JD.com is the most popular and trusted e-commerce platform in China. It’s not only a B2C but also a B2B e-commerce platform. And the JD Worldwide (JD Global 京东国际) is for overseas companies to sell foreign-brand products. So if you’re wondering how to sell to China. JD Worldwide store is the e-commerce platform that you should consider to dive into the China market. I’ll show you how to open JD worldwide store.
Table of contents
- Why you should consider China market
- What is JD.com (Cross-Border e-commerce)
- What is JD worldwide (JD global)
- JD.com business type
- JD global store types And requirements
- What Documents are Required to Sell on JD global store
- What are the Fees for JD worldwide store
- Applying For JD Worldwide store
Why you should consider China market
First of all, maybe you’re wondering why I need to consider China market. What’s the benefit of it? You must be familiar with Made-in- China products, sold to the whole world widely. But you really should know the China market. Selling your products or services to China to generate more sales.
- Second largest consuming market
- Chinese love foreign-brand products most
- 841 billion online shopping users (2022)
- Policy and law supports
Almost all the famous international brand company has entered China market for years. If you have any questions about how to sell to China, here I am !
What is JD.com (Cross-Border e-commerce)
Quick facts
Founded: 1998
Founder: Liu QiangDong
Headquarters: Beijing China
Active Customers: 588.3 million
Revenue: ¥ RMB951.592 billion (2021)
JD.com is China’s largest online retailer/ wholesaler (B2B and B2C) and it is biggest overall retailer in China. It offers customers the best online shopping experience. The company is also a member of the Fortune Global 500.
It is China’s leading one-stop e-commerce platform, providing 588.3 million active customers with direct access to an unrivalled range of authentic, high-quality products, and helping leading local and international brands tap into China’s fast-growing e-commerce market.
Let’s see the growing of JD.com
What is JD worldwide (JD global)
JD Worldwide, is a cross-border platform also enables brands from around the world to sell directly to Chinese consumers, even those that do not have a physical presence in China, meaning that JD.com customers can get high-quality products from around the globe delivered to their doorsteps at the push of a button.
In other words, JD worldwide is for overseas companies (Including Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan China) to sell foreign-brand products.
JD.com has one of the largest fulfillment infrastructure of any e-commerce company in the world. As of September 30, 2022, JD Logistics operated over 1,500 warehouses. Including warehouse space managed through the Open Warehouse Platform, JD Logistics’s warehouse network had an aggregate gross floor area of over 30 million square meters.
JD.com is the only e-commerce platform in the world to provide small-to-medium sized warehousing, oversized warehousing, cross border, cold chain delivery, frozen and chilled warehousing facilities, B2B and crowdsourcing logistics. We opened our logistics platform to partners, so that they can leverage JD.com’s unparalleled nationwide logistics network to provide an industry-leading level of delivery service. JD.com is able to achieve rates of approximately 90% of orders delivered the same or the next day, a rate of fulfillment that no other e-commerce company of JD.com’s scale can match globally.
Providing a safe and reliable e-commerce experience to everyone on the JD platform – customers, vendors, and business partners – is a top priority at JD.com. The JD Security team, comprised of some of the world’s leading experts in online security, develops next-generation protection methodologies and solutions for the entire JD ecosystem. The team specializes in areas such as security of accounts and data, AI, big data and IoT protection, mobile and enterprise security, and threat intelligence.
Fastest shipping service in the world
Compared to other Chinese e-commerce platforms, JD provides the fastest shipping service in the world. Generally speaking, you order products today, and you receive the package tomorrow! Unbelievable, right?
Because JD has its own warehouses and logistics. Not like other e-commerce platforms, they don’t have warehouses and they use third-party logistics. You can guess how many couriers does JD has.
JD has over 300,000 couriers all over the country!
And JD has over 1,500 warehouses！
Note: China has only 34 provinces.
From the data I showed you, I think you understand why JD provides the fastest shipping service in the world.
So if you’re an overseas company that launched an online store on JD, you don’t need to worry about logistics anymore. And you don’t need to find a third-party logistic service. You can use JD logistics directly, and you should !
Does JD.com store and JD worldwide store share the same logistics from JD?
Yes, as long as you sell products on JD or JD worldwide. (Or JD-related platforms)
Despite the fastest shipping service, JD provides money guarantee back and product replacement service. (Under certain conditions).
Maybe you think this is not a good term for sellers. But it also encourages you to provide the best quality and service to consumers. Clients happy, you happy, don’t you think so?
Chinese trust JD most
Every coin has two sides, the good side is Chinese consumers trust JD online shopping most! It’s the trusted e-commerce platform in China.
