you want to try fedex? They charging me minimum 90 just to send document to USA. This is using cooperate account with 25% discount lol

no i'm online buyer so less effected. have some stuff wanna let go now wanna relook at my "free international shipping" policy lol.

so what you selling? must be small items. Jewels? Accessories? Condoms???

anyway even if Malaysia post is free, it's quite hard for Malaysians to compete internationally.

import goods need tax
goods imported need to pay more to distributor
goods also left over

how to compete with China, Hong Kong when they can get their stuff dirt cheap?

POS Malaysia previously offering the cheapest courier option among other courier.
Now they no longer offering the cheapest, but becoming expensive, so people rage??

Go opt for another courier services la, show them who's the boss, instead of raging and complaining. Its not like we dont have any choices pon.

TnT still got. efficient what.

me no seller but i wonder how to add value to your product when, you are just selling products, and all buyers care is great pricing and okok customer service. Buyers nowadays know they are paying peanuts and only expect the minimum from sellers when comes to customer service.

nowadays china seller all very fast reply, resend item (or so they claim they've resent) on broken parts, the offer free post, how to compete? the fact that many of them can get stock backdoor from factories means they can sell stuffs at 50cent and still profit.

again we tok about small time business, not ur milliondollar deals ya?

then we have all the red tapes, import permits, import tax, quota, this & that. original cost to import already higher than other countries somemore have to add this & that. current situation in Malaysia already shows malaysia can't compete internationally. most companies only cari makan locally unless they branch out to other tax heaven countries like HK & Singapore or Bermuda.

erm accessories like phone cover, or mp3 players?

maybe time to move up to higher profit margin products?

for example? how u can compete with higher cost by importing few hundred bucks item from china and add value to international buyers?

tat is no longer small time business liao.

it's something like assembly work liao.

need to gather big orders in order to proceed with the work. figure out the distribution & marketing. higher risk due to unproven track records.

becum like entrepreneur class liao.

not as easy as reselling.

anyway that is no longer added value service liao, it's like custom manufacture/assembling.

maybe a good electrical engineer can do it. maybe.

most people who can do it won't be reading here anyway.

too bad malaysia dun have so much talents compared to western countries. life is too good for them that they can afford whole year studying vtec engines and give modding service. here just copy pasta.

correct it wasnt a online trading business base , it is so call entrepreneur business,
which involve high capital , cost.  if i got capital i sure play this game, but most of us is still climbing from bottom .
how to tahan the giant hit..

value added service...

the one you mention is clearly manufacturing/assembly.

or at best you call it service provider who assembles electronics up to client's spec & hopefully not many people can provide the same service.

value added service are more towards things that doesn't come original with the sales, like after service sales, free gifts, warranty & support, special request etc, the value added service i see in your example would at most be the customizing area, in the end it's still heavy on manufacturing/assembling.

well you see,
cheap products use cheap courier service, (kangaroo)
normal product use normal courier service, (skynet, citylink)
premium product use premium courier service. (DHL, Fedex)

if need to ship to oversea then no choice, have to use DHL or Fedex.

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chemicals sample (local, oversea) *none-flammable*
filters sample (local, oversea)
tinted films sample (mostly local~singapore)
some hardware mobo, gpu, waterblocks (local)

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usually 1L , need MSDS to prove that its none-flammable else will be detain and denied.
if large quantity such as 600L, need to use cargo logistics (asia pacific etc) ship liao, DHL and Fedex sibeh expensive to ship in container.

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