Air Freight to Middle East: Freight Forwarders Also Run Amazon Businesses – Your Data Is Taken Directly, You Can Never Guard Against It!
When shipping via air freight to Middle East, what’s the biggest scam? Some freight forwarders also run Amazon businesses. They have their own Amazon operation teams, and cross-border e-commerce sellers who ship with them become their best product research tools!
They know exactly how much cargo you send, which products sell best, your monthly shipping volume, and most importantly, they know all about your target customers. Isn’t this the best product selection data?
These forwarders use this data directly in their own operation teams – either to list against you or sell the same type of products. You just can’t defend against it.
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Let me tell you another common scam with air freight to Middle East. Some forwarders book fast sea freight for air-and-sea shipments but actually ship by slow sea freight to earn the price difference. This is one of the worst tricks.
Recently, high temperatures, floods, strikes and riots have given them plenty of excuses. They easily say: “Delayed due to hot weather!” “Riots happened, sorry!” “Strikes broke out, we can’t help it…”
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What’s the second scam? Some freight forwarders lack professional knowledge and are irresponsible. To chase high profits, they secretly mix sensitive goods with general goods and ship unauthorized cargo randomly.
The customs clearance agents they cooperate with are also unprofessional middlemen. If nothing goes wrong, you’re just lucky. When problems happen, they blame it on policy changes by customs.
Actually, customs usually gives chances to fix issues – like missing labels. You just need to label them properly, pay a small fee for transit warehouse, and customs will clear the goods.
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But unprofessional forwarders or middlemen only say: “Sorry, your goods have to be returned or destroyed, and you need to pay extra fees.”
They refuse to take responsibility or provide proper service, leaving you with no way to argue.
As a logistics service provider, you should solve problems earnestly when customs issues occur – that’s what we understand.
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So what should you look for in a freight forwarder?
First, solid professional knowledge.
Second, willingness to take responsibility.
When problems happen, they should compensate you – whether it’s full cargo compensation, 41kg compensation, or $100 per carton. Any real compensation is better than nothing.
Many forwarders say: “I’ll compensate you on your next shipment by cutting 0.5 yuan per kg.” But if they messed up your first shipment, would you dare send a second one?
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One scam after another, layer by layer – shippers are always the most vulnerable.
Of course, there are reliable forwarders who take responsibility. Take DL Logistics as an example. Last year, a batch of goods shipped via air freight to Middle East from Guangzhou got water-damaged in the warehouse. Legally, it wasn’t our responsibility, but we took the initiative to compensate the shipper. That’s how a responsible large forwarder acts.
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We know what shippers need most: reliable service and peace of mind. If we can provide that, shippers will keep working with us. Long-term business is real business.
We treat freight forwarding as a lifelong career, which makes us different from over 90% of forwarders on the market.
With this belief, we now have nearly 100 employees and own the entire 8th floor of Block B, Rongde Times Square in Longgang District.
If you need air freight to Middle East, air freight to UAE or air freight to Dubai, wouldn’t you feel completely at ease choosing a forwarder like us?