Choosing the wrong facility type can cost your business thousands in unnecessary expenses and create operational bottlenecks that frustrate customers. Yet many supply chain managers treat “depot” and “warehouse” as interchangeable terms—a costly mistake that impacts everything from location strategy to delivery speed. The distinction isn’t just semantic. Distribution centers and warehouses serve fundamentally different … Read more
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Using a freight forwarder is similar to working with a 3PL for your eCommerce fulfillment. Both add expert professional services to your supply chain without the hassle of hiring, training, and supervising in-house staff. Here’s what you need to know to decide if freight forwarding can improve your logistics. What is a freight forwarder? A … Read more
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) lets sellers in the Amazon marketplace take advantage of Amazon’s massive logistics operation for eCommerce fulfillment, introducing both risks and benefits that create uncertainty when companies ask, “is Amazon fulfillment worth it?” FBA items are eligible for Amazon Prime shipping, and Amazon handles your angry customers (whom Amazon considers its customers, … Read more
About two-thirds of Amazon sellers use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) for their ecommerce fulfillment. Amazon FBA provides many advantages but also has some significant downsides, particularly for companies that sell oversized products. For many sellers, Fulfillment by Merchant (FBM) or a combination of FBM and FBA serve their customers better. No matter what you sell, … Read more
The more links you have in your supply chain, the more opportunities for disruptions and interruptions, making it a natural impulse to shorten the chain. Reshoring has once again cropped up as a potential method for companies to address both historically high freight prices and the ongoing instability of fragile, long chains. The chaos of … Read more
Companies like yours can secure the most accurate rates for economy ground shipping by comparing standard costs with FedEx SmartPost dimensional weight pricing for their orders. This ensures you understand what you’ll pay while giving you reliable options to move low-cost goods across the U.S. FedEx SmartPost products offer affordable ways to ship goods to … Read more
The cost of overnight shipping is considerably more expensive than standard shipping. However, it’s an excellent option to offer in your online store because some customers are willing to pay for expediency. That’s especially true if your customers need their order by the next day. People in a time crunch will be willing to pay … Read more
The extra cost and hassle of Certified Mail aren’t worth it for most ecommerce packages or letters. No signature required is a popular delivery option because it lets people get letters and packages when no one is home to receive them. However, if you need proof that your package or letter was delivered to the … Read more
Omnichannel is trending in eCommerce. Online selling demands an omnichannel retail approach because businesses have a better opportunity to reach the right consumers if they sell on multiple platforms. An omnichannel strategy can benefit your eCommerce fulfillment operations as well. When you outsource your fulfillment to an omnichannel third-party logistics provider, you improve customer experience … Read more
Even before a global pandemic of a novel coronavirus sent people into lockdown in early 2020, online sales were growing steadily. According to U.S. Census data, between the beginning of 2012 and the end of 2019, the eCommerce share of retail doubled from 5% to 10%. During the pandemic, eCommerce sales spiked to almost 16%. … Read more
Operations Designed to Help Your Business Scale One 3PL for Shift4Shop store owners, with everything you need to manage your store and deliver for your customers Red Stag Fulfillment is your one-stop Shift4Shop fulfillment partner What makes a top Shift4Shop fulfillment warehouse? 01 An accurate, fast, and easy-to-manage integration 02 A 3PL with ecommerce DNA … Read more
The return process used to be straightforward: customers send items back, you inspect them, and then decide whether to resell, refund, or dispose of them. But with ecommerce returns now costing retailers $890 billion annually and 9.5 billion pounds of returned goods ending up in landfills, traditional return policies have become both environmentally destructive and … Read more
