E515: Can You Ship Direct to Customers from China for Cheap?

Izzy Rosenzweig, the CEO of Portless, joins Mike on the podcast today to geek out over all things supply chain, and to talk about Portless; one of the biggest potential game changers in the DTC shipping industry.  No matter how rich you are, you'll always be running into issues with cash flow the longer you're running an ecommerce business.  Money gets tied up for weeks and up to months at a time while waiting for your inventory to reach local warehouses, but it doesn't have to be with Portless. Izzy Rozensweig, the CEO of Portless, joins me in today's podcast to talk about how Portless was founded, how it operates, and how his game changer can be leveraged to improve your cash flow by multiples - not just by a few percent.  Timestamps:  0:00 - Introduction  1:10 - Izzy's background in e-commerce  6:21 - How Portless was founded  10:50 - What does it cost for a typical small package? 14:12 - How Portless handles next-day shipping   17:25 - Is Portless appropriate for large, bulky products?  18:55 - Improving cash flow by magnitudes with DTC shipping   26:33 - Quick Fire Question #1: Does this work for any region in China?  27:00 - Quick Fire Question #2: What's the threshold for the size of business?  27:35 - Quick Fire Question #3: Where can they find more about you and Portless?  28:54 - Risks associated with shipping DTC  30:06 - Other countries that DTC shipping applies to  30:36 - Does Portless provide services for FBA?  If you're interested in partnering with Portless, I highly recommend you do so by checking out this link. If you'd like to speak to Izzy directly, contact him on his LinkedIn or Twitter pages.  We'd also love to have you on in a future episode to talk about your experiences with Portless if you do decide to partner with them! Reach out to us at [email protected] if you're interested.  Don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes if you enjoy our content. If you have any questions, send us an email at [email protected]. We'd love to help you in any way we can.  Thanks for listening! Until next time, happy selling!