One of the most important things for buyers to consider is reducing costs, specifically shipping costs when doing international sourcing.
Every dollar saved in transportation translates to an equal improvement in financial performance. Overpaying in logistics means you can’t provide consistent and cost-effective delivery to your customers.
Here are 5 tips to help you save freight costs when shipping bongs from China?
- EXPRESS SHIPMENT
Almost every Chinese vendor has their own courier.
Bong supplier usually sign a contract with Chinese logistics company so they can get a better shipping price when they ship by through like DHL, UPS, Fedex etc.
You can ship using your supplier’s shipping forwarder to receive a sample by express cheaper and faster.
- AIR SHIPMENT
Air Shipping cost fluctuates widely at different times of the year. According to our extensive shipping experience, you can get air shipment prices during the off season( June,July,August), the price is higher after September, and the peak period before Chinese new year is highest.
This valuable knowledge can help you avoid overpaying, and take advantage of some nice discounts.
- SEA SHIPMENT
Sea freight is predominantly utilized for large international shipments that are not overly time critical. Shipping prices by sea are very stable and attractive.
FCL OR LCL?
Please note, the LCL charges charges are larger than you can imagine.We strongly suggest FCL (full container load) if possible. LCL (less than container load) charges more than FCL in unit price. The workload is actually higher when managing LCL shipments.
Also, choosing FCL can avoid the hidden Fees in international shipping. There are many items in LCL charges. Some of them are not uniform standard. The sad is you can’t distinguish. So the best solution is trying to avoid LCL.
CUSTOM CLEARANCE
If you are a Canadian customer, there is no problem with sea shipments.
However shipping glass bongs to the USA by sea has higher risk than by air.
Some customers in the USA failed to complete custom clearance and lost 2 or 3 containers of glass cargo when they shipped by sea. All this money-saving will be for nothing if your goods are seized！
Be careful of shipping by sea especially during these tough times.
Never put the words “water pipe” ,“bong”, “marijuana”, etc. on the box label. Please use some words related to “tobacco”.
- FIND A LOCAL TRANSPORT COMPANY
Finding a local freight forwarder to manage your cargo transportation will benefit you greatly.
The lower labor cost, exchange rate, expenses and other factors allow Chinese forwarders’ service charge much less. Many transport companies in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou can offer lower costs and local knowledge to you. They are fluent in English so there is no trouble to communicating with them.
- PROPERLY PACKING AND INSURING YOUR SHIPMENTS
Please Note: If your glass isn’t wrapped properly or is shipped without pallets, it’s easily to damaged during transportation. Ensure that your goods have proper outer packaging, as well as inner packaging and that the boxes are sealed properly and labelled correctly.
For more glass bong shipping and other glass bong information, please feel free to contact Cloudsgreen, a large, established Chinese glass water pipe manufacturer in Hebei. We specialize in glass bongs, silicone water pipes and all kinds of smoking products. OEM/ODM service are available.
