Chinese AliExpress is an online marketplace with thousands of products that you won't find anywhere else. Several shipping options are available thanks to an in-house delivery company cainiao. And it was this company that introduced new, only 5-day global delivery products not from Europe, but directly from China.
5-day delivery from Cainiao
Cainiao logistics company launches its own and express shipping from China. At last Wednesday's congress, Cainiao Group committed to deliver cross-border packages (ie global shipments) within five working days.
That's 30% faster than the industry standard. The new delivery has a label Cainiao Express and was created in cooperation with the Alibaba Group, as well as the Aliexpress marketplace itself.
"The goal is to provide quality and competitive logistics services to our consumers, merchants, platforms and logistics partners," Cainiao CEO Wan Lin said at the company's annual global meeting in Hangzhou, China.
But why are we mentioning Alibaba Group? The Chinese technology giant currently owns a 67% stake in Cainiao and can bring it to market as a publicly traded company within 12-18 months. Other investors include strategic names in the logistics industry.
"Alibaba Group will always firmly support the long-term development of Cainiao," said Joseph Tsai, executive vice chairman of Alibaba and chairman of Cainiao, who also spoke at the meeting via video link.
A decade of progress
Spoločnosť cainiao was founded 10 years ago at a time when smart logistics was just beginning in China. He is currently the leader of this industry at home. According to its CEO, this company was perfected by tough competition and tough conditions during the recent pandemic. "China's logistics industry is becoming a model for the rest of the world," Tsai agreed.
Wan Lin continued about the opportunities for the brand cainiao in the coming decade, including demand created by rapidly growing e-commerce, as well as the globalization of Chinese businesses and advances in technology, particularly in artificial intelligence.
Among the priorities for the coming year, he considers the acceleration of global express services, the deepening of logistics capabilities in key overseas markets, as well as the modernization of domestic express services. On the domestic market, it already offers half-day delivery for selected partners, Cainiao Express.
Global shipments
cainiao a AliExpress they will work closely together to deliver global shipments within five business days. The main improvement is streamlining the collection of the shipment in the first step, speeding up line transport, overseas distribution, as well as final delivery to the customer.
To deepen its logistics capabilities outside of China, Cainiao will focus on Europe, North America and Southeast Asia, with the goal of establishing one to two local warehouse and distribution centers per year.
"The prerequisite for the globalization of business is the globalization of logistics, which excites and inspires us," Tsai said at the conference.
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How is the delivery with us, please? Does SK pošta take over and do I have to pay a burning fee? Or will it go like Ali transport by SPS courier and nothing will be paid?
AliExpress now sends the vast majority of packages through couriers, the post office does not take it over.