TikTok shop is an officially launched e-commerce platform. Merchants can enter, and users can see products through short videos, live broadcasts, and product windows, and then place orders. These simple methods of bringing goods also enable many merchants to do cross-border e-commerce, and the entire sales cycle, including logistics, is completed on this platform. All sales are inseparable from logistics. Let’s talk about the new free door-to-door collection function released before, and see which cities are covered!
1. Advantages of TikTok Shop
1) From a consumer perspective
TikTok Shop makes shopping an interactive, entertaining experience that inspires consumer engagement and increases conversions.
The entire shopping process is completed within the TikTok closed loop, without skipping, shortening the user’s browsing-ordering-payment path, which can greatly reduce user loss and improve store conversion.
2) From the perspective of Chinese cross-border e-commerce sellers
To open a store at zero cost, the platform only charges a 5% commission, and no additional payment fees are charged.
The operation is simple, and the store background supports the functions of product listing, marketing, and order tracking.
Provide a variety of business incentives and growth plans, efficient talent matching mechanism, provide strong support for business content production and production, and timely answer business problems encountered in operation.
Logistics service providers complete the collection and delivery of orders in mainland China and international segments.
Since August 17 last year, TikTok Shop has opened a free door-to-door collection service in 17 cities in China. After foreign customers place an order, the platform will complete the collection within 1-2 days. The seller only needs to pack the package and hand it over to the platform driver to complete the delivery, and the follow-up cross-border logistics service is provided by the cooperative logistics provider.
From the official notification, we can extract relevant valid information:
(1) A pick-up piece
When the goods in the TikTok Shop are purchased, even if the quantity is only 1, the logistics personnel will come to pick up the goods.
(2) Free of charge
TK’s support for e-commerce is very strong, and there is no charge for picking up items.
(3) Temporarily open 17 cities
They are: Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Putian, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Kunshan, Yiwu, Jinhua, Dongyang, Pujiang.
(4) How to apply?
You need to fill in the application form on the TikTok Shop according to the entrance, and the account manager in the same city will notify whether the activation is successful. If not, you need to resubmit the information.
(5) The package needs to be packed in advance
You can package the package and then hand it over to the platform driver to complete the delivery of the package. Please take good care of the delivery documents between you and the driver.
(6) Package collection time
After customers purchase, the collection will be completed within 1-2 days.
With the convenience of logistics, the cross-border e-commerce industry will develop better and better in the future, and I believe that it will continue to upgrade or improve some deficiencies, making it convenient for sellers and buyers.