How To Get The Best Freight Forwarder For Your Amazon FBA

Hello beautiful 30 warriors, how is

your

day? I hope

your

day goes well. We all know that shipping cost is a big part of our total cost. Sometimes the shipping cost alone is more than the cost of our product. We all wanted to find a great

freight

forwarder

to help us minimize shipping cost so we can make more profit, so in this video I will give you an insight into the world of

freight

forwarder

s and give you some tips on how to ask the right questions so you can find a great carrier to help with your business let's get started you know me in case you don't know i'm your ping this is the place to be if you really want to learn how to stock up the right way people spend thousands of dollars buying products.

It is very important that we do this part well. I have been sourcing for almost 20 years. I wanted to share what I know with you and I want to share it in the most positive way so that you feel empowered to be able to run your business and make money. Now back to our freight forwarder topic, there are three things you need to know about Friede's shipping business in general before asking specific questions about your shipping quote. The number one question is how does the freight forwarder make money. 3 folders are service providers. Actually, the companies do not own additional equipment, like a plane or an ocean ship, they only provide you the service to help you organize your product, pick it up at point A and deliver it at point B, how they make money, negotiate a rate of discount.

With the carrier that owns the actual equipment, such as an airline or container shipping company, for example, you ask your freight forwarder to give you a quote to airfreight a small box of product from China to the United States in the quote that they can specify. The airline is China Air. The reading that your freight forwarder gave you already included your margin added to China Air's previously negotiated discount rate. The same was applied to them to the shipping rate given to you by your already negotiated cargo folder. With the ocean container shipping companies, like Musk or Costco, they have a special rate and add their Martin to their quote.

How much discount can your freight folder get from air or ocean carriers? It all depends from there, Molly, oh, this leads to the second thing. you need to know the special lane, what is a special lane, especially it is the lane in which your freight forwarder is so strong that his rate is so aggressive, for example, Sorvino ee is a freight binder that you used to work with your Italian lane. strong because Savino transports each bottle of olive oil to Costco in the United States. They have a lot of leverage when negotiating with the container shipping company for a discount rate and therefore can be aggressive with the quote they give you.

In general, the freight business is a low margin business driven by volume, the large companies at the top dominate DSV Savino Dominique you and Robinson negotiates. These companies negotiate very aggressive rates with the carriers, which leads to the question of how does the small freight transportation business make money, that is the number three things you need to know association and network let me give you an example. I use a US based freight forwarder called Priority to pick up my shipment from China to the United States in China, a company called Honor Lane, please contact my Chinese supplier who owns lane other Lane are priorities Chinese counterpart their partners big brands like DSV CH Robinson QA or Savino there are so many at the top who own their d rekt offices in different countries but they are small carriers that operate through associations and affiliations, which gives them collective power to compete with the big companies of cargo transportation.

I wanted to share this with you because I don't want you to be surprised when you ask a freight forwarder to give you a quote. A different company will pick up your shipment. Now you know a little. of the freight forwarding business, let's go back to your Freight Forwarding folder and your quote. My number one tip for you is to know how to rate a Chinese freight forwarder. If you post one in the Facebook group, you'll see so many hands go up and say. Can I help you. I can help you move your product from China to your country.

Well, the question is: can you trust Chinese free folders? If so, how do you rate them? Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to doing everything, including using a Chinese freight forwarder. On the one hand, you are debating whether you should use a local freight forwarding company. At least I know their offices. There is a phone number there I can call to verify my shipment. On the other hand, the Chinese company is giving me a very good rate that can save me. a couple hundred dollars should I trust this Chinese company? Let me give you some comments.

There are four things you can do. Social proof number one. Website number two. Business lessons number three and payment verification number four. Quickly explain social proof. How did you come to know this? To start, freight forwarding company, do you have a seller on a particular Facebook? Search their name and see if they have provided value to the community. How long have they been there? It will give you an idea if this company is trustworthy and then you go to their official website, if you can't even find a website that does not indicate any signs, number three is the business license as far as the business is concerned, this company could have only 2 or 3 people, so ask them to provide you the business lesson, a copy of the picture is fine and number 4 is most likely: this company will ask you to pay in advance for the shipping cost, if that is case, be sure to verify that the bank transfer instructions the company specified on the pro forma invoice match the company name, follow these verification steps to qualify the Chinese freight forwarder.

Tip number 2 is to know how to compare quotes if the Chinese street folders quote is $300 cheaper than the local freight folders quote. That's great, but you have to wonder if this is the same quote. Remember We talked about ownership and affiliation. This doorbell? Freed Portfolio has offices in Philadelphia or partner offices in the destination country for final clearance and delivery. We wanted to make sure we didn't just look at the total amount in your quote. We need to read. the fine lines, making sure the quote is Apple to Apple, tip number three, no, your shit, what can you explain in detail?

What I mean is that you should act like a professional when you request a quote for your shipment, all box weight and dimensions pickup address shipping terms all this information should be included in the request the more times you come and go, I come with your free folder to clarify what you need, the more they will discover that you know nothing about shipping, this could affect your rate and even their willingness to work with you. This has happened before, actually it happened so many times, some of the released folders just don't want it to work with some people because they don't know anything about it and they act so needy, that's why in the sourcing warrior training course I provide the specific template for students to use so they don't go back and forth with the free binder and get a return rate and purchase treatment.

Now let's quickly summarize the freight forwarder. make money through special discounts and can even get better prices through special lengths, the small released folders, work collectively to get some advantage if you are worried about Chinese carriers, legality, be sure to make a business license from the website of social proof and a payment by bank transfer. check when comparing quotes, make sure it's Apple vs. Apple, don't miss out on certain things, you'll end up having to pay more money, finally, make sure you take control of the entire process by acting like a professional if you haven't started doing so already. take my tray of supply warriors.

I encourage you to. I am here to help and support you and I wish you a great day. See you in the next video.