The market for transport services, as online trading develops, is noticeably increasing every year. This can be judged at least by the constantly growing number of companies operating in this area. More and more transport companies offer transportation services in different directions.
China - Russia. Perspective
Thanks to China's developing Internet sites, trade with this country has noticeably revived due to numerous orders that come from around the world. In recent years, several large projects have become the undisputed leaders in B2C and B2B deliveries, due to which the Celestial Empire, one might say, has loaded its transport companies and logistics firms with work.
Thus, there was such a promising direction in transport as delivery from China to Russia. Chinese companies operating in this area can be called SF Express, Aliexpress. The first is a large transport structure, the second is a leader in online trading. Due to the low cost and large assortment, goods from Ali are popular with Russian buyers, after which they are delivered via SF Express directly to the territory of our country.
Apparentlythe direction has become so popular that the company has created a whole department that deals exclusively with the delivery of goods to Russia. However, more on that later. In the meantime, let's talk about the difficulties of sending goods from China.
Difficulties in delivery
Two key factors that are the main "headache" of merchants from the Middle Kingdom - the price and distance. Since the cost of goods ordered on the same "Aliexpress" is very low (to remain competitive with other stores), it cannot be allowed to be significantly affected by the cost of delivery. This means, for example, that a $1 item must be delivered at a price of no more than 30-50 cents.
The second nuance is China's significant remoteness from the developed part of Russia, Europe and the USA - the regions where the largest number of orders come from. In order, for example, to bring a thing to Moscow, you need to be on the road for several days. With those restrictions that relate to the cost of the goods and the border price of delivery, it will not be possible to organize it quickly enough. As a result, the need to wait 2-3 weeks for the item to be transported via AirMail.
But now cheap delivery services have a worthy competitor, constantly increasing their presence in the market. This article was written about him.
SF Express Company
You need to start with the fact that the SF Express mail, reviews of which we managed to find in the course of preparing this material, is largea Chinese company operating in the transport services market for over 20 years. The volume of the enterprise is amazing: if you believe the data on their website, the company employs more than 340 thousand people, 16 thousand pieces of equipment, 18 transport aircraft, tens of thousands of offices in China and the world. Agree, it looks impressive. Given that such a structure as SF Express (we will publish reviews of the company's work later in the text), decided to master such a promising direction as delivery from China to the Russian Federation, we, as consumers of their services, should only “stock up on popcorn” and wait for improvement conditions. After all, the situation that has developed with delivery from the East today clearly does not suit many Russians.
Company Benefits
So far, it is too early to talk about any significant advantages that clearly separate the described carrier from existing competitors. If you look at SF-Express.com reviews, you can conclude that the carrier provides services not much faster than the structure that has developed in the market as of today.
However, it is advisable to refer to the slogans that are posted on the company's website. They are talking about the fact that the company guarantees the timely, convenient and safe delivery of your goods by the method you have chosen. For the future, as a task for the structure, goals such as speeding up and reducing the cost of the services provided are indicated. Thus, in general, the service promises more comfortable work for solving any transport problems.
Geography of work
An undoubted advantage of the company, if you believe the reviews left about SF Express, is the widespread geography of the company's dealer network. To date, the carrier's offices are open in more than 12 countries around the world - mainly in Asian countries, as well as the USA and Australia. Thanks to the expanded transport fleet, communication between representative offices is carried out as soon as possible, which means that you can transfer your package from one warehouse to another as quickly as possible.
Services
Regarding the services provided by SF Express, reviews indicate that the main key to the company's activity is the delivery of goods through the regional mail of the recipient country. In the case of Russia, you will have to pick up the goods at the Russian Post offices by presenting an identity card.
It can be said that in order to ensure the peace of mind of customers, the transport company SF Express has full control over the transferred goods. You can track the parcel here if you order the shipment by the so-called "registered mail" (a slightly more expensive option). In this case, the item will be delivered right to your door. If we talk about an economical method of forwarding, then in this case the recipient is provided with only partial information about his thing.
In general, tracking a parcel from China by SF Express is very simple - use the special form posted on the Russian version of the company's website and the code that was issued whenorder message. This set of numbers is a tracking number, which shows all the movement of the goods, its path. Also, with the help of tracking, you can see the status of the delivery. In particular, this way you can track a parcel from China by SF Express in such a way that you can roughly calculate the time of arrival of the item and know when to go pick it up.
Fares
Just the two tariffs mentioned above are the main ones that the international transport company SF Express works with. Reviews indicate that they provide a choice - how much you are willing to pay for the delivery of your goods. The official website of the company even has a page that allows you to calculate how much it will cost to send things with one or another weight. If we compare the tariffs with each other, then the difference in cost between these two reaches approximately 220%. Obviously, it is rational to choose a more expensive delivery in cases where a more valuable thing is ordered in the store.
Features
The process of ordering delivery by this service has some nuances. In particular, it is important to ensure that your Chinese counterparty (in the case of Aliexpress, this is the seller) correctly indicates the details of your place of residence, and also chooses the correct tariff. To do this, the reviews left about SF Express recommend that you contact the representatives of the store where the delivery is carried out directly and clarify these and other characteristics. Otherwise, there may be problems with the further receipt of the parcel.
Customer Reviews
The opinions of people who have already used the services of this delivery service are very different. Some note, for example, that their thing was lost, and it took several more months to restore and search for the goods. All this time, the company's employees were allegedly engaged in restoring the route of the thing.
Others testify that their package arrived without any problems - and it took relatively little time. Thus, the SF Express mail worked smoothly and at the highest level.
In order not to analyze for a long time each situation that is described in the reviews, we can summarize it this way: there are different cases, it happened when things were really lost. But since the site-shop has the ability to leave reviews and complaints about how you were served, it was usually not too difficult to return the money or receive the goods again.
Worth ordering?
If you have just heard about this company and are not sure if you can do business with them, do not hesitate! Just try to order something through SF Express! Tracking mail (reviews confirm everything we said), customer support, the policy of the marketplace itself - all these features are evidence that your cargo will not disappear without a trace. But you have the opportunity to try a new delivery tool, which may be more convenient, faster and cheaper than others. So why not? What if you like this service and don't want to deal with other companies?
