Door to Door shipping service from China to Australia/USA/UK
DAKA International Transport Company specialize in Door to Door shipping service from China to Australia/USA/USK by sea and air.
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1. Door to Door shipping from China
You are an Australian buyer and you order products from a Chinese factory. After the factory finish production, how will the cargo be delivered from the Chinese factory to your door in Australia ? Is there a way to make door to door shipping from China delivery possible?
Data shows that 58% of small and medium-sized enterprise have experienced international shipping problems during their first importing/exporting business. International shipping is complicated because it involves booking ships and airplanes, loading cargo, import and export customs clearance, tax payment etc.
DAKA International Transport Company was founded in 2016 and has around 10 years of experience in handling door to door shipping from China to Australia/USA/UK. Our main customers are buyers in Australia/USA/UK . When these buyers buy products from China, we can make door to door shipping from China to USA, door to door shipping from China to UK,and to Australia directly from the Chinese factory to consignee’s door. We can ship both by sea and by air, and there is no minimum order requirement.
2. What is Door To Door Shipping?
Door to door shipping is a kind of shipping service. Take door to door shipping from China to Australia, for example, it means that we pick up the cargo from your Chinese factory and then deliver the cargo to your door in Australia. It includes pickup from Chinese factory, Chinese customs clearance, cargo loading onto airplane/vessel, Australian customs clearance, cargo delivery to consignee’s door. Door to door can be divided into shipping by sea and by air.
Door to door shipping is very easy for customers. You can put an order on the Alibaba website and then let DAKA International Transport Company organize the door to door shipping from China for you. With the help of DAKA Transport, it can be as easy as you buy from local Amazon or eBay website.
DAKA International Transport Company can provide door to door shipping by sea and by air. We can pick up from any Chinese factory address and deliver the cargo to your door in Australia/USA/UK, including customs clearance in both China and Australia.
3. Door-to-door shipping ways
Door To Door by FCL
FCL means Full Container Load. Door to Door by FCL means we ship your cargo from door to door by a whole container. Normally, we will send the empty container to your Chinese factory to get products loaded and then deliver the container to your door in Australia/USA/UK, etc. After consignee unload the products, we will collect the empty container.
Door to Door shipping by LCL
LCL means Less than ContainerL Door to door by LCL means that we ship your cargo door to door from China for example from China to Australia vis sharing a container with others by sea. We load your products together with other customer’s cargo in one container. Then we unpack the container and separate the cargo when vessel arrives.
Door to door shipping by air
FCL and LCL are sea shipping, but there is also door to door shipping from China by air. Take air shipping from China to Australia, for example, we book space on airplane as the first step. Then we pick up the cargo from the Chinese factory and make Chinese customs clearance. Cargo will be shipped by air to Australia. After airplane arrives, we will make AU customs clearance and deliver the cargo to consignee’s door.
Door to Door shipping by express
It means that door to door shipping by DHL/FedEx/UPS, etc. DAKA Transport helps our customers to ship a lot of cargo from China to Australia/USA/UK by express. With large quantity, we have very good contracting rate with DHL/FedEx/UPS. The overseas buyers usually use DAKA Transport to ship their samples from China to Australia/USA/UK by express
How to find suitable door to door shipping from China way? DAKA International Transport Company is an international shipping agent in China and specializes in door to door shipping from China to USA, UK, and Australia since 2016. You can tell DAKA Transport how many products and your shipping requirements, then DAKA Transport will make customized shipping solution.
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4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Door To Door Shipping
Advantages
- Easy to operate: Take shipping from China to Australia by DAKA Transport,for example, door to door shipping from China includes pickup from Chinese factory, Chinese and Australian customs clearance, delivery to consignee’s door etc. The whole process was done by DAKA Transport Team. DAKA will coordinate with your Chinese factories, vessel or airplane agents, Chinese and AU customs, Australian trucking company etc. With our profession and experience, we make the international shipping process much easier for our customers.
