What is Consolidation Shipping Service?

Consolidation Shipping Service Explained

What is Consolidation Shipping Service?

Consolidation Shipping is the process of consolidating multiple parcels for shipping purposes. It involves collecting online purchases or personal items and sending them to a consolidation warehouse. Once all items arrive, they are then packaged together and shipped to the final destination.

Differences Between Consolidation, Freight Forwarding, and Transshipment

Specific Differences Between Consolidation and Transshipment

What is Transshipment?

1. Transshipment primarily involves receiving and forwarding packages to international locations on behalf of customers.
2. It consolidates multiple packages for shipping without removing excess weight or assisting with customs inspections. This can increase the risk of customs seizures for sensitive items.

Differences Between Consolidation and Transshipment

1. Consolidation Shipping goes beyond transshipment by offering additional services such as collection, storage, packaging, inspection, free of charge.
2. Consolidation companies also assist in removing unnecessary packaging to reduce shipping costs.

Process of Consolidation Shipping

The process of consolidation shipping is simple and efficient, consisting of the following steps:

1. Contact and Account Creation: Customers contact the consolidation company and create a personal account.
2. Obtain Warehouse Address: Copy the consolidation warehouse address from the company's website and set it as the shipping address.
3. Shipping Items: Send items to be shipped or online purchases to the consolidation warehouse.
4. Arrival and Inspection: Packages are scanned, weighed, and verified upon arrival. They are then photographed and stored.
5. Weight Reduction and Packaging: Unnecessary packaging is removed, and items are packed together to reduce weight and save on shipping costs. Fragile items are reinforced for safety.
6. Weighing, Photography, and Shipment: Packages are measured and photographed, and the details are shared with customers. Packages are then loaded for shipment to the airport.
7. Tracking and Delivery: Customers receive tracking information and are updated on the status of their shipment. Once delivered, they are notified to collect their packages.

FAQs about Consolidation Shipping

1. What about the price of consolidation?
   Each platform has its own price, but regardless, consolidation is a way to reduce transportation costs.
2. What are the billing methods for Collect?
   There are two billing methods, one is actual weight and the other is volumetric weight.
   The so-called volume weight is when the volume of an item is too large and the weight is too light, so that in the transportation of its volume will be converted into weight to charge the cost.
   Volumetric weight = length * width * height / coefficient where the coefficient will be different according to different products, generally 8000 or 6000. calculated unit is kilogram (KG)
3. Why do we need to calculate the volumetric weight?
   Due to the limited volume of the goods carried by the vehicle, the collection of freight charges, in order to balance the actual weight of the goods and the relationship between the occupied volume and the use of the
4. What can and cannot be sent?
   Clothes, food, snacks, shoes, digital, furniture and home appliances can be shipped.
   Flammable, perishable or toxic, explosive, lethal, corrosive, radioactive and other dangerous goods, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. can not be sent
   (For details, please consult customer service)
5. What will happen if I send prohibited items?
   Depending on the specific prohibited items, the goods will be returned if they are light, or confiscated or fined if they are heavy.
6. Do I need to pay customs duty when I ship my products through customs?
   Currently, the prices of most Handhunt products include customs duty, so there is no need for the recipient to go to customs to deal with it, and you can receive the goods directly at the address you have filled in.
7. Are there any restrictions on the number of pieces, size and weight?
   Number of pieces: No limitation
   Size: Unlimited
   Weight: No limitation
8. How to deal with damaged or lost goods?
   Generally speaking, there are two kinds of cases, one is that the goods are damaged or lost before arriving at the consolidation warehouse, which is generally not compensated by the consolidation company.
   There is another situation that the goods are damaged and lost after arriving at the consolidation warehouse, then we have to provide the required information according to the customer service instruction to make a declaration, and then the customer service will audit and compensate according to the actual situation.