Order Fulfillment

Holiday Shopping Season Is Just Around The Corner!

The temperatures may be hot where you are right now – but Holiday Season 2015 is just around the corner! As an ecommerce retailer, it’s never too early for you to prepare for the holiday season. By the time October rolls around, you’ll want to be ready to hit the...

What Is Dietary Supplement Order Fulfillment?

When you see rows and rows of dietary supplements like herbs and vitamins in your local pharmacy, you’re looking at the direct result of dietary supplement order fulfillment. Like any product that needs to be stored and shipped, it takes a highly choreographed dance...

Does a 3PL Provide Order Fulfillment?

As your business grows, you and your staff may move from generalists to specialists. During the start-up phase, you needed everyone to be ready to pitch in to do whatever was needed, from sales to customer service to order fulfillment. Over time, people start wearing...

Are Your Product Pages Connecting With Potential Buyers?

You have about eight seconds to capture the attention of the average online shopper. Eight tiny seconds can make the difference between a customer that buys and one that moves along to greener pastures. This is why it’s so important to optimize your product pages to...

What’s New in 3PL? (Part 1 of 2)

This is part one in a two-part series. Read part two here. Third party logistics (3PL) is a thriving segment, with new developments popping up regularly. It’s important to keep abreast of the changes in the way 3rd party logistics companies and both national and...

What You Need To Know About Internet Sales Tax (Part 2 of 2)

This is part two in a two-part series. Read part one here. We covered the basics of who needs to collect Internet sales tax from what buyers in today’s world in part one, but we didn’t address the future of Internet sales tax. Unfortunately, this has been a hot-button...

What You Need To Know About Internet Sales Tax (Part 1 of 2)

eCommerce is still a fairly new industry, fraught with many unprecedented challenges -- one of the biggest of these for American eCommerce is the question of sales tax. Although sales tax is nearly universally collected, the concept has been difficult to apply to...

How Order Fulfillment Works

Ecommerce has two basic components – your online storefront and your backend order fulfillment. When someone places an order on your website, you need a clear and reliable process to ensure that your customers get exactly what they ordered within a reasonable time...

E-Commerce is Growing, Are You Ready?

Young blonde woman working at small business ecommerce celebrating crazy and amazed for success with open eyes screaming excited. Online retail sales are surging, surpassing $1 trillion, driven by strong consumer demand and a growing reliance on e-commerce. U.S....

Holiday-Proof Your Website

According to the National Retail Federation, retail sales during 2024 will grow between 2.5% and 3.5% from 2023 to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion. Last year, annual retail sales grew 3.6% over 2022 and totaled $5.1 trillion. ShipWizard, we partner with...

Vitamin Fulfillment Tips

Vitamin Order Fulfillment: A Prescription For Happy Customers The body needs 13 essential vitamins to function properly, and yet 90% of Americans are vitamin deficient. If your online store sells vitamins, this spells out a significant market. According to a recent...

Can We Outsource All Of Our 3PL Fulfillment Needs?

Can We Outsource All Of Our 3PL Fulfillment Needs? When you are running a business, making sales and getting orders are only half the battle. Once a customer places an order, you need to ensure that it can be filled in a timely manner. Rather than trying to perform...

3 Ways To Improve Efficiency Along Your Supply Chain

The modern supply chain is an ever-changing creature with an eye toward constant improvement. As businesses strive to adapt to new challenges and opportunities, it becomes increasingly important to optimize logistics processes. Schools of thought like "agile" and "Six...