> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vortexiq.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ship-To Country Coverage, AliExpress > Ship-To Country Coverage for AliExpress stores. Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre. How to read it, why it matters, and how to act on it. **Card class:** [Non-Hero](/nerve-centre/overview#card-classes-explained) • **Category:** [Marketplace](/nerve-centre/connectors#connectors-by-type) ## At a glance > **Ship-To Country Coverage** measures the share of your AliExpress listings that offer shipping to the destination countries you have set as priority markets. On a global cross-border marketplace a listing only sells where it ships, so a coverage gap means buyers in a target country simply cannot complete checkout no matter how strong the product is. For an owner or marketing lead this is a quiet but direct revenue lever, because closing a coverage gap unlocks demand you are already attracting but failing to capture. It pairs with `aex_active_listings` for the catalogue base and `aex_orders_by_buyer_country`, which shows where demand is actually landing so you can prioritise which gaps to close first. | | | | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **What it counts** | The percentage of listings that offer shipping to your configured priority destination countries. | | **Sample type** | Backend API data from AliExpress, refreshed in near real time as listing shipping templates change. | | **Why it matters** | Listings that do not ship to a target market cannot convert buyers there, so coverage gaps are missed cross-border revenue. | | **Reading the value** | Read it as a coverage percentage against 100%. The closer to full coverage the better; a falling figure means listings have lost shipping to a market you care about. | | **Currency** | Percent of listings. | | **Time window** | `RT` | | **Alert trigger** | `-` | | **Sentiment key** | `aex_ship_to_country_coverage` | | **Roles** | owner, marketing | ## Calculation Vortex IQ checks each AliExpress listing's shipping template against your configured priority destination countries and reports the percentage of listings that cover those markets, rendered on a gauge against full coverage. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading. ## Worked example *A representative reading of **Ship-To Country Coverage** for a typical cross-border AliExpress store.* On 16 Mar 26 the gauge reads 82%, meaning roughly one in six listings does not ship to at least one priority market. The marketing lead cross-checks `aex_orders_by_buyer_country`, sees strong demand from Brazil, and finds that a batch of newer listings was published without Brazil in their shipping template. They apply the correct template across the affected listings, lifting coverage to 96% by 18 Mar 26 and opening those products to a market that was already generating views. For deeper investigation, use Vortex Mind to trace upstream causes; for natural-language exploration, ask Ask Viq. ## Sibling cards merchants should reference together | Card | Why merchants reach for it | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [`aex_active_listings`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/aliexpress/active-listings) | The catalogue base that coverage is measured across. | | [`aex_orders_by_buyer_country`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/aliexpress/orders-by-buyer-country) | Shows where demand lands, so you can prioritise which gaps to close. | | [`aex_aov_by_buyer_country`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/aliexpress/aov-by-buyer-country) | Helps weigh which markets are worth extending coverage to. | | [`aex_required_attribute_completeness`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/aliexpress/required-attribute-completeness) | Another listing-completeness gap that suppresses sellable reach. | | [`aex_revenue_by_buyer_currency`](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/aliexpress/revenue-by-buyer-currency) | The currency mix that accompanies broader country coverage. | ## Reconciling against AliExpress Seller Center **Where to look in AliExpress Seller Center:** Open the shipping template settings and the per-listing shipping configuration; the destinations enabled there are what this card aggregates into a coverage percentage. **Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ:** | Reason | Direction | What to do | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Template inheritance.** Listings sharing a template update together, so a recent edit may not yet show across all of them. | Variable | Allow a sync cycle after editing a template before reading coverage. | | **Priority-market definition.** The card measures against your configured priority countries, not every country AliExpress supports. | Variable | Confirm your priority-market list matches the markets you actually target. | | **Restricted destinations.** Some destinations may be unavailable for certain categories regardless of template. | Marginal | Treat category-restricted markets separately from genuine coverage gaps. | **Cross-connector reconciliation:** Compare against the shipping zones in your connected BigCommerce or Shopify store to confirm the same target markets are enabled at source. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind. ## Known limitations / merchant FAQs **Q: How often does Ship-To Country Coverage update?** It refreshes in near real time, so a shipping-template change is reflected in the coverage percentage within the next sync. **Q: Why does my AliExpress Seller Center show a different number?** Differences usually come from template inheritance lag, a priority-market list that differs from your assumptions, or category-restricted destinations that cannot be enabled. **Q: How does Ship-To Country Coverage relate to other listing-health metrics?** It is a reach measure that complements `aex_required_attribute_completeness`, and it is best read against demand signals like `aex_orders_by_buyer_country`. **Q: Can I customise the alert threshold?** Yes, sensitivity thresholds are configurable per profile in the Sensitivity tab. Adjust to match your business baseline rather than relying on the generic default. *** ### Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre *Ship-To Country Coverage* is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across AliExpress and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. [Start for free](https://app.vortexiq.ai/login) or [book a demo](https://www.vortexiq.ai/contact-us) to see this metric running on your own data.