FedEx made quite the splash in the shipping world this week. On June 22, 2022, the company announced that it would be launching picture proof of delivery. That is to say, coming this holiday season, whenever FedEx drops a package off on your porch, they will take a photo and send it to you to …
Empty shelves at the grocery store. Amazon listings that say “we don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock.” How many of these have you seen lately? It’s happening to me more and more often, and I say to myself, “what a failure in inventory optimization!” OK, sure, I don’t see …
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Tell me if this sounds familiar – you’re watching a video online, and it starts with someone unboxing something given to the host by a sponsor. Or perhaps the pre-roll ad shows someone unboxing something they just “bought.” Or perhaps you’re one of the 1 in 5 consumers who has searched for and watched a …
You’ve probably heard about the chaos that is freight shipping right now. Should that stop you from launching your board game on Kickstarter? Not necessarily, but there are some shipping-related factors to consider before jumping in. The core Kickstarter fulfillment process is still the same as it was in 2019. The difference now is that certain …
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We’ve spilled a lot of digital ink on the subject of Google rankings, and it’s for good reason! One of the most underrated and powerful ways to increase your eCommerce store’s sales is search engine optimization (SEO). This is true no matter what software you use. Regardless of which shopping software you use, the basic …
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The holiday season is an excellent time for families to get together and show appreciation for one another through gift-giving. That season was disrupted last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the rollout of the vaccine, many families are planning on finding safe ways to convene again. Commerce companies, both online and brick-and-mortar, …
On March 29, it came loose. The ship was impounded in Great Bitter Lake. The Suez Canal Authority sued them for $900M. Workers were stranded for 106 days until a settlement was reached. For six days and seven hours in March 2021, the hulking container ship Ever Given was stuck in the Suez Canal. Under …
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Have you ever ordered something online and wondered how exactly it got to your house? You’re certainly not alone – people may shop online a ton, but the order fulfillment process is still a little opaque. Not to worry, though! We run an order fulfillment warehouse based in New Jersey, and so we’re going to …
Packaging is currently the most talked-about strategy in eCommerce. Bold as that claim may sound, the reason is clear: product packaging determines, to a large extent, how successful your business can be. Ecommerce brands understand that product packaging significantly influences product success rate in the market. Since there’s little or no person-to-person contact between you …
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COVID-19 served as the catalyst for radical change in almost all of our lives. Businesses, schools, and restaurants all had to adapt to the new climate the world was faced with. As 2020 unfolded, we saw the shift from in-person, to online shopping really start to take off. So much so in fact, that in …
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