Shipping is an expensive part of any ecommerce business. Therefore, it is wise to cut corners wherever you can to save on costs and grow your business. However, that may not be as easy as it sounds. Your shipping bills...
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Joelah James
Sashank Ravindranath
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...
Rohan Rinaldo Felix
How to File FedEx Claims for Late Deliveries
FedEx is one of the top-three behemoths in not just the US but in the worldwide shipping carrier and delivery services space (the other two being DHL and UPS).Did you know that FedEx delivers more than 12 million...
Shipping Carriers’ 100% Money-Back Guarantee Policies and Why Avoid Signing Refund Waivers
Shipping is an area of e-commerce business that is highly risk-worthy and more prone to errors than the other phases of the order journey. The carriers responsible for your customers’ orders during this stage are very...
5 Tips to Get the Best out of Your Package Shipping Carrier
Millions of international packages make their way to destination points and cross borders every day. And the vast majority of them are the goods people buy from eCommerce businesses operating globally. While it’s no...
Ian
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...
50+ Shipping Carrier Service Failures That are Totally Eligible for Refunds
Have you spent time taking a good, hard look at your shipping invoices? If not, try it once. You’ll likely end up quite shocked! Why? You ask. You’ll discover that you’ve been charged wrongly more than once...
Guide to Cross-Border Shipping in 2020 (And How to Easily Save up to 20% on Shipping)
Your business is doing well locally and you are looking to ship overseas, but you don’t know where to start. Does this sound like you? Help is at hand, so read on! If you’re from Canada or the US, there’s...
10 Must Know Tips to Negotiate Shipping Contracts With FedEx or UPS
When was the last time you celebrated after closing in on a tough negotiation? The ability to successfully negotiate a contract hinges on several factors. Especially when it comes to negotiating deals with your shipping...
Deepa Shankar
Green Logistics: DHL Treks Toward Zero Emissions 2050
The green fever is catching. Slowly but surely, Green technology has infiltrated almost every field there is. Including logistics. A notable example would be DHL’s attempts to stem the production of greenhouse gases in...
10 Important Shipping Carrier Errors That Could Cost Your Ecommerce Business
Have you looked at your FedEx or UPS invoice lately? Shocked to find your shipping costs at an all-time high? The reality is that FedEx and UPS have slapped a 4.9% shipping rate hike (read more about 2018 shipping...
Revathi Karthik
Why should your retail business automate shipping invoice audit process?
Shipping cost constitutes anywhere between 5 to 15% of the total expenditure for Retailers. Adding to their tightening margins is the steady 4% year on year increase in FedEx and UPS shipping rates. The complete...
Compare Shipping Rates of USPS vs UPS vs FedEx vs DHL in 2018
Dimensional Weight Pricing UPS and FedEx have recently started to charge a dimensional weight fee. Until recently, your shipping rates with these two carriers depended on package weight. Now, the package size matters...
Bianca Barath