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China fulfillment, explained honestly

For merchants who keep their own suppliers, the developers who integrate them, and the AI agents that increasingly run the stores. No day-count promises, no savings percentages — mechanisms and evidence.

WooCommerceFulfill WooCommerce orders from your own China suppliersThe end-to-end workflow: connect the store, route per line, buy from your supplier, approve the packed quote.Read Fulfillment modelsSupplier-direct forwarding vs stocked fulfillmentA per-SKU decision framework — with the promotion path from zero-commitment forwarding to selective stocking.Read ConsolidationHow to consolidate parcels from multiple China suppliersFour suppliers, one shipment: receiving with evidence, choosing what travels together, one measured quote.Read AI-run storesFulfillment for AI-run storesWhere agent-operated Shopify/WooCommerce stores hit the wall, and the MCP implementation that fixes it.Read DevelopersIntegrating a China fulfillment API: idempotency, webhooks, reconciliationThe five properties a production integration needs, with Merchant API V1 as the worked example.Read MCPWhat is MCP for logistics?Agent-native shipping defined: logistics operations as typed, verifiable tools AI agents can call.Read ComparisonCoordination layer vs dropshipping agent vs inventory 3PLThree business models that get conflated, and what each one asks you to give up.Read Amazon FBAFBA prep from China after the 2026 policy changeFNSKU, polybag and palletize requirements — declared explicitly, never added silently.Read 中文中国仓集运、寄存代发和海外仓的区别三种履约模式的现金占用、时效结构与风险点，以及为什么可以按 SKU 混用。Read