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There is totally a market for a global website which instead of shipping goods direct from China by plane instead has local warehouses 1 per city and can delive
by londons_explore 5mo ago
There is totally a market for a global website which instead of shipping goods direct from China by plane instead has local warehouses 1 per city and can deliver to your house within a few hours by motorbike.
Aka like Amazon but with much smaller margins.
The savings would come from the fact sea freight is so much cheaper than air freight.
- Someone 5mo agoAnd the losses from having warehouses storing zillions of products that do not get sold for a long time. There’s a reason the likes of Aldi and Lidl have limited product choice.
- 10000truths 5mo agoAldi and Lidl deal with perishable goods. Temu (by and large) doesn't.
- avereveard 5mo agoBut they are, especially those with batteries
- kergonath 5mo agoFine, Action then.
- dgellow 5mo agoAldi and Lidl sell way more than just perishable goods. You can buy electronics from there
- trollbridge 5mo agoThat’s called “Walmart”
- throw-the-towel 5mo agoNot in Europe.
- bibstha 5mo agoEurope has plenty of dollar store equivalent.
- magicalhippo 5mo agoSeveral AliExpress sellers advertize warehouses in EU, so guess they basically do what you say already.