Stop 4 — What the warehouse arrival starts
Arrival starts a clock. Verify the window on your own account before you plan around it.
Stop 4 of 8
8 stops · open a stop to read its windows · “n open” = actions still available
- Stop 1: Pick the channel — 3 actions still open. A channel is a filtered view of one agent, not a shop. Learn what its row count proves and what it cannot.
- Stop 2: Hand the link over — 3 actions still open. A link carries an identity, not a product. Keep the identity intact and the order stays traceable.
- Stop 3: Pay for the item — 2 actions still open. Item payment and freight payment are two separate moments. Most closed doors close at the first one.
- Stop 4: The warehouse clock — 3 actions still open. Arrival starts a clock. Verify the window on your own account before you plan around it.
- Stop 5: QC photos — 3 actions still open. A photo set is evidence of coverage, not a verdict on quality. Ask for angles, not for opinions.
- Stop 6: Merge and pack — 3 actions still open. Merging trades a second freight charge for a bigger volumetric weight. Run both sides.
- Stop 7: Freight and customs — 2 actions still open. Freight is charged on chargeable weight. Customs is decided on declaration fields you fill in.
- Stop 8: Checking the parcel — 2 actions still open. Delivery starts the claim clock. Photograph the unopened parcel before you open it.
Stop 4 of 8 · 3 actions still open
Arrival starts a clock. Verify the window on your own account before you plan around it.
- WindowKeep the item in storage without charge — closes when the storage window published on your account runs out
- CostPlanning around a storage figure you read somewhere instead of the one on your own account — the number of free days is a platform setting, not a constant.
Read stop 4: The warehouse clock
Jump to: 1. Pick channel · 2. Paste link · 3. Pay item · 4. Arrival · 5. QC photos · 6. Merge · 7. Freight · 8. Check parcel
What happens here
- The item is logged in against your order, which is the moment the storage clock starts rather than the moment you paid.
- A storage window begins, expressed by the platform in days and shown on the parcel or item record.
- The cancellation route closes here; from this point the conversation is about returns, not about cancelling.
- Measurements are taken, which is the first point at which a real weight exists for the freight estimate.
What is still open to you
| Action | Still open | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Request a photo set | open | The item record, while the item is still in storage |
| Submit a return request | open | The item record, inside the platform’s return window |
| Merge with other items | open | The parcel builder |
| Cancel the order outright | closed | Closed at arrival |
Window
| Action | Closes when | After closing |
|---|---|---|
| Keep the item in storage without charge | The storage window published on your account runs out | Storage continues to accrue as a charge on the parcel, which has to be settled before shipping. |
| Return the item to the seller | The platform’s return window for that item ends | The item stays in your storage and can still be shipped, but the return route is gone. |
| Dispute the item’s condition | The photo set is taken and the return window closes | A later dispute about condition has to argue against photos that were already on record. |
Cost of missing it
- Planning around a storage figure you read somewhere instead of the one on your own account — the number of free days is a platform setting, not a constant.
- Letting several items sit past the window while waiting for one more item to arrive; the wait costs more than a second freight charge in most cases.
- Skipping the photo request in the first days, when the item is easiest to return.
How to check it on your own order
- Find the storage window on your own account
Pass when: You can point at where the platform states the number of free days for your parcel, and it is not a figure you read on a blog. - Write down the arrival date, not the payment date
Pass when: The date you recorded matches the warehouse log-in entry on the item record. - Decide the merge plan within the first days
Pass when: You know which other items are still expected and whether waiting for them is worth the storage risk. - Request the photo set early
Pass when: The request is on the record before the return window narrows, and you have asked for named angles rather than "more photos".
Context
Arrival starts the clock, not payment. The moment an item is logged in against your order, three things begin at once: a storage window that the platform measures in days, a return window attached to the item, and the measurements that later become the freight estimate. Payment, by contrast, started nothing except the order itself. Getting these two moments confused is what produces the familiar situation of an item that has been "in the system" for two months while its free storage quietly ran out.
On the storage figure specifically, this site takes a deliberate position. Community posts and search suggestions repeat a ninety-day figure often enough that it reads like a rule, but on 2026-10-06 we could not confirm it from any public platform page we were able to open. So we do not publish it as a fact. What we publish instead is the check: open your own account, find where the platform states the free window for your parcel, and write that number down with the date you saw it. A verified number on your own account beats a repeated number from a forum.
The rest of this stop is about ordering your decisions. Merge planning belongs in the first days, while every option is still open and the storage clock is barely moving. Photo requests belong there too, for a blunt reason: an item that is still inside its return window is easy to send back, and an item whose window has closed can only be argued about. Waiting is sometimes correct — a second parcel may genuinely be worth combining — but the decision should be made against the clock you verified, not against a figure you half-remember.
Tools for this stop
Readings for this stop
- The storage clock: when free days turn into a fee — The clock starts on the arrival date and is counted on the space a parcel takes, not its weight.
- What a QC photo set can and cannot prove — A checklist line passes only when the frame shows the thing itself, clearly enough for someone else to agree.
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Reviewed 2026-10-06 · Weekly review