As a hot blue ocean market in recent years, Brazil has attracted more and more sellers' attention. Despite the high market threshold, sellers' enthusiasm for entering the Brazilian market has never waned. It is expected that in the next two years, the Brazilian market will be fully open, and localized e-commerce will become an inevitable trend. In this context, choosing a professional overseas warehouse is crucial for Brazilian e-commerce sellers.
Challenges of the Brazilian e-commerce market and the role of overseas warehouse
1、Platform Restrictions
Difficulty in accessing official warehouses: Brazil's major e-commerce platforms such as MercadoLibre, Amazon, Shopee and SHEIN have official warehouses, but sellers' goods cannot be sent directly into the official warehouses of these platforms. Therefore, transit through overseas warehouses has become a necessary choice.
2、Complex tax environment
Tax compliance needs: Brazil's tax environment is complex, tax compliance is a problem that sellers must face. Many sellers ship through local warehouses to achieve tax compliance to avoid tax, so as to earn more profits.
3、High logistics costs
Slow distribution time: high logistics costs and slow distribution time is an important factor restricting the development of Brazilian e-commerce. Overseas warehouses solve these problems well through local fulfillment, shorten the delivery time and reduce logistics costs.
4、Customs clearance is complicated
Cumbersome customs clearance process: Brazil's customs clearance process is relatively complex, requiring the provision of a large number of documents and certificates, which may lead to delays in customs clearance if not careful. Overseas warehouse can provide professional customs clearance services to ensure the smooth entry of goods.
How to choose a professional overseas warehouse
5、Security
Warehouse security: For cross-border merchants, whether the goods can be delivered to consumers safely and on time is undoubtedly a key factor in deciding whether the business can develop for a long time. Due to the relatively chaotic security in Brazil, it is particularly important to choose an overseas warehouse that can ensure the safety of the warehouse and the seller's goods. Professional overseas warehouse should have perfect security measures, such as 24-hour monitoring, insurance coverage, etc., to ensure the safety of goods.
6、System docking capacity
Professional WMS system: strong overseas warehouse enterprises usually optimize inventory management through a professional warehouse management system (WMS). System docking can not only improve the efficiency of inventory management, but also real-time tracking of inventory changes, automatic inventory warning and replenishment reminders. For example, Intelligent Logistics Overseas Warehouse System has launched a solution for the pain points in Latin America, seamlessly docking Amazon, MercadoLibre, Linio, eBay and other Latin American local mainstream e-commerce platforms, and through the mainstream logistics channels in Latin America, the order processing efficiency has increased dramatically at the same time, but also can directly track the logistics trajectory.
7、Protection of fulfillment time
Efficient forwarding service: Efficient forwarding service is the key to ensure the long-term operation of the store. A professional overseas warehouse must ensure the timeliness of one piece of hair, in accordance with the requirements of the platform's shipping time to deliver the goods to the designated location. Intelligent logistics to take OMS + WMS integrated management, standard operating procedures throughout the customer's overall business processes, reducing repetitive operations, improve the efficiency of the warehouse operation, reduce labor costs by 30%, customer satisfaction of 99.9%.
8、Tax Compliance Support
Professional tax consulting: Choosing an overseas warehouse that provides tax consulting services can help sellers better understand Brazilian tax regulations and reasonably avoid tax risks. A professional overseas warehouse service provider should have rich tax experience and be able to provide sellers with customized tax solutions.
9、After-sales service
Returns processing: Good after-sales service is an important part of improving customer satisfaction. Professional overseas warehouses should provide return processing services, including commodity testing, repackaging and re-selling, etc., to ensure a smooth and unimpeded shopping experience for customers.
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