How To Ship From Alibaba.com To UK! | Top Alibaba Tips & Tricks For Small Business

Hello guys, welcome back to my channel, today we will talk about everything related to

alibaba

.com and

ship

ping. I've made a whole series of videos on

alibaba

.com, but some of my subscribers asked me to make a really updated one. covering the topic of

ship

ping now I know that shipping with alibaba is the nightmare of many

business

owners, including mine, but I have over six years of experience working with alibaba suppliers and have ordered thousands of products from China to ship to the UK United. So I have a bit of experience on this topic and can share with you some of the best

tips

and

tricks

on how to make the process as easy as possible.

The reality is that shipping prices have gone up on alibaba.com internationally, including shipping to the EU, as you know, there are a lot of issues with that right now and shipping prices to the US. .from the UK have practically doubled since the start of my

business

. I have seen a big difference in the shipping cost, so you kind of have to keep this in mind when you start your business and you are thinking of buying from alibaba.com wholesale, that the shipping price will be high, so make sure incorporate that into your profits into your pricing because it will cost you.

Many, so the good thing about alibaba.com is that you have room to negotiate with your suppliers. I really recommend talking to multiple suppliers when looking for a product on alibaba.com, not just for shipping but also shipping. Generally because you want to get a lot of samples and really get the best price for your business. By doing so, you can talk to a wide variety of suppliers and different suppliers will have different shipping conditions and different shipping prices because they may have more of a relationship with the shipping companies and they may have been in business for longer, so which may reduce the price for you, so be sure to actually ask.

The key here is communicate, communicate, communicate with your suppliers. Don't be afraid to ask questions. At first it was very like that. I didn't want to ask them too many questions because I was afraid they would mess up my order or just think this guy was annoying. No, you need to ask. The questions and chat section within alibaba.com is amazing because it keeps a record of everything you've said and also works as evidence if you ever have to make a claim with alibaba.com or something like that which I've never had. I've been very lucky and stay tuned at the end of this video because I'm going to show you how you can protect yourself if you ever get into a situation where you get scammed or you order products and they never arrived, so there are usually free options when it comes to shipping from China to UK which most suppliers will offer you as far as shipping is concerned and the first is by air shipping, the next is by sea and then the third is by train, I have never done it by train and to be Honestly, I've never heard of anyone doing it by train and I really wouldn't recommend it.

It's definitely the longest way you can get your products delivered and I just feel like it's a bit of an unsafe way, I don't know, just yeah, I would never recommend anyone do it by train, it'll probably literally take you months to get there and It will probably be the cheapest option, but as you know, the cheapest. It's not always the best way to do it. I used to start with express shipping with air shipping and when I order my samples I always use air shipping just to make it faster. It will usually arrive within a week or two weeks when it comes to air shipping depending on the supplier, depending on the time of year or month you buy from the supplier and depending on the service you are using, that is an option For you, however, of course, it is the most expensive. option so because of this I usually opt for c lately in the last few months when I placed orders on alibaba.com I opted for option c just because it is a little more affordable however it takes more time so you have to do it.

Please note that within your production schedule, because it may take a few months, maybe even three months, until it reaches you when you ship by sea. Now the types of shipping companies that these suppliers usually use when they arrive in the UK are Fedex DHL. Those are the two that I normally receive my deliveries from and obviously when they arrive in the UK you can contact them so I think it's very important that you make sure you share all your details including your home mobile number . address email address all that with your supplier so you can send it to the shipping company so that when it lands in the UK if there is any problem Fedex or DHL or whatever company they use they will contact you and I've already had it .

This has happened in the past, when one of my packages got stuck in customs, they actually called me and asked me about the package and asked me for the information I needed to clear customs. Now a lot of people ask me how shipping is organized here this is something your suppliers have to do on their part there is something called delivery duties paid or delivery duties paid one of them ddp anyway and that means you are paying the costs of duties within the shipping cost, so you are paying everything up front, you may want to mention this to your suppliers, but as I say to everyone who asked me that question, contact your suppliers and ask them the detailed questions.

Ask them. Will I be charged when I arrive in the UK? How can I avoid being charged when? arrives in the UK. Can I pay the fees in advance? They should have experience in this area and know what they are talking about. That's why I recommend that you go with a supplier that has been in business for a minimum of five years and you can check this when you go to the supplier company profile. I'll put a screenshot on the side of this video. You can check how long they have been running and that will really help you when you talk to them to be more certain. and I know they know what they are talking about with every company I have used.

I only asked them upfront and they have never charged me when my shipment arrived in the past when I didn't contact my suppliers. I had high charges when it came to the UK. I'm talking a couple of hundred extra pounds, even more, on top of what I already paid for shipping, so keep that in mind too and really communicate with the supplier and let them know that you don't want to be charged if there is any way to pay so the next thing you need to do is make sure you have an eori number and this is something you can get from the government just enter the eori number and it's free just enter your details fill out the form and they will send you a number within a few days, but it may take a few weeks, depending on how it has changed. now, but you will get a unique number which you can then assign to any customs forms you fill out in the future when shipping outside of the UK when I discuss my shipping process when shipping to the US and I have to fill out the customs form. customs declaration within Royal Mail.

There is usually a space for your eori number and that is the number you want to put there. This is also the number you want to give to your suppliers when they complete your shipment for you, so be sure to tell them, "Hey, this is our e.o.r.i number." Please make sure you put this in the package because you don't want to get into the situation I did when I had to wait two weeks to receive my items. to clear customs because I didn't have an eori number now I can't finish an alibaba.com video without mentioning the three important things I need you to check when finding new suppliers to buy from and that is that the company trades safely and this is something that Alibaba has set up just to make sure you are safe if your payment goes through and you don't receive the products, you can get that money back if the supplier has a shortage of merchants, so make sure If you see that badge or that icon on the supplier company's profile, You also want to check when companies have been inspected.

There is a way to search the alibaba profile to see if the factory manufacturer has been inspected by alibaba for safety. I can actually have your products inspected before they ship them to you and for that I use a website called Bureau Vistas, I'll leave it below and it's someone you pay, it's a third party, you pay that company, they go to China for you and they will go to your factory to inspect your shipment, so they will take random samples of every 20 or 100 items, they will check the product according to your requirements, so make sure you make it very clear what is not acceptable, what is acceptable and then just pay them a fee for that and then once everything is secure and they tell you yes everything is fine then you can pay for your shipping and receive it so I really hope this video was helpful and answered any question you have about shipping from China to UK with alibaba.com.

The last thing I want to mention is that if you find this to be too unwieldy and too expensive, the other alternative is aliexpress, it is much faster and cheaper shipping, however you do not have the flexibility to customize or source such large quantities As you would when you are further along in the business, so if you want to start

small

and get your feet wet within this type of important China export industry, definitely use Aliexpress first and then move up to Alibaba. com so if you enjoyed it make sure to subscribe to my channel guys and like this video it really helps my channel grow and I'll see you guys in the next one bye.