Practical guides for Amazon sellers, D2C brands, and dropshippers who ship from China. No filler. No theory. Just the operational detail you need to make better decisions about your supply chain.
Every prep service Amazon offered is gone. FNSKU labelling, poly bagging, bubble wrap, bundling. What changed, what it means for your business, and the three options you have.
Port proximity, carrier access, domestic freight costs, and factory locations compared. The data behind why location matters more than most sellers think.
Amazon charges $84.74/CBM in Q4. A Shenzhen warehouse charges $14.70. The math on drip-feeding weekly replenishments instead of bulk-shipping inventory to Amazon.
What it actually looks like to ship Shopify orders from a Shenzhen warehouse. Delivery times to the US, UK, and Australia. Costs per order. What your customers see.
Manufacturer barcodes now provide virtual tracking. What this means for FNSKU labels, your prep process, and whether you still need to label every unit.
Updated transit times and per-kg costs for DHL, FedEx, air freight, and sea freight from Shenzhen. Includes the routes, the carriers, and when to use each option.
COD adoption rates by country, payment methods at the door, settlement cycles, and how to run COD from a China warehouse without a local presence.
HTS classification, DDP vs DAP, Section 301 tariffs, de minimis thresholds, and how to calculate your real landed cost before you commit to a product.
AQL standards, pre-shipment inspection, what to put in a spec sheet, and why catching defects in Shenzhen costs pennies compared to catching them at Amazon.
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