As an online business, a fast and effective shipping process is key for happy customers. Yet as a small business, it’s important that you not pay an arm and a leg for expensive services designed for huge companies. Many shipping and fulfillment companies are designed...
If you’re a small business selling through Amazon, you know how complicated shipping can be. Large suppliers like Amazon are used to working with large customers, who have bigger bottom lines and steeper discounts. As a smaller business, it’s easy to get left behind. We’ve...
You’ve got a thriving online store, with orders pouring in every day. Business is booming—but now you’re discovering a new challenge. How do you handle all the inventory that’s waiting to be shipped out? Where do you store it, how much should you have on...
Are you a business that sells multiple different products? Do you struggle to find space to package orders and products? Are you short on time and falling behind on packing orders? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then you’ll benefit from...
If you’re a business that regularly ships to customers, it’s never too early to start preparing for the holiday deluge. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and all the winter holidays are joyous times of festivities—but they can also mean a time of stress and missed deadlines...
There are many challenges when starting a business, especially an e-commerce one. Companies today need to build a brand backed by a strategy that will resonate with clients and influence them, ultimately outperforming the competition. Your Brand & Customer Goals Customers pay attention to more than your...
The distance your customer’s order must travel has a direct impact on shipping costs and what a customer must pay to get their order sent to them (if a shipper wants to maintain their margin at least). This is a principal reason for locating an...
When the conversation turns to e-commerce without a doubt, Amazon always gets mentioned. Jeff Bezos’s company has set the bar so high that it has created a new standard, the Amazon Effect, for the logistics and transportation industry. They have created a shipping paradigm shift...
While Amazon is known for its speedy shipping, it comes at a cost---a high one. The eCommerce giant continues to raise the bar for delivery speed and its overall service, leaving more shoppers saying, ‘I’ll Just Prime It’ out of convenience, referring to the company’s...
Many start-up and small companies choose to handle order fulfillment themselves, whether to save money or maintain control over their business. At some point, however, the question as to whether to outsource fulfillment will come up. For some companies, continuing to fulfill their own orders...