E-Commerce - We take the Heat out of Shipping and Customs

E-Commerce is a massive growth industry today, and it's easy to see why: Consumers are shopping by internet in ever increasing numbers; the costs associated with running an on-line business are so manageable when compared to high-street trading; and when you sell on-line, your market isn't just the people who live in your area, it's the entire world.

Gaining access to the global market is one thing. To be successful when competition is intense, you need to be able to access products from across the globe, and then deliver those products to your customers in the shortest possible time. That's when it becomes vital to have in place the fastest, most efficient shipping, customs clearance and delivery mechanisms.

Customs Clearance Ltd already works with a number of e-commerce businesses and we already have a tried-and-tested 'blueprint for success'. We've put in place a suite of processes that help our customers gain competitive edge and provide a service to their customers that keeps them coming back for more.

Let's imagine you're an e-commerce supplier of goods which you source from around the world and supply to customers across the UK and Europe via your web site. Every night, you collate your orders for the day and transmit them to your overseas supplier. Your supplier then produces a single shipment for that day, and instructs Customs Clearance Ltd to collect and freight the shipment to the UK (it doesn't matter where this comes from).

The shipment arrives by air in London where, having received the necessary documentation from the supplier, we clear it through customs, and, in our warehouse, break down the shipment to your individual customer orders and despatch these across Europe by parcel post options or courier services, to each of your customers.

Thus Customs Clearance Ltd acts as your 'hub' for the UK and Europe, handling the shipping, customs clearance, break-bulk and onward forwarding for you from end-to-end - and you never even need to see the goods you're selling.

We can handle this process for you either DDP (Duty Delivered Paid) or DDU (Duty Delivered Unpaid). In the case of DDU, our on-line secure payment system ensures that your customers can pay the required duty quickly and easily, via their PC.

You may be used to your orders being dispatched by mail, and not coming through Customs. HM Revenue & Customs is becoming ever stricter with the regulations and requires duty to be paid on any order over £18 in value. This means your goods will need to be handled via parcel or courier service, rather than as mail, and be cleared through customs. Our job is to simplify and streamline that process for you, whether you incorporate the duty into your original price to the customer, or require them to pay their duty directly.

Customs Clearance Ltd exists to make the process of freighting and clearing customs a pain-free and straightforward experience, particularly if, as an e-commerce business, you are a regular importer. Without experienced, professional support, you could be losing valuable hours and days in handling customs processes, and - even more importantly - losing hard-won customers to other e-commerce businesses who can deliver faster than you. Don't let it happen!

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E-Commerce - We take the Heat out of Shipping and Customs

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