You know you’ve needed fulfillment help for a while, and your boss walks into your office or shoots over an email and asks you to put together a 3PL RFP. You’ve likely never done that before. After a quick trip to Google, you’ve landed here while asking yourself, “Now what?” We get it because we’ve … Read more
ECommerce businesses have many different shipping options. FedEx Ground is one of the most popular and best- known eCommerce shipping choices. However, there are many other ways to ship your orders. This includes other FedEx options and services from UPS and the US Postal Service. For the purposes of this article, we compared published rates … Read more
Shipping and delivery are a vital part of your eCommerce business. Shipping is also one of the highest costs of eCommerce fulfillment. Fortunately, because of online retail’s growing popularity, eCommerce shipping options have expanded. Here’s your complete guide to the best shipping options for eCommerce. How a 3PL can open new shipping options for eCommerce … Read more
ECommerce today encompasses every product category, from food to musical instruments to sporting equipment to cannabis products. Some of these items need a specialty fulfillment center that can provide services such as keeping frozen items cold during storage and shipping or understanding how to legally ship products containing lithium-ion batteries. Finding a 3PL that offers … Read more
When you start your eCommerce business, getting your first shipment of products is exciting. The last thing you’re thinking of are fulfillment centers. You set up your eCommerce storefront and wait for the orders to roll in. At first, there is just a trickle. You pack the boxes yourself and send each one off with … Read more
In our just-in-time, instant gratification world, no one likes out of stock notifications. However, sometimes your supply chain breaks down and an item goes out of stock. If you’re wondering what to do if a product is out of stock, there is a solution: backorders. You can keep your products available on backorder and allow … Read more
When dark clouds are on the economic horizon, many eCommerce businesses start implementing cost-saving measures at breakneck speeds. Every order matters even more than before during a slowdown, and there just aren’t enough orders to go around. You need to squeeze as much value from each order as possible. One common place to start is … Read more
Your warehouse is full, but your cash flow is drying up. Sound familiar? While your shelves overflow with inventory, some products sit untouched for months, quietly draining your working capital and eating into profits. The problem isn’t always obvious—until you know exactly how to identify slow-moving inventory using the right metrics and systematic approach. This … Read more
Inventory forecasting gives you the information you need to manage your supply chain and have the stock your customers want when they want it. Creating accurate forecasts and updating them regularly becomes an essential aspect of operational management as your business grows. Inventory forecasting can improve your cash flow and profits, reduce waste, and increase … Read more
Carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and USPS use shipping zones to determine the shipping cost of a package. Zones relate closely (but often not exactly) to distance traveled. Each zone corresponds with an approximate number of days from the point of origin to the delivery address, and the zones within the continental U.S. are numbered … Read more
Red Stag Fulfillment is honored to again be named the best eCommerce fulfillment service for oversized, heavy, high-value, or fragile items in 2022 by Fit Small Business, a top independent researcher of business solution providers. This is our seventh year in a row receiving this reward from Fit. For any eCommerce business, working with an … Read more
Many people present themselves as eCommerce experts, but only a few have genuinely valuable insights to help you start, build, and grow a successful eCommerce business. As an established 3PL, we like to follow people who innovate, share their knowledge, and welcome community. Here are seven people you should follow who deserve the title of … Read more
