Each of the major shipping carriers provides graphics showing the estimated shipping times, based on region. One easy thing to provide your customers is placing this graphic (usually a map) on your checkout or shipping page so your customers will have a reasonable expectation on when they will receive their item. These delivery estimates are [...]
Cut Down On Customer Shipping Questions By Showing Delivery Estimates By Region
April 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
One Way To Calculate What Amount To Set Your Online Store’s Free Shipping Threshhold
April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Free shipping promotions can be one of your most successful promotions for your online store. In fact, it is becoming a standard with customers. But how can you offer free shipping without going broke? Free shipping can be made up in a number of ways, including reducing costs, making better purchasing decisions or a third [...]
Shipping Best Practice Tip: Do Not Try To Make Money Off Of Shipping
March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Customers are more sensitive to shipping costs than ever. In many cases it can even be one of their pet peeves. High shipping costs obviously leads to lost sales, and lost customers. Adding in an extra dollar or two might seem like a way to sneak in some additional profit, but more often than not [...]
USPS Action Plan May Impact Your Online Store And Customer Delivery Expectations
March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There is a change being proposed by the US postal service that may have an impact on your ecommerce business if you use the US Postal Service. The US Postal Service announced on Tuesday a plan to possibly scale back delivery services to a 5 day week thus eliminating delivery on Saturdays. Since the U.S [...]
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