Business

Fulfillment Lingo 101

Navigating the world of e-commerce can feel like learning a foreign language, with terms flying around faster than overnight shipping. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned online seller, understanding the basic lingo of fulfillment can mean the...

Three Ways You Can Help Avoid Shopping Cart Abandonment

Shopping cart abandonment continues to be a huge problem for online retailers. Although it doesn’t directly cut into your bottom line, these virtual window shoppers are still potential leads that may be looking at your shop and then choosing to buy with a competitor,...

3 Tips To Earn Customer Loyalty

Did you know acquiring a new customer can cost up to 5 times more than retaining an existing customer? ShipWizard, a leading 3PL service provider, shares tips for increasing customer loyalty in your e-commerce business.

New Year, New You?

Every year, millions of people make New Year’s resolutions, hoping to spark positive change, adopt new habits, or even reinvent themselves. The recurring themes each year include a more active approach to health and fitness, improved finances, better relationships,...

3 Ways to Stay Calm and Productive While Social Distancing

This is a challenging time for small business owners who are figuring out how to keep their business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Government leaders are scrambling to make support available for small businesses, but what are you supposed to do in the...

Save With 3PL Services

How Outsourcing to a 3PL Services Company Can Help Businesses Save The one thing that every eCommerce business must deal with — regardless of size, industry and experience — is order fulfillment, which any business owner will agree isn’t easy or cheap. If you’re...

How Can Online Businesses Prepare for Coronavirus?

The latest strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is making an impact in many areas of the world, shaking up business and consumer behavior on a large scale. As consumers avoid physical stores and crowds, many are shopping online to purchase the items that they need. In...

Social Media Marketing Tips to Boost E-Commerce Sales (Part 2 of 2)

This post is part two in a two-part series. Read part one here. In part one of this two-part blog series, we discussed three ways that e-commerce businesses can use social media to build brand loyalty, drive more traffic to your website, and increase your sales. An...

How to Score Discounts on Packaging and Shipping

Packaging and shipping costs are one of the biggest expenses for e-commerce businesses, regardless of their size, industry and experience. However, the good news that some of them may not be aware of is that there are opportunities to save. How can businesses take...

Social Media Marketing Tips to Boost E-Commerce Sales (Part 1 of 2)

This post is part one in a two-part series. By now almost every e-commerce business owner has heard multiple times that their brand needs to be on social media. However, what you may not have heard about is how to use social media to build brand loyalty, drive more...

Backup FBA Prep Plan When Your Manufacturer Can’t Ship

When Your Manufacturer Can't Ship to Amazon: A Backup FBA Prep Plan For a lot of brands, getting inventory into Amazon is simple: your manufacturer packs the order and ships it straight to a fulfillment center. It works well, right up until it doesn't. A production...

Can a 3PL Handle Your Returns?

Can a 3PL Handle Your Returns? What Outsourced Reverse Logistics Actually Covers When you're thinking about handing fulfillment to a 3PL, returns are usually one of the first questions on your list. Who opens the boxes? Who decides whether an item can be resold? Who...

Why Temperature-Controlled Storage Matters for Your Supplement Brand

If you sell supplements, you already know your product isn't like a t-shirt or a phone case sitting in a warehouse. Probiotics, softgels, powders, and gummies are living, chemically active products. Heat, humidity, and light can quietly break them down long before...

How to Move Your Inventory to a 3PL Without Missing an Order

You've decided to outsource fulfillment. Now comes the part that keeps most business owners up at night: actually moving everything. Your inventory has to leave one building and arrive at another, your store has to start sending orders somewhere new, and your...

Signs It’s Time to Outsource to a 3PL

Should You Close Your In-House Warehouse? Signs It's Time to Outsource to a 3PL If you've been in business for a while, your in-house warehouse probably started as the smart move. You kept control, you knew every shelf, and you could walk over and check on an order...