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Shipping Hacks For E-commerce Businesses To Reduce Costs

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Shipping is one of the top expenses for e-commerce businesses. In fact, it can account for up to 25% of the total cost of an online order (only next to production at 30%). But most of the factors associated with production costs are under your control and can be easily cut down to see profits.

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Harnessing the Potential of Returnless Refunds to Improve Profitability and Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online. Under ideal circumstances, reducing rampant returns is best accomplished through improving the issues that are most frequently leading to them. The list goes on, but the profit margin associated with an item is a key factor to consider.

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Next Phase of Wish Turnaround to Focus on Reducing Shipping Costs

Retail TouchPoints

As discount shopping app Wish continues its comeback effort , parent company ContextLogic outlined its plans for 2023 at a summit for its merchants — including a major overhaul of the platform’s shipment pricing structure in order to bring down shipping costs for customers.

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How To Calculate Shipping Costs

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Shipping doesn't have to be free. However, studies have shown that 91% of ecommerce customers rethink their purchases from online stores when they realize that the shipping wasn't priced well or it wasn't fast enough. Customers go to those sites and expect free/cheap shipping and rapid store-to-door delivery.

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The Essential Guide to Shopify ERP Integration [2024]

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ERP systems integrate supply chain, sales, finance, procurement, manufacturing and other processes into one place. However, the pros of Shopify ERP integration far outweigh the cons – even the biggest issue of setting up the system. Scalability: ERP systems grow with your business. What is enterprise resource planning (ERP)?

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Master Your Stock: A retailer’s blueprint for improving inventory health

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Tim Cook, CEO at Apple For retailers, improving inventory health sounds simple enough. The balancing act involves optimizing stock levels to meet customer demand while efficiently managing costs. In retail, inventory health is about maintaining the right balance between stock levels, customer demand, and operational costs.

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Ecommerce Shipping: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Shipping Profitability

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Putting an effective ecommerce shipping strategy in place is one of the most impactful steps you can take to grow your business online. Of course, while shipping can be a powerful point of differentiation for your brand, it’s important to make sure that your company can actually act on the strategy. Ecommerce Shipping Best Practices.