If you’re like many small ecommerce-based businesses, you are no stranger to shipping mishaps. Fortunately, there are some tips and tricks from the experts that can help you run a tighter shipping ship (so to speak) and improve both your speed and your cost, which will help prevent losses and improve customer satisfaction at the [...]
Shipageddon and Holiday Delivery Services November is annually regarded as the happy kickoff to online shopping’s busiest time of the year. However, because of the covid-19 pandemic the notion of “shipageddon” is taking center stage. In-store holiday deals, normally reserved for in-store shoppers, have been now extended to online shopping. That translates into higher inventory [...]
In this post we are going to explore some of the fulfillment restrictions online merchants face while using Amazon's services. Specifically FBA or Fulfillment by Amazon. Fulfillment restrictions affecting professional online merchants that experience issues with FBA will learn more about what to expect. To be sure, there are many fulfillment and storage restrictions, requirements and limitations. However, [...]
COVID-19 Fulfillment Companies in a Pandemic Fulfillment companies have a unique relationships with their e-commerce partners. With the increase in online shopping, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, collaborations are even more critical for success. Because the federal government has classified fulfillment companies as designated essential services, Growth in the shipping and fulfillment business continues to rise. Today, [...]
When sending a product out to a customer via one of the nation’s biggest shipping providers, you do so with the hope that they will do everything they can to protect that box or envelope until it arrives on your customer’s doorstep. Unfortunately, accidents do happen, and it’s possible for products to arrive damaged and prompt [...]
Due to COVID-19 and social isolation orders across the country (and around the world), ecommerce has exploded in recent weeks. Shippers like USPS and FedEx have seen an incredible uptick in packages. Even as they practice social distancing in their own facilities, which has slowed down deliveries significantly in many cases. In this article "Why [...]
If there’s one major difference between large and small ecommerce-based businesses from the consumer’s standpoint, it’s shipping times. When customers order from a larger company, they have their goods in hand within two days, sometimes even the same day. With smaller companies, that same package may take a week or more to arrive. In the following [...]
As ecommerce continues to gain ground against traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, the competition is rough, and companies are looking for simple ways to come out on top. In today’s world, one of the most important benefits an ecommerce-based retailer can offer is true next-day shipping. If you haven’t considered it in the past, now is the [...]
How does One-Day Shipping Impact Retailers Since the very start of the ecommerce industry – the very first order ever placed via the internet – companies and shippers have been working together to ensure items get to customers in a timely and affordable way. These days, Amazon leads the pack, and their promise to make [...]