- Easy pricing: Door to door Door to door shipping from Chinaincludes all steps during international shipping so it includes all costs. This is good for our customers to estimate the cost before they import products from one country. Adding door to door China to Australia shipping cost into products’ price, Australian buyers can easily decide if it is profitable to import from China to Australia
Disadvantages
- Poor Flexibility: After you choose door to door shippingDoor to door shipping from China, it is difficult for you to change some steps during the process. For example, if you are not happy with the vessel/airplane schedule or you want to use the customs broker operated by your friend, it is difficult to change. Or you want to collect the cargo from the seaport or airport by yourself, you need to communicate with the door to door shipping service provider and, they may refund very little money for your pickup.
- Difficult to pursue accountability: Door to door shipping from ChinaDoor to door shipping consolidate all steps together. If cargo was lost or damaged, it needs time and effort to investigate which party should be responsible. Sometimes the door to door shipping company just attributes the reason to customs inspection, or vessel delay or other force majeure factors.
In order to avoid the disadvantages of door to door shipping, DAKA Transport provides detailed pricing breakdown for door to door shipping. Our customers can know the cost of every process in international shipping. With detailed door to door shipping price provided by DAKA Transport, you can easily make a change or refund the money if you have an alternative solution.
DAKA Transport will undertake the whole responsibility during door to door shipping. For something that is out of control, we will buy insurance for our customers. Also, when we met problems, we always keep our customers updated of where the problem is and the problem-solving process.
5. Door-To-Door shipping steps
Take shipping from China to Australia, for example, let’s talk about door to door shipping from China Steps.
Pickup from Chinese factory
Or you can let your Chinese factories send products to the seaport or airport
Chinese customs clearance
We will coordinate with your Chinese factory to prepare Chinese customs documents and make Chinese customs clearance
International Shipping
We will book vessel or airplane and ship the cargo from China to Australia by sea or air
Import customs clearance
When cargo arrives at Australia, we will coordinate with consignee to make Australian customs clearance
Delivery to consignee’s door
We will deliver the cargo to consignee’s door in Australia according to the agreed address and delivery time.
6. How much is door to door shipping?
How much is door to door shipping from China? I think this is the most important thing that every importer or exporter needs to consider before they make international shipping business.
DAKA International Transport Company specialize in door to door shipping from China to Australia/USA/UK by sea. Take shipping from China to Australia, for example, we can advise how much is door to door shipping cost if you can answer below questions.
- Detailed address in China and in Australia: So that we can quote door to door. Some address in Australia, for example, is residential area , we can not deliver a container there directly. So we need to know the detailed address in advance.
- What are the products and how many: As a shipping company, we need to know how many packages/ the total weight (kgs)and volume (cubic meters). Also, we need to know what are the products as some products may be dangerous or need special permit from government before we can ship.
- Trade term: The trade term between buyer and seller decides how much shipping cost buyer or seller needs to pay. For example, if trade term is EXW, it means buyer needs to pay all shipping costs from door to door. If FOB, it means seller will pay shipping cost to Chinse port and buyer pay shipping cost from Chinese port to consignee’s door. How if DDP it means seller needs to pay all shipping cost from door to door. There are some other trade terms, and each trade term means different.
- Shipping way:As we mentioned above, there are different door to door shipping ways. And each shipping way means different door to door shipping cost. Usually by air is much more expensive than by sea.
- Cargo value: How much is the cargo is usually related to duty/tax that consignee needs to pay. We also need to advise duty/tax cost when we calculate door to door shipping cost.
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7. FAQ
Have questions? We have answers
Yes, it will include. When DAKA Transport offers door to door shipping service from China to Australia/USA/UK, DAKA will make customs clearance in Australia/USA/UK.
Pickup from Chinese factory→Chinese customs clearance→International shipping by sea and air →Australian customs clearance→Delivery to consignee’s door.
There are shipping ways of by sea and by air. By sea can be divided into FCL and LCL. By air can be divided into by airline or by express.
Pickup fee from Chinese factory, Chinese customs clearance fee, ocean/air freight, customs clearance fee in destination country, delivery fee to consignee’s door. If customers need repacking/labelling/palletization/fumigation/storage, we will include these.