How to charge buyers for VAT/duties to get to local warehouse? Import fee? Local warehouse fee? Trying to figure out what the options are for solving this. Suppose I have an e-commerce site where I sell items made in China to anywhere in the world. One such item is 5kg and $400. Suppose it costs me $50 to ship to US from China or $10 from US; then it’s probably still worth to just ship from China thanks to de minimis. But suppose it costs…

What happens when you outgrow your warehouse? Currently running a pretty successful FBA business out of my basement and about 15 storage units and am in progress of selecting a warehouse to move to. We have grown 30-50% year over year on average so we know we need a warehouse we can grow in, but with the slim profit margins of the FBA business, we also can’t lock down all of our cash flow b…

Looking for a warehouse in China I’m looking for a 3PL fulfillment center / warehouse in China that is reliable, has proper integration to Shopify and doesn’t require pre payment for shipments. I have reached out to many i found in google but didn’t find a good match. Anyone knows a great warehouse in China? submitted by /u/Orikakuli