What is 4PX Express? 4PX Express Review

Founder Introduction

Li Yue, Chairman of 4PX Technology Group, Master of Economics, EMBA, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

He graduated from Northern Jiaotong University with a major in railway transportation in 1992. He has served as deputy general manager and general manager of Sinotrans Hong Kong Express Co., Ltd. and deputy general manager of Sinotrans Air Transport Development Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen 4PX Express Co., Ltd. (4PX) was founded in June 2004.

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The company has three business segments, namely software, e-commerce and logistics, and more than 50 logistics products and services, covering logistics, warehousing services, and reverse logistics solutions, which can meet the needs of cross-border e-commerce of different types and sizes. 4PX's core products include global warehousing order fulfillment service - Global Order Bao, global mail direct delivery service - Lianyoutong, 4PX Global Express, GRS Global Return Service, and global cargo collection and forwarding service for e-commerce terminal consumers.

As of the end of 2016, 4PX Express has more than 3,200 professional logistics service personnel worldwide, has established more than 50 directly-operated outlets in mainland China, and has more than 20 global order fulfillment warehouses and cargo collection and transit centers in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. It processes more than 2 million e-commerce orders per day and has annual sales revenue of more than US$500 million.

4PX Express is the global logistics partner of eBay/Paypal/Amazon/Alibaba and currently serves more than 100,000 active cross-border e-commerce merchants.

Since its establishment ten years ago, 4PX Express has been committed to continuously improving operational efficiency and customer experience, focusing on the field of cross-border e-commerce logistics services, paying attention to the application of software and hardware technology, insisting on product and service innovation, constantly optimizing operating procedures, and reducing logistics costs. It has won the trust and praise of customers with professional logistics solutions and high-quality service standards, lowered the entry threshold for cross-border e-commerce, played a positive role in promoting the rapid development of China's cross-border e-commerce industry, and won a number of national awards.

In the next ten years, 4PX Courier will continue to uphold the spirit of continuous innovation, take it as its mission to support and promote the development of the industry, and lead the way in cross-border e-commerce logistics.

Products and Services

1. Private label

Orderbao (overseas), Orderbao (domestic), Lianyoutong, 4PX special line, Transshipment, Amazon FBA first-leg transportation, overseas pickup, Hong Kong delivery, international air transportation

2. International Express

Hong Kong DHL, Hong Kong FedEx, Hong Kong UPS

3. Postal products

Singapore Post Small Parcel, Hong Kong Post Small Parcel, China Post Small Parcel, Singapore Post EMS, China Post EMS, Hong Kong Post EMS, Hong Kong Post Air Mail Parcel

4. Value-added services: insurance business

Origin of the name

The idea of ​​4PX comes from the "Fourth Party Logistics 4PL" proposed by Accenture of the United States. It is the abbreviation of "THE FOURTH PARTY EXPRESS", which clearly shows the industry positioning of 4PX. It focuses on the construction of channels and platforms for international express delivery, and provides customers with comprehensive cross-border logistics services with wide channels, diverse forms, low costs, safety and reliability.

Information Platform Introduction

Relying on more than 20 years of industry development experience, 4PX has spent more than 10 years developing a highly efficient, stable, secure, interactive business information management system (XMS) that supports personalized configuration. Currently, the XMS system developed by 4PX has achieved data connection with eBay and PayPal.

XMS-based collective system diagram

Advantages of XMS

precise

WCF, PDA applications, enhance data accuracy

Stablize

Adopting LVS deployment mode, any server downtime will not affect system operation

Safety

A synchronous backup mechanism is used to ensure that any database is damaged without losing business data

Support personalized configuration

Customers can define the system interface, optional data, processing flow, authority allocation, etc. in the most suitable way according to their actual business needs.

Good interactivity

PAYPAL, 99Bill and other payment methods have been connected and are operating efficiently;

API connection has been established with e-commerce platforms such as eBay and Taobao;

It can communicate with channel partners through WebService, FTP, network crawling and other methods to automatically obtain logistics track and other data

Development History

In June 2004, Shenzhen 4PX Express Co., Ltd. was established, mainly engaged in international express services.

In July 2008, 4PX Express Limited Hong Kong Branch was established.

In May 2009, the UK warehouse began internal research and development testing and was officially put into use in September.

In July 2009, 4PX Express Group established a strategic partnership with Singapore Post Group and established its first overseas warehouse in November.

In March 2010, it became eBay China's logistics partner, and in May, Shenzhen Meizentuo Network Technology Co., Ltd. was established.

In October 2010, the US warehouse was tested and developed, and officially put into use in December.

The German warehouse was developed and tested in February 2011 and officially put into use in May.

In March 2012, ECOSS (E-Commerce One-Stop Solution) was launched and it became the first-leg logistics partner of Amazon FBA.

In June 2014, Shenzhen Qianhai Transshipment Sifang Modern Logistics Co., Ltd. was established.

In November 2014, Shenzhen Qianhai Haitaocheng E-Commerce Co., Ltd. was established.

In 2015, it became the only global return and exchange service provider designated by Amazon in China.

In November 2008, 4PX began to provide comprehensive e-commerce logistics, warehousing and order fulfillment services for cross-border e-commerce.

Get investment

In September 2008, 4PX obtained venture capital from Shenzhen Capital Group, China's largest RMB investment company, with its unique business model and rapid growth.

In May 2011, it received RMB 60 million in Series B investment from Singapore Post Group. At the end of 2011, it received investment from Shenzhen Venture Capital and Shenzhen Government Fund.

In August 2013, the group officially cooperated with Newegg.com in the United States. In November, a US$50 million Series C financing agreement was signed, with the investor being the International Data Group (IDG).

In July 2016, 4PX Group completed its Series D financing. Alibaba became our shareholder as a strategic investor and invested hundreds of millions!

Awards

In November 2009, 4PX was awarded the title of Best New Enterprise in the "2009 (Third) China Venture Capital Value List" organized by CCTV.

In January 2010, 4PX was ranked 148th on Forbes' list of China's most promising companies.

In 2011, it won the "China's Most Promising Emerging Enterprise Award" at the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Summit.

In 2012, it won the "Top Ten Most Competitive Leading Brands in China's Cross-border E-commerce Logistics" and "China's Best Business Model Innovation Award".

In January 2015, Shenzhen 4PX Information Technology Co., Ltd. was certified as a "National High-tech Enterprise" and an e-commerce demonstration enterprise by the Ministry of Commerce.

In January 2018, the China Logistics Development Drivers Annual Conference was held in Beijing, and 4PX became the only cross-border e-commerce logistics company to be named one of the “Top 10 Express Logistics Brands with the Most Consumer Satisfaction in 2017”.