When considering whether to set up warehouses for Alibaba cross-border e-commerce, there are several factors to consider. First of all, the logistics model of cross-border e-commerce is mainly divided into two types: direct mail and overseas warehouses. Direct mail means that after overseas consumers place an order, the seller directly ships the goods from the country. This method has poor timeliness and may take ten days or half a month to arrive. Overseas warehouses, on the other hand, are where the seller transports the products to overseas warehouses in advance. After consumers place an order, the products are directly shipped from overseas warehouses, which can greatly shorten the time consumers wait for arrival and improve logistics efficiency.

The advantage of overseas warehouses is that they can speed up delivery, improve customer satisfaction, and solve the problem of logistics informationization. However, there are certain requirements for building overseas warehouses, such as the need for a certain amount of capital reserves to pay for storage costs and prepare goods in advance, as well as high requirements for product selection to avoid high costs and difficult handling problems caused by the accumulation of goods overseas.

On the whole, whether to set up an overseas warehouse depends on your specific situation, including financial strength, product type, market demand, etc. If your product is suitable and you have sufficient resources to support the operation of an overseas warehouse, then an overseas warehouse may be a good choice, especially when facing the challenges of declining logistics speed and rising costs. But if these conditions are not met, you may need to consider other logistics solutions, such as warehousing outsourcing services, which can help solve problems such as expensive warehouse rental fees, difficult warehouse management, and poor delivery timeliness.