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 do companies ship temperature-sensitive goods?” How Cold Chain Logistics Work Shipping temperature-sensitive goods is so common and important that there’s a name …
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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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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 do I create a product prototype?” Create the Best Prototype You Can Alone For the purposes of this article, we are going …
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 …
When running an eCommerce store, one of the most attractive ways to earn sales is by improving your ranking in search engines like Google. Once you establish a foothold in the search engine results, it becomes much easier to pull in traffic. What is SEO? The process of improving your search engine ranking is called …
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: “where do I find a manufacturer for my new product?” Basics of Supply Chain Management Before you find a manufacturer for your product, …
Crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo are rapidly innovating how businesses raise capital. In the old days, you couldn’t screen your ideas before an audience in the same way you can now. You had to do your own market research, manufacture your product on your own dime, and hope for the best. These days, though, …
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 Kickstarter pledge manager?” What is a Kickstarter pledge manager and why are they useful? A pledge manager is software used …
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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What is a payment gateway? A payment gateway is a way of sending and receiving payments for online purchases. It’s a software that processes the payment and facilitates the transfer of money from the customer to the merchant. It can carry out payments from credit cards, debit cards, eCheck (ACH), and even cryptocurrencies. Pros of …
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