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2020-02-20 13:56对于刚刚入门没多久的外贸新人，大多都是不知道行业内的各种“默认”，以至稍不注意就掉坑了。只希望看了后这篇文后能识破这些坑，不再掉坑。
For people who are new in foreign trade, most of you don’t know about various kinds of unwritten rules therefore you get trapped by accident. I hope you can penetrate these after reading this article.
1、被货运方式坑
Means of transportation
对国际货运的专业词了解吗？
Are you familiar with jargons of international shipping?
案例Case:
几天前谈好一个客户，只要是发货就可以了，可是货代跟我说要收220美金的运费！我估算运费就80美金。跟客户交流知道，他要求我“FOB”。然后算了FOB 的价格就报给客户了，可原来他说的是CIF，白白亏了140美金。
Few days ago, everything was done except delivery. But forwarder asked me for 220 dollars of freight! I reckoned that the freight was 80 dollars. I talked to customers. FOB he said. I calculated the cost and I told customers while he was talking about CIF. I lost 140 dollars.
建议Suggestions:
其实很多业务员,包括老外的客户，他们并不是清晰的了解每一个贸易术语, 在交涉中，就像EXW与FOB 也经常混用一样, 有时候他们表达的是一个意思。所以在弄清楚货运方式的情况下, 要与客户和货代确认。
In fact, lots of traders including foreign customers don’t know quite about each standard trade terms. During the negotiation, they often mix EXW and FOB but sometimes they want to express one meaning. So we should ensure it with customers and forwarders about means of transportation.
2、被付款方式坑
我们常用的付款方式有T/T, PayPal, Western Union.那这三个付款方式清楚吗？
We usually use T/T, PayPal and Western Union. Are you clear about these?
案例:Case:
客户好不容易答应了我的价格,就想快点让客户付款,好把订单捏在手里,但客户说他不会用T/T, 那我说用西联吧,但是西联整了2天都还没整好,再整客户都要跑了,于是提议客户用Paypal,殊不知paypal扣了我两百多手续费。
Customers finally agreed with my price. Then I wanted him pay quickly and I would be in relief. But the customers said he didn’t know how to use T/T. I suggested him use Western Union while Western Union didn’t make it quick. I suggested the customers use PayPal but PayPal charged me 200 dollars as handling charge.
建议:Suggestions:
1） Paypal ：Paypal的手续费是阶梯式的3.9%+0.3USD~~2.9%+0.3USD。这个是按你的月收款额来决定你下个月的费率的！Payal是适合小金额的收款，大概是几百美金到几千美金。现在的PP用户，都是让买家来负担手续费的，一般在你的产品报价上加到4.4%就可以了。
PayPal: Handling charge of PayPal is multistep as 3.9%+0.3USD~~2.9%+0.3USD. Your rate of next month is in according to your monthly amount received. PayPal is suitable for small volume collection which ranges from serveral hundred dollars to serveral thousand dollars. Nowadays, PayPal users have the purchasers bear handling charge. Generally, it is 4.4% of your quoted price.
2）western union：收款迅速，几分钟到账。阿连也曾经说过西联的用法，想回顾的连粉可以点进去看看：
《别告诉我你懂操作西联汇款 How to Use Western Union?【第1103期】》
Western Union: With Western Union, you can receive money rapidly. I have released an article about usage of Western Union, you can go and take a look:
《 How to Use Western Union?》
2） T/T：直接汇款到银行帐户，从打款至到账一般需要2-10天的时间，各个国家时间有所不同。一般用于大金额，收款安全。
T/T: It remits directly to bank account. It takes 2 to 10 days from remittance to final receipt. The time varies from countries to countries. It is used when referring to large sum of money and it is very safe.
3、被工厂时间坑
答应给客户的时间到了却不出货，结果把自己坑了。轻的被客户说一顿,，重的可能会造成客户损失并且要求赔偿。
We promise we’d deliever the goods on time but we didn’t make it. We may be criticized by customers and in more serious cases, we may be asked to compensate for customers’ loss.
案例:Case:
有一个大客户, 要货紧, 我再三跟工厂强调一定要15号出货而且允诺客户15号出货, 结果今天一问,还需要10天。
A major account wanted the goods fast. I repeatedly told the plants that the goods should be done before 15th and I promised customers we would deliver on 15th. Consequently, it still needed 10 days more.
建议:Suggestions:
第一,根据自己工厂的通常情况,在工厂的交期上多留5-15天的时间允诺给客户。
第二,若是急单,应该告诉客户短期内无法完成，能否分批?分批的话就涉及到多出来的运费及其他费用，要注意。
First, we should promise customers that we would deliver the goods 5 to 15 days later on the base of factory’s delivery time.
Second, if it is very urgent, we should tell customers we are not able to finish the task. We can ask them if partial shipment is OK. If the answer is yes, we should pay attention to the extra fees and freight.
4、被不确定的报价坑
Uncertain quoted price
这也是新手经常掉的坑,不熟悉价格但是又要及时回复客户,所以很多人大概报了价格，结果报低了,解释也不是,加价也不是。
This is very common among the freshmen. They are not familiar with the price but they must respond promtly. So most of them made the offer. Finally, the quoted price is lower than it should be. You can’t explain and you can’t increase the price.
案例:Case:
工厂说原料涨价了,成本增高，我要跟客户解释吗? 可是客户会觉得我做事不靠谱,不愿意跟我合作了?如果不加价,就亏了,那肯定不行的，怎么办？
Manufacturer says there is a raise in price of raw materials. Should I explain to customers about the price increase? But what if customers think that I am unreliable and are not willing to cooperate with me? If I don’t increase the pric
e, I will loss money. That’s not going to happen. What should I do?
建议:Suggestions:
价格是成单的关键,若是没有一个确定的价格不建议报给客户,要弄清楚价格再报价，报高了，客户不理你，报低了，你做不了，若客户已经明确表达要求，就要直白的跟客户承认自己报错了价格,请求客户的一次原谅。诚恳还有可能挽回订单。
The price is the key of an order. If you are sure about the price, I don’t suggest you make the offer. You should make the offer after you are clear about the price. If the price is too high, the customers won’t give a care about you. If the price is too low, you’ll complete a failed order. Supposing that the customer has shown their intention, you should admit straight forward that you made the wrong offer. It may help you regain the order if you plead for their forgiveness.
5、被单据坑
很多新人刚来公司,还没有熟悉公司流程等等,做单做错了，数量，金额，产品名称做错了都会带了很多麻烦。
Many freshmen are new in company and they are not familiar with the progress. It will be very troublesome if they make mistakes on making orders, amount, figure and names of products.
案例:Case:
我把数量写错了,0和O连在一起工厂的人看错了,本来是100ODERS ，厂的人急忙之下看成了1000。
I made an mistake on amout. It should have been 100 ODERS but the manufacturer mistaked it as 1000.
建议:Suggestions:
单据一定要审核，审核，再审核，单据代表订单，错了就是错了，要想补救要付出代价的，而且徒增麻烦。
The invoices must be checked repeatly because it stands for orders. If it gets wrong, we will have to pay a heavy price to repair.
