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...
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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
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...
How to Reduce the Impact of Oversize Charge on Shipping Costs
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...
Joelah James
DHL Vs. FedEx Vs. UPS: Shipping Carriers Compared in 2022
As a retailer who ships to your customers, have you struggled to choose the carrier that suits best for your business?Luckily, there aren’t hundreds of companies for you to skim through and choose the ultimate one...
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...
Damaged Packages: How to Handle Them
Why Do Packages Get Damaged in the First Place? The packages you dearly send to your customers can get damaged for various reasons such as Mishandling at the sorting facility – sorting your fragile package under...
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...
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...
Understanding the Increased Rates of FedEx and UPS for 2020
Every year, shipping carriers increase the rates for their services, hitting retailers below the belt, as if the damage they do during the holiday season weren’t enough. This year, there have been identical rate...
Modern Supply Chain: Leveraging Blockchain in Logistics
The world is a global village now and while it has expanded horizons for businesses, it has also added to supply chain complexities. Supply chain management professionals are constantly on the lookout for technology...
Deepa Shankar
What the recent FedEx price hike means for retailers
By now, you’d have heard about the FedEx price hike for Additional handling and Ground Unauthorized surcharges. Effective since September 3, this recent hike comes right on the heels of the January price hikes for...
5 Factors to Consider When Choosing A Shipping Carrier
As a proud owner of an ecommerce store, there are plenty of things that demand your attention and money. Choosing the right shipping carrier to take your products to the customers’ doorstep is one of them. Finding a...
Best 3 Ways to Offer Free 2 Day Shipping Without Going Broke
With retailers of all calibres entering the ring with free shipping options, it is near impossible to remain isolated from the melee and continue charging flat shipping rates. Free shipping, especially free 2 day...
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