The shipping field guide
Practical guides to China shipping costs, fulfillment, delivery promises, tracking and returns for Shopify and ecommerce brands. Start with the decision you need to make, then use the worksheet or checklist in each guide.
Fulfillment strategy
Compare China direct shipping and a US 3PL with a Shopify cost model, inventory exposure, routing checks, and a practical pilot before committing stock.
· 12 min read
Shipping costs
Calculate landed cost for orders shipped from China with a complete cost formula, worked basket example, exception reserve, and invoice reconciliation.
· 12 min read
Shipping costs
Understand dimensional weight with named carrier rules, verified formulas, packaging examples, rounding effects, and a practical shipping-cost worksheet.
· 10 min read
Delivery & tracking
Set realistic China-to-USA delivery estimates with shipment clocks, P50 and P80, unfinished parcels, business-day calendars and customer update templates.
· 10 min read
Fulfillment strategy
Build a Shopify fulfillment workflow for China inventory with SKU mapping, location checks, order release, split orders, cancellations and a test checklist.
· 10 min read
Delivery & tracking
Diagnose stalled China shipping tracking through labels, first scans, handoffs, customs and delivery exceptions, with escalation and customer update templates.
· 10 min read
Returns
Compare local returns, replacements, refunds and shipping back to China using customer rights, recovery value and a practical Shopify returns workflow.
· 11 min read
DDP fundamentals
A practical guide to the route reviews, warehouse handoffs, compliance questions and exception ownership behind a usable DDP small-parcel proposal.
· 7 min read
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