In the process of international logistics, we often see the term “extraction”, and when asked about timeliness, we often see the concept of “extraction timeliness”. If you are a friend who has just come into contact with Amazon FBA’s initial logistics, the concept of this extraction may be quite vague. Today, let’s take a look!
In international logistics, “pick-up” refers to the process of international goods arriving at the port and being picked up by express delivery or truck fleets. We all know that after customs clearance at the port of the destination country, there is also a final delivery process. There are generally two types of final delivery: truck delivery and express delivery, Therefore, the extraction time refers to the time limit during which goods are transported by ship or air to the destination port and then picked up by truck or courier (such as UPS or FedEx).
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After extraction, there is another professional term in the logistics industry called “online”, which also occurs after the goods are extracted. After the final delivery of goods, UPS and other express deliveries are mostly used, and UPS can track the logistics trajectory. Therefore, after the international express picks up the goods, there will be a scanning process. After scanning, your goods are equivalent to being entered into the delivery system, and each step of the trajectory can be queried, The logistics industry usually refers to this method as “online”.
In addition to going online, there is also the final step, which is “sign for”. This step is the final step of international logistics, which is to successfully deliver the goods to Amazon warehouses/customers, which is the completion of the true transportation link. At this point, the seller’s goods are not related to the logistics service provider, and Amazon completes the actual delivery to customers, So the time limit for arriving here is called the “signing time limit”, which is also the “overall time limit” of international logistics.
In summary, sellers, especially novice sellers, must ask the freight forwarder what time frame is given when inquiring about prices, whether it is the extraction time frame or the signing time frame. The difference between these is quite significant, and it cannot be ruled out that some freight forwarders have previously played text games to deceive novice sellers, using the extraction time frame as the signing time frame! If this is not clear, it will have an impact on your online store sales plan.