AliExpress opened 5 warehouses in one month and used the global central warehouse for the first time

AliExpress, which has seen rapid growth in orders, will open five new warehouses this month and use its global central warehouse for the first time to meet merchants' needs for stocking and shipping.

On May 9, the local cross-border e-commerce company AliExpress announced that it will join hands with Cainiao to add 5 official warehouses in China , covering both self-operated merchants and fully managed merchants on the platform. After the warehouse opening, the number of AliExpress Choice warehouses increased to 10, and the number of Choice warehouses that merchants on the platform can choose to enter increased to 13 , with a total area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, providing more warehouse space for merchants.  

(AliExpress opened 5 warehouses in one month, covering both self-operated and fully managed warehouses)

AliExpress also launched two global central warehouses for the first time, upgrading warehouse network capabilities to ensure efficient logistics operations and reduce costs and increase efficiency for merchants.

These two central warehouses are located in Hangzhou and Dongguan respectively, radiating to the South China and East China regions. They will serve as domestic stocking center warehouses for preferred warehouses and overseas warehouses, helping merchants solve the problems of stocking in multiple warehouses and reduce stocking costs.

Merchants who subsequently prepare goods for preferred warehouses only need to ship the goods to the central warehouse, and the platform will automatically transfer the goods to preferred warehouses for different destinations. Merchants no longer need to send a batch of goods to several destinations.

At the same time, as an overseas warehouse collection warehouse, the global central warehouse will be used to solve the problem of domestic collection space and process efficiency of overseas warehouses. The daily cargo throughput can reach over one million levels, which is expected to reduce operating costs by 20%.

It is reported that in the future, the central warehouse will also realize the "one-click switch" function from the preferred warehouse to the overseas warehouse. Merchants who have successfully verified the best-selling products in the preferred warehouse do not need to prepare another batch of goods for the overseas warehouse, but can flexibly transfer the goods in the preferred warehouse to the overseas warehouse.

In order to provide merchants with efficient and convenient fulfillment services, AliExpress has been strengthening its supply chain capabilities, and this year has made improving delivery time a top priority.

Since March, the number of orders on AliExpress has grown rapidly, with a year-on-year increase of more than 50%. The rapid growth of orders has also put forward higher requirements for warehouse and logistics capabilities. At the AliExpress Merchant Summit just held, AliExpress announced that this year the total area of ​​its domestic preferred warehouses and overseas warehouses will exceed 1 million square meters, and the distribution centers will also cover more than 200 cities across the country. At present, AliExpress's preferred warehouses for South Korea can achieve the fastest delivery in 3 days, and overseas warehouses can achieve delivery in 2-7 days .

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