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6 Tips to Help You Prepare Your Shipping Strategy for the Holiday Rush

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Anticipating how to deal with damaged or lost packages, unexpected surcharges, increased packaging materials and more can not only ease shipping stresses, but also provide more clarity to your shipping expenses and needs. Tip #1: Know Shipping Blackout Dates. This will reduce your residential surcharge costs.

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The 10 Most Common Challenges Faced by eCommerce Businesses

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I’ve been involved in eCommerce since 2001 and I can truly say, A LOT has changed. Attracting new customers is more expensive than retaining the current ones you already have. Online retailers must always find ways to cut inventory costs, improve marketing efficiency, reduce overhead, reduce shipping costs and control order returns.

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Financial Steps eCommerce Businesses Can Take Now to Weather the COVID-19 Downturn

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To plan for the challenging months ahead, the first thing I recommend all eCommerce management teams do is get a handle on how much financial runway they have. Eventually, you’ll use these scenarios to implement cost cutting and other financial strategies to get your business through this downturn.

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SportStop – Meet the Pioneers of Online Selling Turned Multimillion-dollar Online Sports Brand Mogul

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Started in 2001, this family-owned brand has adorned multiple accolades in its 20+ year-long online journey. We launched SportStop in 2001 with an online selling platform, it was actually my second e-commerce venture. Eventually, I thought of selling my goods online and also managed to raise angel investment for it.

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Increase Customer Satisfaction with 6 Key Fulfillment Metrics

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Founded in 2001, Rakuten Super Logistics is a leader in ecommerce order fulfillment, serving hundreds of ecommerce retailers to increase speed of delivery, improve order accuracy, decrease shipping costs, and increase customer satisfaction. . Maybe utilize an inventory management system or partner with a fulfillment center.

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Time for Holiday Prep Already? You Bet.

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Coupled with some of the struggles you’re likely to encounter this fall, including continued supply constraints, shipping delays and overall economic uncertainty, waiting until late fall could prove detrimental. . Consumers have continued to spend despite rising costs, but they’re more selective about where they buy than ever.

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X-Cart Review: Ecommerce Power Like No Other (But Development Skills Required)

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Since 2001, X-Cart has provided ecommerce and multivendor tools for over 35,000 online stores. In this X-Cart review, you'll learn about all the features offered, along with what expenses you'll encounter. I also believe the pricing for X-Cart is quite reasonable. Everything is managed by you, not X-Cart.

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