Ship Monk

AUGUST 2, 2023

You decide to launch an ecommerce store to sell this idea because it’s the greatest idea ever and can’t possibly fail. Part of the process is doing your homework and identifying your ecommerce niche. What is an ecommerce niche? What is an Ecommerce Niche? Let’s assume you’re an entrepreneur with a great idea. Loungewear?

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Does it feel like your ecommerce business should be more profitable than it is? One of the most common mistakes direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce brands make is failing to understand and track their true costs, a.k.a. Stick with us and you’ll learn how to calculate landed cost — and how this number affects your profitability.

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Kanban Logistics

JUNE 25, 2020

As a fulfillment provider, we receive many questions about eCommerce fulfillment costs. Specifically, how to make them lower. eCommerce fulfillment costs: what do you need to pay for? eCommerce fulfillment costs: what do you need to pay for? How to reduce eCommerce fulfillment costs with a 3PL.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As an eCommerce business owner, what goes inside your boxes is just as important as what goes outside, i.e. the shipping label that provides pivotal information about what is being shipped, how it is being shipped, where it’s going, and who it’s going to. Q: How to Make a Shipping Label and How to Print a Shipping Label?

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ecommerce businesses depend on 3PL fulfillment companies and shipping carriers to make good on their promises to customers. The way your ecommerce business responds when things don’t go according to plan defines your business, for better or worse, in the eyes of your customer. But what happens when something goes wrong?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 5, 2024

The holiday season is never short on smiles, especially if you’re an ecommerce business that delivers on all fronts. As you plan for a more productive, profitable, and all around positive new year, ShipMonk wants to share some advice on how to recover from peak season order issues and prevent them from happening again.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you’ve read PART 1 of our Ultimate Ecommerce Merchant Guide then you are halfway through absorbing the best lessons any entrepreneur can learn from the previous peak season, and are primed with the right knowledge to restructure for a stronger 2023. Welcome to the ecommerce party! And if you haven’t read PART 1, no worries.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You’ve done the hard work of building your startup into a successful ecommerce business. The last thing you want is to run out of your bestsellers, but how do you know when to order more? The good news is that there’s an easy formula ecommerce businesses can use to calculate the optimum reorder point for each SKU in your product line.

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Ship Monk

JULY 13, 2022

For eCommerce direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, calculating shipping costs can be a headache. That means, whether you’re fulfilling your own orders or a third party logistics company (3PL) is fulfilling them for you, each package has to be measured, weighed, and routed to find the least expensive shipping method. in 1-3 days!

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FW Logsitcs

MAY 13, 2024

But managing eCommerce shipping in-house can be a logistical nightmare for high-growth brands. Learn how mastering e-Commerce shipping can optimize efficiency and boost success. Why e-Commerce Shipping Matters for Business Growth In the competitive world of eCommerce, a seamless customer experience is no longer a luxury.

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Ship Monk

JULY 27, 2022

For an eCommerce business owner, the answer is obvious: How the heck do I get a handle on my inventory management ?! Keep reading to learn what demand forecasting is, why you need it, and how to implement it into your eCommerce strategy! How much am I spending on logistics costs — storage, shipping, fulfillment, etc.?

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Remember when you were managing your eCommerce business out of your garage? If you’re like most eCommerce business owners, you have a general idea of what carrying costs are, but you wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t have a few nagging questions—like, which is it, carrying cost or holding cost? So what exactly is holding cost?

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Ship Monk

JUNE 8, 2022

Learning how to manage inventory is one of the biggest challenges of owning an eCommerce business. Most of these methods rely on past sales data, future forecasting, or a combination of the two to help inventory managers predict how much inventory they’ll need. Let’s say your eCommerce business makes cotton baby blankets.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2023

While “going with it” is an acceptable strategy for some areas of the holidays; it’s not a strong plan for ecommerce brands during peak season. Get Faster Shipping Options Peak season is when ecommerce brands of all sizes across all verticals feel the most pressure to deliver on the delivery front. Reduce Cart Abandonment 2.)

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Ship Monk

MARCH 14, 2023

If that’s you and you’re an ecommerce business owner, keep reading for eco-friendly packaging options your company could invest in this year to save money and help preserve the planet. Example: a bicycle is more eco-friendly than a sedan, but a sedan is more eco-friendly than a Hummer.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 14, 2023

If that’s you and you’re an ecommerce business owner, keep reading for eco-friendly packaging options your company could invest in this year to save money and help preserve the planet. Example: a bicycle is more eco-friendly than a sedan, but a sedan is more eco-friendly than a Hummer.

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Ship Monk

MAY 5, 2022

So you’ve made the decision to break ties with your fulfillment provider and switch to a new 3PL. We know that’s not an easy decision for any eCommerce business to make. In past articles we’ve looked at some of the signs that it’s time to change your 3PL, and tips for finding the right fulfillment partner.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Going global is a goal for many ecommerce brands. And for many brands, one of the largest opportunities lies in figuring out how to sell beyond their current scope and becoming established in North America. ShipMonk was founded on the idea of making shipping affordable and efficient for ecommerce brands of all sizes.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 10, 2023

As your enterprise grows or market conditions change, it may become evident that your organisation can benefit from partnering with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. You will still need a hand on the tiller to define logistics strategy, manage the relationship with the 3PL provider , and monitor performance.

