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ShipStation Alternatives for 3PL and Shipping Success

Ecommerce Platforms

As one of the most popular shipping apps for ecommerce order fulfillment, ShipStation often gets recommended for managing shipments, finding great deals from carriers, and sending tracking codes. ShipStation is a shipping platform for ecommerce store owners to manage all parcel shipments and tracking in one dashboard. Toggle accordion.

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Is it Time for RFID to Shine?

Retail TouchPoints

In 2021, the average cost of an RFID tag was four cents , down 80% from 2011, according to McKinsey. We have to ship the correct units, so if I haven’t implemented RFID in a location, figuring out what is going out so I can correctly invoice my customers and doing cycle counts in the warehouses is a big, tedious thing.

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Stitch Fix Moves Beyond Subscriptions with Hyper-Personalized Direct Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

While the company made its name with what was at the time (back in 2011) an innovative subscription service model — clients receive regularly scheduled boxes, a.k.a. Shipping, returns and exchanges are also free , with no minimum order requirement. Because the experience — which is available now for U.S.

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The Role of WordPress Ecommerce in the Coming Content and Commerce Era

BigCommerce

Throughout 2010 and into 2011, a wide variety of people and companies tried their hand at ecommerce in WordPress, and none were great. 2011: WooCommerce is Born. In 2011, WooThemes tried to buy Jigoshop. As of July 2018, their shipping, taxes, and Stripe functionalities are all built into Jetpack.

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Crafts, Gifts & Non-Profit Ecommerce Site Design

BigCommerce

Our CEO, Jon Beekman, started Man Crates in his apartment in 2011 and funded it by selling his motorcycle and getting $1K in seed funding from his wife, Mariam, who in turn placed the very first order for Man Crates’ BigCommerce site on 11/1/2011. We are Man Crates, and we create awesome gifts for men. Our offline orders are up too!

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Resilience Training: Small Business Innovation During a Recession

Retail TouchPoints

And to avoid possible delivery delays, using more than one shipping carrier builds resilience as well and allows you to maintain more control over your ability to serve your customers. James Chin Moody is a Co-founder and CEO of Sendle , a company that delivers shipping that is good for the world by helping small businesses thrive.

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33 Ecommerce Strategies for Growth from 12 $1M+ Brands [18 Must Have Tools Included]

BigCommerce

Tori Gerbig initially started Pink Lily , an online women’s fashion store, as an eBay shop in 2011. Shopper marketing on website: Pink Lily products ship in a customized bag with the company logo and the hashtag #pinklilystyle. But they eventually figured it out (hint: what you ship it in!). They worked directly with USPS.