Maximizing Efficiency with Alibaba Shipping Agent: A Comprehensive Guide

Maximizing Efficiency with Alibaba Shipping Agent, One of the first things many factories in China will ask you before taking your order is whether you have an international shipping agent. They need you to give them your China shipping agent’s warehouse address for them to send the goods to. From there, your China shipping agent will consolidate and ship your goods together internationally to you. langxu freight will therefore be your international shipping agent and offer you a warehouse address located in Guangdong province – the logistical and import-export hub of China with access to the most shipping routes from China at the lowest shipping rates.

What is Alibaba?

Alibaba Group is China’s — and by some measures, the world’s — biggest online commerce company. Its three main sites — Taobao, Tmall and Alibaba.com — have hundreds of millions of users, and host millions of merchants and businesses. Alibaba handles more business than any other e-commerce company. Alibaba has been the world’s largest and most valuable retailer since April 2016, with operations in over 200 countries as well as one of the largest Internet companies.

Its online sales and profits surpassed all US retailers (including Walmart, Amazon and eBay) combined since 2015. It has been expanding into the media industry, with revenues rising 3-digit percents year on year. It also orchestrated China’s Singles’ Day into becoming the world’s biggest online and offline shopping day, with its own sales reaching over US$25.4 billion on 11 November 2017 alone. In 2016, Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall, which are now two of the world’s largest and most popular online retail marketplaces, achieved a total transaction volume of 3 trillion yuan (US$478.6 billion). 

Alibaba.com itself which is the primary company of Alibaba, is as of 2014, the world’s largest online business-to-business trading platform for small businesses around the world. Founded in Hangzhou in eastern China, Alibaba’s English language portal Alibaba.com handles sales between importers and exporters from more than 240 countries and regions and primarily facilitates factories in China exporting to customers around the world. Later on Alibaba also developed the Chinese portal 1688.com which was meant for domestic business-to-business trade in China (although 1688 is also picking up in popularity among foreign based businesses). 

Today, Alibaba is the synonymous with global trade and ecommerce. Purchasers and distributors from around the world can find countless Chinese factories selling almost any type of product on Alibaba.com at great prices. This makes Alibaba the foremost sourcing platform for international buyers looking to buy and ship internationally from China. According to the Alibaba website, the Alibaba digital economy generated RMB7,053 billion (US$1 trillion*) in GMV in the 12 months ended March 31, 2020, which mainly included GMV of RMB6,589 billion (US$945 billion) transacted through its China retail marketplaces, as well as GMV transacted through our international retail marketplaces and local consumer services.

Alibaba International Shipping Agent

Have your packages from one or multiple Alibaba suppliers/factories sent to our warehouse in China and we’ll consolidate and ship internationally to you via air, sea or rail.

Buying samples or buying in bulk from multiple Alibaba suppliers or factories in China and need us to consolidate them and have them shipped together internationally to you? This will help you to minimize your international shipping costs from China since it would cost much more to have each individual product shipped separately. Get our warehouse address in China and give it your Alibaba suppliers/factories for them to send the goods to. Once all the goods have arrived at our warehouse, we will consolidate and ship internationally to you.

Furthermore, warehousing, storage, repacking and consolidation of goods at our warehouse are offered free of charge. This allows you to take your time to make all the orders you need to make without worrying about incurring storage charges before shipping. We’ll store your goods for you at our warehouse until everything has arrived and you’re ready to ship internationally.

Enjoy Free Warehousing Services at the langxu freight Warehouse

Our Free Storage, Free Labelling, Free Repackaging & Free Consolidation services significantly reduce your shipping costs when buying in bulk from Alibaba Merchants (and other Chinese factories/manufacturers/websites/suppliers) and shipping internationally to your doorstep.

Free Storage

For international shipments through langxu freight, storage of goods is free. Hence you can take your time to make all the orders from various suppliers that you need to make – we’ll store all your goods (which have already arrived) at our warehouse until everything has arrived and you’re ready to ship internationally. This is on the understanding that the goods will not be held at the warehouse for an unduly long period of time and will be promptly shipped out once all your goods have arrived. Note that free storage is only for international shipments done through langxu freight. 

Free Labelling of Packages

langxu freight does not charge you for labelling of packages at our warehouse. Whether you need us to label your packages with Amazon FBA stickers for purposes of shipping to Amazon FBA warehouses or you need us to stick on your company on your company logo, simply send the stickers to us by email (jack@langxufreight.com) we’ll stick them on for you at no charge. 

Free Repackaging Service

langxu freight does not charge you for repackaging of goods at our warehouse. Once all your packages have arrived we’ll access them for international shipping and decide how to pack them in the most efficient way as to minimize your volumetric weight and thereby minimize your international shipping costs. This may involve using a smaller package for certain items or simply combining all the items from different packages into one big package – we’ll do whatever it takes to minimize your volumetric weight. 

Free Consolidation of Packages

langxu freight does not charge you for consolidating your packages into a single shipment. This is ideal if you’re buying from multiple Alibaba Suppliers (or other Chinese websites) but wish to have all your goods shipped together as a single international shipment in order to minimize your shipping costs. Consolidation is sometimes confused with repacking but in actual fact consolidation can come both with or without repacking.