Chinese trust JD e-commerce platform most, needless to say, JD worldwide store. Because JD worldwide must hold the foreign-brand trademark and non-Chinese companies to open stores. Which makes people trust them more.
JD.com business type
Direct Sales
Marketplace
Worldwide
JD.com Direct Sales:
JD.com’s direct sales model is based on JD.com sourcing products directly from brands and suppliers and selling them directly to customers through the company’s website and mobile channels. It is open to well-established reputable brands and merchants with operations in China.
JD.com Marketplace:
JD.com’s marketplace platform enables well-established, reliable third-party sellers to sell products directly to customers via the JD.com website and mobile channels. Approved sellers may also use JD.com’s industry-leading fulfillment infrastructure, marketing and customer targeting services, financing, and other value added services. The marketplace platform was launched in October 2010 to broaden the selection of products available on the platform and further enrich the customer experience.
JD.com Worldwide(京东国际):
- 20000+ brands
- 10,000,000 SKUs
- 100+ countries/regions
The JD Worldwide is JD.com’s cross-border e-commerce platform and enables Chinese customers to purchase products from other countries with the ease and convenience that they expect from JD.com.
JD Worldwide is open to brands, franchisees, retailers and traders that are legally registered outside China and selling products that originate from outside China.
JD Worldwide offers international merchants the ability to tap into the Chinese market even if they do not have a physical presence in China. Leveraging JD.com’s partnership with international logistics companies such as DHL, Australia Post, and YAMATO and JD.com’s proprietary nationwide logistics network, JD Worldwide provides global shipping and warehousing solutions that ensure products from regions around the world are delivered to the doorsteps of customers in China with ease.
JD global store types And requirements
The e-commerce platform – JD worldwide (JD global) provides Flagship store, Retail Flagship store, Brand Franchised store, and Retail Franchised store for foreign companies to choose from. Different store type needs different requirements.
JD Flagship Store:
International brands or exclusively authorized distributors can open a Brand Flagship Store.
JD Retail Flagship Store:
International online or offline retailers (or exclusively authorized distributors) with Service Trademark (Classification 35) can open a Retail Flagship Store.
JD Brand Franchised Store:
Overseas brand franchised distributors can open a Brand Franchised Store.
JD Retail Franchised Store:
Overseas entities with authorization letters from more than one brand can open a Retail Franchised Store.
What Documents are Required to Sell on JD global store
To open a JD worldwide store (JD global store) requires some basic documents provided and It has to be a non-Mainland Chinese company. Besides, you might also need a Chinese company to take responsibility for your products and services. If you need help with that, feel free to email me.
- Company registration or license documents.
- Corporate juridical person‘s ID, drivers license or passport.
- Overseas bank account opening certificate or bank statement of the main company of the store (USD settlement).
- Non-Chinese Trademark registration certificate.
- Return address (has to be a mainland China address).
- etc.
NOTE: Non-Chinese/English documents must be submitted along with a Chinese/English version.
For more details, please email me: at chinahelp4u@outlook.com
What are the Fees for JD worldwide store
The fees of JD worldwide store are including Security Deposit, Annual Platform Service Fee and Sellers Fee rate.
NOTE: All the fees are charged differently according to The store type and product category!
1. Security Deposit: ($ 2000 – $ 40000)
Any Merchant that operates on JD Worldwide must pay a security deposit. The security deposit is used to ensure that Merchants operate in accordance with the rules of JD Worldwide, and to ensure that Merchants pay the penalties to JD Worldwide and customers in accordance with the “JD Worldwide Merchant Services Agreement” and other related rules and regulations when Merchants are in breach.
The security deposit of JD worldwide is 2000 dollars to 40000 dollars.
2. Annual Platform Service Fee: ($ 500 – $ 1000)
Merchants that operate on JD worldwide must pay an annual fee. The Annual Platform Service Fee is between 500 dollars to 1000 dollars.
3. Sellers fee rate: ( 2%-7%)
Merchants that operate on Tmall Global must pay a technical service fee in accordance with a certain percentage of its sales. The technical services rate is 2%-5% on average.
Applying For JD Worldwide store
- Collection of Information. (Prepare the documents and other materials)
- Submission of Materials/Documents. (Fill in the information and upload the required materials)
- Review of Materials. (Review time: 1-3 working days)
- Launch JD Worldwide Store. ( JD will send an official email to notify merchants who have passed the application process)
Before you apply for JD Worldwide store, you should be fully prepared and note of the documents needed. And the basic rules of JD Worldwide store. As if there is something goes wrong, your application declined. It will take much more time to get approved. You need to wait for 3 months to apply again.
So just be careful and fully prepared.
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