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How to Handle Unused Shipping Labels

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Understanding Shipping Labels. Shipping labels are an important part of any business’ package delivery process because when they’re damaged or missing, your parcels can probably get lost and ultimately hurt your customers’ delivery experience. How to Handle Unused Shipping Labels.

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Treat Returns as a Competitive Advantage that Increases Customer Lifetime Value

Retail TouchPoints

On average, it costs $33, or 66%, of the price of a $50 item for retailers to process a return, up from 59% last year, Optoro estimates. . Worst of all, for all the added costs retailers take on to fulfill returns, shoppers still are unhappy after going through a hassle-filled reverse logistics process. during the returns process.

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Will Adding Resale Help Stitch Fix Bring Back Customers?

Retail TouchPoints

Customers will now be able to earn Stitch Fix credit for “gently worn” apparel items they give back to the brand via ThredUp ’s Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality. It’s likely that the addition of resale to its services is a way for Stitch Fix to attract new customers and retain existing ones.

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ShipNetwork Review: Is This Fulfillment Service for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

This is where fulfillment solutions for smoother, faster, and easier shipping come into their own. So, here we’ll cover what services ShipNetwork provides, how much it costs, and what to consider before partnering with them. ShipNetwork's setup process is simple. Shipnetwork Review: ShipNetwork’s Key Services.

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The Cross Border Ecommerce Checklist

BigCommerce

We will begin by breaking out readiness questions for each of the following merchant types: Small business. You may want to outsource from a site like Upwork or Fiverr to get international support services for those times you are offline in your home country. Or, you may need translation service. Mid-market. Enterprise.

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Ecommerce Shipping: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Shipping Profitability

BigCommerce

While many brands start out in ecommerce by taking a simplistic approach to shipping –– like offering free shipping across the board or showing unmodified UPS or USPS rates –– the most successful merchants use strategic shipping options to differentiate themselves from their competition and increase margins.

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A Retailer’s Guide to Preparing Your Warehouse for Ecommerce Success

Retail TouchPoints

Those businesses clinging to rudimentary paper-based processes and a belief system that “we’ve always been able to make money doing things this way, why do we need to change?” Inertia and not knowing where to start when it comes to implementing ecommerce into their warehouse operations are holding back many merchants.