International freight forwarding companies and international express companies are both types of international logistics companies, both of which are engaged in the work related to the international transportation of goods, resulting in many people being somewhat unclear about the difference between the two.

International freight forwarding company, that is, international freight forwarding company, mainly acts as an agent for international freight business, including: land transportation, sea transportation, air transportation, etc. International freight forwarding companies usually cooperate with international express companies, sign agency agreements, obtain their agency rights, and connect with customs declaration, trailer companies and other links.

More generally speaking, an international freight forwarding company is like an intermediary. The customer's goods are sent by the freight forwarding company, and every link in the middle: packing, sorting, out of warehouse, customs clearance, and final delivery are all handled by the freight forwarding company. If there is any accident, it will take the initiative to follow up and deal with it, and the service is in place.

Secondly, shipping through a freight forwarding company generally has preferential prices, which can help customers save logistics costs, especially international express channels, such as: DHL, Fedex, UPS, etc. As an agent, freight forwarding companies can provide greater discounts from , so many cross-border e-commerce sellers choose to cooperate with freight forwarding companies.

The most important thing is that international freight forwarding companies can provide rich logistics channels. The freight forwarding company cooperates with international express delivery, and also integrates high-quality express delivery resources, which can provide customers with rich, diverse and diversified logistics channels to meet the various shipping needs of customers.

International express companies are the carriers of goods, not only responsible for the packaging, sorting, and storage of goods, but also for important country-to-country transportation and delivery at the end of the destination. International express companies have their own logistics systems to handle goods efficiently. Compared with freight forwarding companies, they are a collection point.

The advantage of international express companies is that they can provide professional international logistics services and standardize operations. But the fees are also relatively expensive.

International freight forwarding companies and international express companies have their own advantages and disadvantages. If the value of goods is high and there is no favorite freight forwarding company to cooperate with, you can choose an international express company to provide efficient, stable and safe international transportation guarantee for the goods. If you ship general or sensitive goods, generally you will choose a freight forwarding company. Most international express companies do not accept personal sensitive goods.

Of course, you can also choose to cooperate with YiRida. As a one-stop cross-border small package service system, it supports general cargo sensitive goods, provides a variety of special transportation lines, and has overseas door-to-door delivery services to ensure the safe arrival of customers' goods at their destinations. convoy.