Consolidation simply refers to the act of shipping multiple packages concurrently as a single shipment – they do not all have to be combined into one big package – as long as they are shipped together (concurrently) it is considered one consolidated shipment. There is a base shipping charge (which can be thought of as a minimum shipping charge) for each shipment that you make and shipping multiple packages concurrently (which constitutes a consolidated shipment) ensures that you only have to pay this base charge once instead of paying it for every single package that is shipped separately.

Even without repacking them into a single package, shipping multiple packages concurrently helps you save because you are only charged the base shipping weight once. This helps reduce your international shipping costs. Naturally, if deemed appropriate for your shipment, consolidation can come with repackaging too – after assessing your shipment if we deem that combining all the items into one single large package or into fewer packages can help reduce your volumetric weight, we will do so for you at no charge. 

Enjoy a whole host of the best deals on air, sea and train shipping when buying and shipping internationally from China

While you can indeed find amazing bargains when you buy from factories and suppliers on Alibaba.com and other China-based websites, langxu freight ensures your international shipping costs are minimized too by shipping for you in the smartest and most economical way, whether by air, sea or rail.

As a professional China-based freight forwarding service, we can offer you such preferential shipping rates due to our high shipping volumes and established relationships with the shippers. Based on the specific details of your shipment such as the weights, dimensions, volume, type of products and country being shipped to, we’ll advice you on the smartest and most economical way to ship.

Why you need a shipping agent like langxu freight when shipping internationally from China

• Most factories, manufacturers and suppliers in China take orders on an EXW basis and will require you to have a shipping agent in China before taking your order.
• Using a Shipping Agent in China to consolidate purchases from multiple manufacturers, factories helps minimize your shipping costs from China because there are minimum costs per shipment and the larger the shipment, the lower the cost per kg or per CBM. Therefore it makes sense to consolidate and ship everything together as a single international shipment rather than shipping each separately.
• As your Shipping Agent in China, langxu freight also offers you free storage and warehousing. This is important because many of the factories you are buying from may not finish producing your products at the same time. Therefore you may need to have some stored at the langxu freight warehouse until the rest of them are ready. 
• Unlike your manufacturers, your shipping agent specializes in shipping internationally from China and can better advice you on the best and most cost effective ways to ship from China. Your shipping agent also has access to many shipping routes that your manufacturers may not have, along with partnerships with customs brokers and delivery agents around the world that can enable your goods to be shipped to you on a door-to-door basis. 
• Anonymity from your suppliers: in some cases, you may be buying samples or goods from multiple suppliers and may not want them to know how many suppliers and which suppliers you are buying from – showing too many cards to your suppliers may reduce your ability to bargain prices with them in future. A shipping agent like langxu freight helps maintain your anonymity from your suppliers as our warehouse will receive your goods from your suppliers and will not reveal any confidential details about your other purchases to them
• Anonymity from your customers: in many cases, suppliers will have your goods packaged using their branding, logo, leaflets, contact details and even your receipts. This can be a business killer for you if you will be shipping to your customers since it will enable your suppliers to cut you off as the middle man. A shipping agent like langxu freight can help you remove all branding, receipt and contact details from your suppliers. We can also repack them into different packages that do not contain any information from the suppliers. 

langxu freight is a leading China Shipping Agent which offers international shipping from China by air, sea or rail.

Air shipping is fastest route, mostly for smaller shipments where speed is a priority. Ocean shipments are meant for larger shipments such as shipping in pallets or containers on an LCL or FCL basis. Train shipping is also meant for larger shipments and is only available for shipments to Europe. 

Air Shipping/Freight

For smaller shipments and even larger shipments where your priority is speed, we ship via air courier/cargo. Air courier shipments via DHL, FedEx, UPS, TNT or SF Express can be delivered to you or your customers’ doorsteps in as quickly as 3-5 business days. For larger shipments we can also ship by air cargo (via commercial airlines). We also have bulk air shipping routes (for large shipments) to USA, Canada, UK & all of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore that are inclusive of customs clearance and delivery to door (including Amazon FBA warehouses around the world).

Ocean Shipping/Freight

For larger shipments especially if you’re shipping in pallets or containers, we can ship to you via ocean freight. Note that ocean shipments are measured in terms of Cubic Meters (CBM) if shipping on a LCL (Less Container Load Basis), and in terms of 20 foot or 40 foot containers if shipping on a FCL (Full Container Load Basis).

Sea shipments to many countries including USA, Canada, UK & all of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia are inclusive of delivery to door (including Amazon FBA warehouses around the world) Note that small shipments are not eligible for shipping by sea. For many of these countries, there is even the option to include customs duties in the sea shipments.

Train Shipping/Rail Freight

Also for larger shipments only, shipping by train is a good alternative to shipping by air or sea because it is more cost effective than shipping by air and logistically easier to handle than shipping by sea. Note that currently shipping by train is only available for shipments to European countries and comes inclusive of customs clearance, customs duties and delivery to door. The goods are transported to Europe by train and after customs has been cleared, UPS will handle the delivery to door.

we can purchase goods for you in china and provide free warehousing services, door to door delivery to your address.
Enjoy free storage, consolidation & repacking at our China Warehouse before shipping internationally.
ensures your international shipping costs are minimized too by offering you shipping rates that are up to 70% lower than retail shipping rates. As a professional China-based freight forwarding service, we can offer you such preferential shipping rates due to our high shipping volumes and established relationships with air courier partners.