Which one are you? First, pin down where you're stuck
Factory, trading company, e-commerce seller — what trips you up differs. Pick your role to see why you get stuck, how we handle it, and what to learn next
01
Factories
Manufacturers with their own products, exporting or importing raw materials
First export, and the whole process is a question mark
New to customs, unsure how to classify your HS code, not certain whether the target market has import restrictions — and when a forwarder quotes a price, you can't tell whether it's reasonable.
A customs-brokerage family on the floor — from HS code to clearance, in one set of hands
Classification, paperwork, booking and clearance, all handled by our own team end-to-end, nothing passed off. To see how each step actually runs, work through the getting-started guides below.
Read these first to lay the groundwork, then bring any questions straight to a real person.
02
Trading companies
Buying and reselling, often without a factory of your own
Multiple suppliers, multiple markets, and freight eating into your margin
Not sure which lane or container type works out cheapest; landed cost is hard to pin down, and you still have to mind resale compliance and the paperwork.
Offices across China, the US and Taiwan — we compare lanes and figure your landed cost
How to mix LCL and FCL, which lane saves the most — forwarding and customs are both run by our own team, so we see the whole cross-border picture.
Get freight and the decisions straight first, and you'll quote with more confidence.
03
E-commerce sellers
Taobao consolidation and Amazon FBA cross-border sellers
Will a consolidation get taxed, and how does the FBA first-leg work?
Combining batches and the duty-free threshold, Taobao consolidation taxes, FBA needing DDP, inbound-to-FBA rules and labeling rejections — every step has its fine points.
From consolidation to FBA first-leg, all in one
Warehouse receiving, combining, both-ends customs-cleared duty-paid door-to-door, and inbound to FBA, all in one set of hands — we've run e-commerce ourselves, so we get the pain.
New to this? Read these first and skip the common pitfalls.