You're ready to launch your Kickstarter campaign any day now. But you're worried about taxes and VAT, customs, duties, and tariffs. How are you going to handle that for your Kickstarter? Customs & VAT may seem very complicated, and we won't sugarcoat it—they are. But with a little bit of...

Running a small business can be a disorienting, confusing experience, regardless of how much experience you have. It's tough to know where to turn for timely and useful information, reliable data, and time-saving software. That's why in this week's post, we're going to share some of our favorite helpful websites...

Can you imagine trying to organize international trade without a standard code system? That’s why Harmonized System Codes – HS codes, for short – exist: to standardize the classification of goods for international trade.

“You need to bring your own audience to Kickstarter.” You’ve probably heard that advice if you’re planning on launching a campaign soon. But how do you exactly market your Kickstarter before launch?

Scaling an eCommerce store sounds amazing—more orders, more revenue, and a larger business overall. There’s a lot to like! If you want to scale your store, you need to be able to fulfill orders. At first, you can ship your own orders. Then you might choose to hire one third-party...

The holidays are a great time to acquire new eCommerce customers. They’re also a great time to ship late, run out of stock, and generally derail your eCommerce business. The key difference between the two outcomes: making sure your eCommerce store is holiday-ready.

Every successful business needs to make a profit. But no matter how much revenue you bring in, if your operations are inefficient, your company will either underperform or take a loss. This is a hard fact of life and business. There's no getting around it. Lean supply chain management is...

Roughly 10% of packages get damaged in the mail. Naturally, this is not a comforting statistic if you are in the business of shipping fragile items. Our source here is the Fulfillment Lab, which considered the average damage rate over 15 billion packages delivered in 2022 and 2023. As you...

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. So to satisfy your curiosity, here are the 11 order fulfillment steps that take place within the walls of our warehouse—and other warehouses like it—that make online shopping possible.

Fun fact—1.7 million packages are lost or stolen in the United States every day. That's about 620 million packages per year according to a 2023 report by Security.org. Obviously, that is a terrible fact, but it's also an unavoidable one. So it begs the question: "who is liable when a...

The holiday rush is great for eCommerce. But what do you do when it’s done? How can you turn one-off holidays into steady post-holiday eCommerce sales?

That’s a big question and there are a lot of ways you can answer it. In this guide, we’ve compiled a list of tips to help you do just that.

Below, you will find 23 suggestions on how to achieve steady post-holiday sales, broken down into actionable tips. By following these tips, you can ratchet up your post-holiday sales and lock in continued growth for your eCommerce business.

The holiday season is a wonderful opportunity for eCommerce businesses to shine. It’s a time when shoppers are eagerly looking for gifts, deals, and festive spirit. If you’re smart about how you handle holiday promotions, you can pick up a ton of new customers, some of which you might keep for a long time!

To help you do that, we’ve made a list of 31 proven holiday promotion ideas. Take some of the ones you like and they will help your eCommerce store thrive this coming holiday season!