Every Friday, we answer a common question about fulfillment, shipping, or business. This week’s question comes from a reply to one of our weekly emails. Today we will answer the following question: “why are holiday sales starting in October this year?” The 2020 Holiday Sales Are Coming Early This Year When you think of the …
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Every Friday, we answer a common question about fulfillment, shipping, or business. This week’s question comes from a reply to one of our weekly emails. Today we will answer the following question: “how should I ship fragile items?” Use a well-sized rigid box. The first rule of shipping fragile objects is to choose a rigid …
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Holiday shipping is always stressful when you’re running an eCommerce company. Many stores receive most of their revenues in a very short time-frame, often no longer than a month. As you can imagine, that means shipping a lot of orders in a short amount of time! This would be stressful under normal circumstances, but as …
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Running a successful eCommerce business is a ton of work. You have to set up and maintain a website, find great products to sell, market your business, and keep your customers happy. A big part of that is making sure you get items into your customers’ hands safe and sound. Unfortunately, this is often easier …
Running a successful eCommerce company is a juggling act. It’s not enough to simply sell valuable products for a reasonable price. In order to succeed, you must market your business to generate leads. Once visitors show up on your site, you must convert them into buyers. It’s a complex multi-step process. In the minds of …
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Every Friday, we answer a common question about fulfillment, shipping, or business. This week’s question comes from a reply to one of our weekly emails. Today we will answer the following question: “what is a 4PL company?” What is a 4PL (Fourth-Party Logistics) Company? A couple of weeks ago, we talked about 3PL companies. A …
Standing out among the crowd of great products online is hard. This is true whether you run your own storefront with software like Shopify or sell items on marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, or Walmart. For that reason, many eCommerce store owners are starting to wrap their items in custom packaging. Even still, it can be …
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Running a business takes a lot of effort, even in the best of times. Products have to be manufactured, services provided, customers pleased, employees kept happy, and advertisements run. It’s enough to make your head spin… Then the coronavirus pandemic happened. This massive, life-changing event, still unfolding, has left businesses reeling, making them set up …
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Every Friday, we answer a common question about fulfillment, shipping, or business. This week’s question comes from one of the fans who entered our giveaway contest for a Roku. Today we will answer the following question: “why is the USPS shipping by sea now?” The USPS is shipping by sea now The United States Postal …
Every Friday, we answer a common question about fulfillment, shipping, or business. This week’s question comes from one of the fans who entered our giveaway contest for an Echo Show 5. Today we will answer the following question: “why is warehousing and fulfillment considered essential during the pandemic?” Why warehousing and fulfillment was considered essential …
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