins alive. Small volumes usually don’t qualify for cheap sea freight rates. You can check the current global LCL shipping freight indexes to see how brutal small-parcel shipping has become lately.
That is why they prefer our order consolidation model. I basically act as their central staging ground in China. We help them purchase from various suppliers and temporarily store the goods in our warehouse for free. We sit on the inventory until we accumulate enough volume to make a consolidated shipment financially viable. Sometimes we ship based on volume thresholds, and other times we time it perfectly with their local sales cycles.
It requires a lot of tedious tracking and heavy lifting. Managing multiple factory deliveries into one smooth export isn’t easy. But it saves them a massive amount of money.
If you have any questions or thoughts about importing products from China, feel free to leave a message or DM me. I am very happy to discuss them with you