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Better Inventory Management for eCommerce. eCommerce is a rapidly growing phenomenon across the globe. Statista projects that eCommerce sales will surpass $740 billion in the US by 2023. B2B ecommerce sales have also accelerated; Forrester projects that 17% of all eCommerce sales in the US will be B2B by 2023.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s been a while since you placed your ecommerce order so it seems like it may be time to face facts. Lost packages are a worst-case scenario for all ecommerce business owners, but that doesn’t mean they’re completely unavoidable. You’re watching, waiting, anticipating. Your package is lost. What Causes Lost Packages?

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Ship Monk

JULY 28, 2022

Any eCommerce business that manufactures goods has three different types of inventory at any given time: Raw Materials Inventory , Work in Process Inventory , and Finished Goods Inventory. This article will show you the difference between these types of inventory and how to calculate Work in Process inventory. to make the hats.

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ShipLilly

JULY 7, 2020

For example, many e-Commerce operators do not like dealing with the additional bureaucracies of handling shipping and payments for backorders. If you find it difficult to get your products onto your 3PL warehouse shelves, there are two routes you can take. It is important to note that backorders are not without their disadvantages.

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Ship Monk

MAY 23, 2023

Things that customers and ecommerce merchants dislike equally: “Where’s my order?” Once your ecommerce brand has reached significant sales, and you can effectively analyze buyer behavior, it’s time to think about the best ways to disperse your inventory. 2PL vs. 3PL Warehouses store things. 2PL vs. 3PL Warehouses store things.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is one of the simplest ecommerce metrics to calculate. For example, if your omnichannel ecommerce business processed 5,000 orders last month for a total of $300,000, the average order value for the month was $60. Simply divide total revenue during a period, by the number of orders during that same timeframe.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In this blog, they discuss everything you need to know about a 3PL business. What is 3PL? There are several definitions of 3PL. Third party logistics (3PL) is a company that provides an all-encompassing service to its customers of outsourced logistics services for a part or all of their supply chain management functions.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 3, 2022

Not all of those examples are exactly illustrious, but they do (for the most part) prove that two heads really are better than one. In the world of eCommerce, that proverb certainly holds true. But what is this mysterious entity in the eCommerce world? And how much can you really gain from joining forces with them?

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When ecommerce business owners look for ways to increase revenue, they tend to focus on marketing campaigns designed to reach new customers, or promotions that entice existing customers to order more often. We’re going to give you nine examples for inspiration, but feel free to get creative. What is Average Order Value?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 23, 2020

How to Adapt Your Business for Online Order Delivery—Quickly. For example, in South Korea, 70 percent of consumers say they plan to shop online. In this case, or if you currently operate an exclusively in-store sales model, it may be prudent to sign up with a specialised last-mile 3PL provider. .

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

When you think about eCommerce order fulfillment , from checkout to delivery, there are about a million things that have to happen perfectly to ensure an order is fulfilled accurately and received on time. Take ShipMonk, for example. As an eCommerce fulfillment company , our goal is 100% accuracy. No mistakes, ever.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For some ecommerce business owners, sending their customers’ orders out the door feels a little like watching your 16-year-old drive off in the family car. But when it comes to ecommerce delivery, that’s not entirely true. Here’s an overview of the ecommerce order fulfillment process and ways to improve each step. Fulfillment.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 28, 2023

Speedy, error-free shipping is one of the most important aspects of any ecommerce business. Read on to learn about the shipping options available to your ecommerce business and understand why 2-day shipping is the best amongst them! It’s safe to say those days are long gone as we relish in the rapidity of speedy ecommerce shipping.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 20, 2023

Safety nets aren’t just for folks jumping out of airplanes; every ecommerce business owner should have safety nets built into multiple levels of their operations to deal with an industry that is always in flux. Manufacturers can also keep safety stock to cover the ecommerce businesses they work with. What is Safety Stock?

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 8, 2022

Examples of Merchandise Inventory. Only the finished watches available for sale on the watchmaker’s eCommerce website are counted as merchandise inventory. The retailer purchases 500 watches and displays them on their eCommerce website and in stores. In every example above, inventory was purchased and inventory was sold.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 15, 2022

Understanding both layers of the logistics process can help eCommerce business owners optimize their supply chain, manage customer expectations, and make better decisions about ordering, budgeting, and shipping options. These goods are received at a warehouse or 3PL fulfillment center. Inbound Logistics. Outbound Logistics.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, you want to start an ecommerce business. We’re happy to tell you that there are far more options than those two seemingly opposite paths to success (and many, many ecommerce businesses go both ways)! Take a seat as we explore the differences between ecommerce stores and ecommerce marketplaces, and list the pros and cons of each.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ecommerce order fulfillment requires a wide array of supply chain entities, operations staff, and detailed systems to come together. In truth, there are more moving parts within an omnichannel ecommerce order fulfillment operation than there are in an intricate, self-winding watch. Why Do I Need 3PL Software?

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