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▶ Video account attention cross-border navigation It is learned that relevant reports show that the United States' sea container imports increased in January and economic indicators weakened slightly. It is expected that the global supply chain shortage crisis in 2022 will not change in the short term.
Multiple studies have shown that the issue of shipping reliability will not be effectively resolved for some time to come, and sellers' protracted supply chain battle will continue into next year. Previously, Jungle Scout reported that more than 90% of Amazon sellers suffered revenue losses in 2021 due to the supply chain crisis. In addition to the imbalanced market relationship between supply and demand, the epidemic is also an important driving force for this dilemma. In the first three weeks of 2022 alone, more than 1,800 employees at the West Coast Port of the United States suffered from pneumonia. The labor shortage problem has made the sellers' package delivery time even worse. Just recently, the epidemic in Shenzhen has made a comeback, and there are reports that the Bantian area, which is the main base for cross-border sellers, has been "favored" again. The epidemic is coming back, are Sakata sellers hit again? A few years ago, the epidemic suddenly broke out in Shenzhen, the cross-border base camp. Positive cases appeared in the Bantian Shenzhou Building, which is home to a large number of cross-border companies. A large number of sellers were quarantined at home, and logistics were also affected to a certain extent. However, not long after Bantian lifted the control, a new round of epidemic swept again. It is learned that on February 14, Guangdong added 4 local confirmed cases, of which 3 were reported in Shenzhen. According to a report released by Shenzhen Longgang, Bantian Street has carried out large-scale emergency nucleic acid testing since 8:00 today. As of press time, the authorities have not yet announced the specific confirmed cases and areas, but a seller broke the news in the communication group that Bantian International Center F has been blocked and a company has notified the relevant control areas. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group A seller whose location is in Bantian said that the company urgently notified Bantian International Center in the morning that it would temporarily restrict entry and exit to the risk control area, and all employees would work in isolation at home and implement a closed-loop management system of two inspections every three days. ▲ The picture comes from Weibo For the sellers in Bantian, 2022 has been a year of disasters since the beginning. They have been "selected" by the new crown virus one after another. At the same time, the cross-border export operation situation at the Shenzhen port is not optimistic. According to the Shenzhen Health Commission, 11 cross-border truck drivers were tested positive for nucleic acid at the Shenzhen Port on February 17. Since February 4, a total of 66 cross-border truck drivers have been reported positive at the Shenzhen Port. On the other hand, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong continues to worsen, with 6,116 new confirmed cases on February 17 setting a new single-day high. Recently, a positive patient was illegally admitted through Guangdong and was prosecuted. Due to the frequent cross-border transportation between Hong Kong and Guangdong, the number of confirmed truck drivers at Shenzhen Port has also increased. For this reason, Shenzhen Port also issued an announcement that it will strengthen the fixed-point management of the "three points and one line" of cross-border truck drivers between Shenzhen and Hong Kong and related traffic nodes along the way. The recurrence of the epidemic has made sellers' operations full of uncertainty, and package delivery and logistics timeliness are likely to be affected to a certain extent. At the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, sellers in Shenzhen have had a lot of bad luck. However, the joys and sorrows of each person are not the same. Sellers in Zhejiang, another Feng Shui treasure land for cross-border e-commerce, have recently received good news. Good news for independent sellers? Zhejiang launches entrepreneurship subsidy policy! It is learned that in 2021, the total import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce in Zhejiang Province reached 330.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%, accounting for about one-sixth of the national total, second only to Guangdong Province. Among them, the export volume was 243.02 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.3%. As the second largest province in cross-border e-commerce after Guangdong, Zhejiang has shown a very strong development momentum. On the other hand, the continuous strengthening of Zhejiang's talent support has also provided more opportunities for people with lofty ideals in all walks of life, including cross-border sellers. Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference, during which Chen Zhong, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, introduced that this year, the number of college graduates nationwide will exceed 10 million. In order to seize the opportunity, Zhejiang will implement a number of support policies to vigorously attract college graduates. ▲ The picture comes from Cailianshe It is understood that Zhejiang has a wide range of employment policies for college graduates, mainly including: 1. College graduates who work in Zhejiang can enjoy living subsidies or housing purchase and rental subsidies ranging from 20,000 to 400,000 yuan. 2. College students who want to start a business can get a loan of 100,000 to 500,000 yuan. If the business fails, the government will compensate for the loan below 100,000 yuan and 80% of the loan above 100,000 yuan. 3. College students who come to Zhejiang for internships will receive living allowances from all regions. Graduates from families in financial difficulties will receive a job-seeking and entrepreneurship subsidy of 3,000 yuan each. The implementation of these policies not only provides more entrepreneurial opportunities for college students, but also improves the fault tolerance of self-employment. Therefore, once this news was released, it attracted enthusiastic attention from the entire network, and some young sellers were eager to try. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group Some sellers even joked: they are buying graduates at high prices, making plans for them, guaranteeing that their business ventures will fail, and the profit from a 100,000 yuan split is 40% to 60%. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group In recent years, more and more cross-border sellers have started their own businesses. However, for an asset-heavy industry like cross-border e-commerce, working alone means greater risks and requires a lot of energy and financial resources. Previously, a seller revealed that his friend borrowed millions of online loans to start an Amazon business, but ended up losing all his money. There are countless examples of similar failures of self-employed sellers taking out loans to start their own businesses on Amazon. Under such circumstances, the employment incentive policies implemented by Zhejiang Province will, to a certain extent, help increase the trial and error space for self-employed sellers and stimulate more possibilities and creativity. However, some professionals pointed out that it is too early to be happy, as the content presented in the report is rather one-sided. After the government compensates for the loan, the bad debts generated by this loan may affect personal credit. It is learned that since returning to work after the Chinese New Year, there has been a wave of resignations and layoffs in the cross-border industry. Some sellers have to leave their jobs because their companies have reduced staff and lowered salaries, some sellers have taken the initiative to change jobs and rush to new opportunities, and some sellers have resolutely given up their jobs and choose to work alone. Some sellers admitted that compared with the same period last year, the shrinking recruitment demand and lower salaries have become the general trend. Most companies no longer blindly pursue expansion, but turn to small and beautiful boutique operations, with higher requirements for the comprehensive ability of talents, which also puts job seekers in a passive position. Many sellers believe that competition in cross-border e-commerce is becoming increasingly fierce, and that young people are just as dependent on their youth as programmers. It is easy for them to lose their competitiveness in the volatile industry environment. Therefore, many sellers choose to quit their jobs and work on their own after accumulating sufficient experience and resources. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group It can be seen that the turmoil and reshuffle in the cross-border circle in 2021 have made the industry situation more unpredictable. Job hopping, starting a business or changing careers has troubled many sellers. What do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area~
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