Your customers’ experiences with your brand matter at every possible touchpoint, including in-person experiences. One of those touchpoints includes the moment before they ever see the product they order, that’s the box the product comes in. Packaging plays a much bigger role than most ecommerce merchants realize. Studies have proven that fact. Take DotCom Distribution…
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Order fulfillment refers to the process of storing goods, packing orders and shipping products to buyers. For ecommerce businesses, order fulfillment and shipping play key roles to running a successful business. There’s a lot of different business models ecommerce businesses use, such as self-fulfillment, dropshipping, outsourcing the fulfillment process or using all of the above.…
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You have a successful subscription box business, that’s awesome! You’ve worked hard to build your subscription box business and now you’re ready to take it to the next level. While we can discuss subscription box fulfillment and other strategies, today is all about growing subscribers. You already know your subscription box business needs new subscribers…
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When it comes to running a successful ecommerce business, you always have to be mindful of your budget, but many businesses make the mistake of overspending. For some businesses, they’re aware of areas where that money goes. However, for others, they may not even know they’re bleeding money. When we look at big expenses for…
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When we talk about retail warehousing, the concept has been adapted from continuous declines we’ve seen in available warehouse space here in the United States. This is nothing new and its getting worse. According to the Wall Street Journal, retailers across the country are experiencing a shortage of available warehouse capacity. The 2020 pandemic didn’t make things better…
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Location is everything! If you’re somewhat familiar with real estate, you’ve likely heard that phrase at one point or another. In shipping and fulfillment, location is everything too – and when your products are closer to customers, that means they get them faster. When you’re shipping to big cities, you want those items close to…
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U.S.P.S. Shipping Zones, Fulfillment Costs, And Transit Times In the world of order fulfillment, it’s vital that you clearly understand the concept of shipping zones. They can affect a lot of different things, but most noticeably, fulfillment cost and shipping transit times. Unfortunately, a lot of ecommerce business owners don’t understand the shipping zone concept…
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Choosing the right 3PL provider for your ecommerce business can be a challenge if you don’t have full clarity on the pros and cons. Today, we’ll be helping you make that decision (at the least helping you better understand your scenario so you can ask the right questions). Outsourcing fulfillment to a 3PL is a…
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Why The Right Fulfillment Strategy Matters Order fulfillment is the process of receiving goods, then processing and delivering orders to customers. The process starts when a customer places an order and the process ends when they receive what they purchased. Despite that, this process can get deeper. If the customer wants to return a product,…
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Warehousing 101: What It Is, It’s Role In Logistics, And Warehousing Services Warehousing is one of the most important components of your supply chain. While it’s a topic that’s often overlooked or not discussed, warehousing and storage affects everything from efficiently managing inventory to getting orders delivered to customers on time. Though the basics of…
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