Freight Forwarding

Ship to other countries using your choice of international fulfillment company

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Easync is auto dropshipping software. Easync offers auto ordering dropshipping. FBE or Fulfilment by Easync is a drop ship fulfillment. We will help you to use amazon to fulfill ebay orders.

When people start dropshipping they usually ask themselves: How to store goods of an online store: warehouse, dropshipping or fulfillment?

The question "Where to store goods?" does not rise immediately. First you think about suppliers, delivery methods, website design ... And then it turns out that there is no place at home for your own things because of the boxes and packaging.

If the product is small, the home space can be used for a long time. It also saves money at the start. But when the turnover grows, you will have to look for a more spacious storage, and it does not have to be your own warehouse.

You can choose a few types of fulfillment.

Dropshipping fulfillment.

With dropshipping fulfillment the online store is not tied to a warehouse. The procedure is as follows:

-The buyer places an order in your online store.

-You forward the order data to the supplier.

-The supplier sends the order directly to the buyer. By agreement, it can be packed in your original packaging.

-All you have to do is manage your online store and attract customers.

This scheme is very attractive for young businesses, as it does not require large investments in the initial purchase of goods. You either pay for the product for which you have already been paid, leaving yourself the difference between the wholesale and retail prices; or the supplier independently accepts payment from your buyer, and returns the difference to you. However, it is important to choose suppliers very carefully, because the responsibility for the purchased goods will lie entirely with you.

Warehouse

The warehouse can be either a garage or a huge hangar. When choosing a room for a warehouse, take into account the characteristics of the product and pay attention to the following parameters:

-temperature regime

-air humidity mode

-insect / rodent resistance.

A convenient location of the premises is important for logistic operations:

-convenient access for large vehicles (not necessarily trucks, but at least freight)

-unhindered access at any time of the day for employees of the online store

-Internet access (for updating warehouse balances in real time).

Fulfillment

Strictly speaking, fulfillment is not only warehouse storage. Organization of a warehouse in fulfillment is one of the range of services.

As with dropshipping, when choosing order fulfillment, you can completely outsource storage, packaging, shipping to customers, and work with returns. There are also additional services: photographing goods for the catalog, individual branded or gift wrapping of parcels, transfer of goods to courier services and others. It is important that fulfillment services provide access to your personal account, where you can see all operations, track each step, and load warehouse balances through the API.


When shipping to other countries eBay offers the GSP or global shipping program. Orders sent with the eBay Global Shipping Program are more expensive for the buyers. This is why we added the 'Freight Forwarding' feature. With Freight Forwarding you can use your chosen international fulfillment company. There are many third party shipping centers that don't cost as much as eBay's and would save your buyers money. 

When shipping to other countries eBay offers the GSP or global shipping program. Orders sent with the eBay Global Shipping Program are more expensive for the buyers. This is why we added the 'Freight Forwarding' feature. With Freight Forwarding you can use your chosen international fulfillment company. There are many third party shipping centers that don't cost as much as eBay's and would save your buyers money. 

You can find the Freight Forwarding Setting on the bottom of the Automatic Ordering Page. 👇

After you click the Enable check box, a drop down appears. Here is where you will place the information of the international fulfillment of company of your choice.  Don't forget to hit save!

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