In the world of shipping and logistics, ensuring your packages reach their destination safely and securely is crucial and carriers ensure their full-on commitment to it. One aspect of this process is the carrier getting...
Category - Last Mile
Sashank Ravindranath
FedEx & UPS Rate Increase for 2024
Introduction To The Rate Increase By Fedex And Ups In 2024 Counterparts, rivals, competitors — call them what you want. Shipping behemoths FedEx and UPS follow almost identical practices when it comes to services or...
Rohan Rinaldo Felix
Shipping as a marketing tool: Drive delight this holiday season
Ever thought of ecommerce shipping as a marketing tool? E-commerce brands often focus on various channels during the holiday season like marketing, website design, product variations, emails and social media...
Raksna Anand
15 Shipping Strategies for SMBs to Reduce Costs
Shipping is an Inevitable Cost-Center of The E-Commerce Industry Shipping in e-commerce holds a higher priority for two reasons: One, it plays a huge role in the CX, and two, it is the second most expensive area of a...
E-commerce Delivery Experience Management (DEM) to Drive Customer Delight
Customers are no longer just interested in low prices, fast shipping, and free returns have constantly been the three must-haves for an online business to make the cut in today’s market. They want e-commerce brands to...
How to Ensure Better Performance from Shipping Carriers
The Importance of On-time Delivery On-time deliveries are a business’ best practice. Yet they do not captivate customers like same-day delivery or free shipping promises do. However, failing to make on-time deliveries...
How Proactive Customer Service Benefits Your Post-purchase CX
Today’s shoppers have high customer service expectations and zero tolerance for issues.If an ecommerce business doesn’t meet their expectations in providing a decent and personalized CX, they will quickly move on to a...
Last-mile Carrier Tracking: A Competitive Edge for Your Ecommerce Business
Last-mile carrier tracking can be the most expensive and time-consuming part of your ecommerce business’ shipping and delivery process. Adding fuel to the fire is your customers’ growing demands of wanting complete...
What Does “Out for Delivery” Really Mean?
“Get ready to jump with joy as your order is out for delivery”. True to what it claims, the out for delivery notification is indeed special compared to the other transactional shipping notifications sent during the post...
Transportation Trends Affecting the Commercial Vehicle Industry in the US
Globe Newswire stats show that the demand for commercial vehicles, will be worth around $3.07 trillion by 2030 despite the technological advances in transportation over the last few years. This is probably enough to...
Porch Pirates: How to Handle Them and Prevent Package Theft
Imagine if a product you’ve longed to collect for years gets stolen from you. And guess what? It was stolen right at your doorstep by fellow people dubbed ‘the porch pirates.’Package thefts are so...
How to Deal With Shipping Delays
Shipping delays are inevitable even with the most efficient carriers (thanks to the growing consumer demand). And when they happen, they tend to drive your customers away.That’s not all! The worst part about them is the...
How Support Reps Can Handle Failed Deliveries
Running an e-commerce business is tough. Rather than just acquiring a customer, you need to make sure you repeat sales with them to run a profitable venture. Here’s where the customer experience (CX) you provide can...
What is a Delivery Exception and How E-commerce Business Can Handle It?
Shipping out a parcel is not a cakewalk. You don’t need major issues such as packages getting lost or damaged, even small incidents like a ‘delivery exception’ can hurt your customer relationships and...
Enhance Holiday Post-Purchase Experience with Existing Tools
eCommerce brands are constantly looking forward to improve their services at every touchpoint to build a loyal customer tribe and grow. And one way they are advancing in their said vision is by constantly adopting newer...
Everything You Need to Know about the Changes Made to Canada Post, UPS, FedEx and Purolator’s Money-back Guarantee
This article has been updated as of 23rd August, 2021. It’s been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic debuted and created panic across the globe, dramatically changing the way we live our lives. The eCommerce retail...
Lost Packages 101: How to Handle Them
When you ship through DHL, FedEx, UPS, or USPS most packages make it to their destinations intact and on time. But, what about those rare occurrences when packages are lost in transit? Who exactly gets blamed when this...
Joelah James