The industries of express delivery and e-commerce had been attached to each other like brothers. However, the fierce competition makes express delivery industry in Yiwu begin to nibble at the e-commerce. It shows that the e-commerce industry in Yiwu starts changing now.

The Shentong Express became the first mover

Liu is a master hand at ecommerce. Half a year ago, he divided his business into two parts so that he and his wife could specialize in e-commerce sales and meanwhile make Shentong express manage warehousing and delivery.

It is learned that Shentong is the first mover of over 100 express delivery companies in Yiwu. Some express delivery companies break the limits, extend their business and do warehousing for e-commerce companies so that the e-commerce companies can concentrate on sale.

Disorderly competition forces express delivery to find way out

The phenomenon that Yiwu express delivery nibbles at ecommerce is mainly caused by the disorderly competition in Yiwu express delivery industry. Recently, the express delivery industry has a tremendous increase of business volume with the development of e-commerce. Since 2008, the business volume of Yiwu express delivery industry has been above 35 percent every year on the average.