Archive for Shipping & Fulfillment
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 postal service is expected to have a cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, the postal service is planning on implementing major cost reductions to its operations. Read more... (207 words, estimated 50 secs reading time)
One of the most challenging issues you’ll ever have to face with running your own business is time management. Finding enough time is even harder than keeping the books maintained and your customers happy! One way you might not have thought of to make the time you have more productive is by using an online postage service. Let’s face it: becoming a fixture in your local post office is time-consuming and paying for an expensive postage meter isn’t exactly an attractive option either. Read more... (573 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)
If you are not offering some level of free shipping to your customers, chances are you are losing sales to your competitors that do. During Q3 2009, 42 percent of all e-commerce transactions completed in the U.S. included free shipping, up from 31 percent in Q1 2008. This was according to ComScore and can be seen in the following graph:
Free Shipping Transactions
ComScore recently surveyed customers and asked them “When making a purchase online this holiday season, which of the following statements best describes how important free shipping is to you?” : Read more... (468 words, 2 images, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)
Q. How do you ship to U.S. Territories like the U.S Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
This is a question I am asked every now and again. Almost all items I ship to these territories ship out via the U.S Postal Service. The postal service treats all U.S. territories as Domestic locations. This means you do not need to follow any additional rules and restrictions that are different from within the United States. Its significantly cheaper and there are no extra forms to fill out. Read more... (161 words, estimated 39 secs reading time)
