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3 Ways SMBs Can Deliver a More Personalized Shipping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

In this new landscape, the shipping experience has become more important to a brand’s bottom line — and reputation — than ever before. Here are three ways SMBs can deliver a more personalized shipping experience to build a happier, more loyal customer base. Offering different shipping speed options is no longer enough to differentiate.

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Shipping Dangerous Goods 101: A Guide for Brands

ESW

With this expansion comes challenges, such as the shipping and handling of products classified as dangerous goods. We’ll look at their classifications, how to identify them and considerations when shipping and handling them abroad. As a result, they are subject to handling, shipping, packaging and transportation regulations.

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Introducing LateShipment.com’s E-commerce Shipping Insurance — Smart, Simplified, and Automated

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Once shipped, your customers’ packages inevitably encounter unforeseen issues such as getting lost or damaged while in transit. This is where shipping insurance steps in to save the day. What is Shipping Insurance And Why Is It Important For E-commerce Businesses?

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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. Toggle accordion.

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Shipping Insurance Guide for Small Parcel Shippers

lateshipment

Did you know that over 50 million parcels are shipped in the U.S. Large businesses that ship out thousands of parcels can both afford the costs of these issues and have systems in place to recover such costs. Despite shipping just a tenth of what they do, these frequent issues can be expensive and damaging. Here’s how.

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How to Meet and Exceed Amazon-Driven Customer Expectations 

ESW

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. It’s another to develop strategies and procedures that meet customer expectations without damaging revenue and profits.

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5 Hard Truths about Shipping with FedEx & UPS This Holiday Season [2020]

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The COVID-19 pandemic’s far-reaching effects have weighed heavily on the operational capabilities of shipping carriers and their employees alike. Not to forget that the Holiday shipping is already like tiptoeing around landmines. All points of the supply chain have been restricted due to the impact of COVID-19.