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ShipStation Alternatives for 3PL and Shipping Success

Ecommerce Platforms

As one of the most popular shipping apps for ecommerce order fulfillment, ShipStation often gets recommended for managing shipments, finding great deals from carriers, and sending tracking codes. ShipStation is a shipping platform for ecommerce store owners to manage all parcel shipments and tracking in one dashboard.

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Stitch Fix Moves Beyond Subscriptions with Hyper-Personalized Direct Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

While the company made its name with what was at the time (back in 2011) an innovative subscription service model — clients receive regularly scheduled boxes, a.k.a. Shipping, returns and exchanges are also free , with no minimum order requirement.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

2005 Amazon launches Amazon Prime with expedited, flat-fee shipping for members. 2011 Google Wallet launches as an online payment system. 2011 Facebook launches sponsored stories as a form of early advertising. 2011 Stripe launches. 2011 – Google Wallet introduced as digital payment method. 2009 Square, Inc.

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Exclusive Q&A: Marketplaces Large and Small Benefited from COVID Ecommerce Surge

Retail TouchPoints

Shapaker shared recommendations for what retailers and sellers need to do in order to consolidate the gains made last year, and how the industry (mostly) dodged the “shipageddon” bullet that had been predicted for holiday 2020. Mike Shapaker: What we saw in 2020 is COVID-19 accelerating existing trends, so the answer is a bit of both.

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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

BigCommerce

2011: Google Wallet is released.?. Would you recommend Apple Pay??. Would you recommend Apple Pay? Would you recommend Apple Pay? Would you recommend Apple Pay? Would you recommend Apple Pay? The answer is a simple one — we would absolutely recommend Apply Pay to other online stores.

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Leveraging 2020 Ecommerce Trends to Improve Strategies

UpSellIt

In 2011, only 7% of ecommerce purchases happened on a mobile device. For example, UpSellit’s product recommendation engine utilizes AI to increase average order value without offering an incentive. For one of its major fashion clients, a simple AI product recommendation at checkout increased AOV by a full 19.6%. In fact, over ?

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Trends Reshaping Ecommerce Personalization in 2021

Kibo

increase this year versus 2020, although this still represents the strongest growth since 2011. Personalized product recommendations across all customer touchpoints and channels are fueling ecommerce growth and continuing to evolve as the technology that powers personalization evolves. Trend 1: AI-Powered Product Recommendations.