Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Whether you’re a small ecommerce brand with the right stuff to make it, or a big ecommerce brand that’s long been established, budget never stops being important. You never want to cut corners on these, or any, crucial areas of your ecommerce brand. That transparency is key to keeping track of your budget.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 5, 2024

Whether your business is a small ecommerce startup or a big box retailer, the benefits of supplier relationship management are the same. Steps to Implementing SRM If you deal with a lot of vendors, investing in SRM software will help you more easily manage the data and make it available to stakeholders for analysis. We’re here to help!

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As much as we’d like to think that ecommerce is taking over the world, it still only accounts for around 21% of retail sales according to a 2023 Digital Commerce 360 analysis of U.S. In fact, there can be significant advantages for brands that engage in both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar sales. Department of Commerce figures.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

What can ecommerce businesses do to leverage this power? That, in a nutshell, is why ecommerce businesses cannot afford to ignore the importance of social proof. Conformity bias is what makes the fashion industry tick, and many ecommerce businesses benefit from it. What do we have to gain by helping ecommerce businesses grow?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Ed Wainman, Aftersales Manager at Conveyor Systems Limited (CSL) explores the vital role conveyor maintenance has to play in the burgeoning ecommerce industry and gives his top tips for developing a fuss-free and effective maintenance schedule. Conveyor systems are the lifeblood of any ecommerce distribution centre, 3PL, or warehouse.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Effective inventory management has become increasingly crucial for businesses in this fast-paced and rapidly evolving era of ecommerce. Moreover, the ecommerce explosion has brought new and unique challenges that complicate inventory management for enterprises selling online.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Ecommerce bands, even those with amazing reverse logistics operations in place, feel the negative impact of returns. If your ecommerce brand is dealing with a return then typically one of three things has happened: 1.) Because, as much as ecommerce brands don’t like returns, buyers sure don’t like them either. How, you may ask?

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This wouldn’t be an ecommerce blog if we didn’t talk about Amazon. So, if you own or manage an ecommerce brand, Amazon has to be one of the first sales channels you consider. Just hop on board the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) bus, and you can outsource all the post-purchase headaches that come with running an ecommerce business.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

Leading online packaging supplier, Kite Packaging, has added a new, hamper-sized ecommerce box to their range due to growing demand. Designed with a crash lock base and adhesive peel-&-seal strip, this ecommerce-ready packaging facilitates quick assembly to support efficient pack and dispatch.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As the holiday shopping season reaches its peak, ecommerce business owners everywhere are crossing their fingers, hoping they have enough product in stock and that they didn’t order too much. In truth, demand forecasting, or estimating how much product you’ll sell in the future, is one of the toughest challenges for any ecommerce business.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 20, 2023

But since all of us here at ShipMonk are logistics nerds at heart, we think it’s the perfect title for an article about improving ecommerce deliveries. Because that’s what third-party logistics is all about, after all: making sure your ecommerce customers get their orders accurately, affordably, and on time. But wait,” you say. “I

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With so many literal and figurative moving parts to factor into your shipping strategy, it can be a lot for an ecommerce brand to handle alone. When you combine this amazing tool with our insider tips and tricks, your ecommerce brand is set up for success, simply. Luckily, ShipMonk has the perfect solution.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Now if only you had a dashboard to keep your ecommerce business running. Today we’re going to help you pick the most important metrics for each area of your ecommerce business. We recently covered KPIs for Ecommerce Businesses in another blog post. Well, guess what? These are the metrics you want on your dashboard.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Knowing everything I know about dimensional weight and ecommerce shipping, I should have shipped it directly to his house. And how in the world did that ecommerce company manage to ship it to me for nothing? Today, we’re going to discuss how package weight affects ecommerce shipping rates. But it was too late at that point.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

To an eCommerce entrepreneur, having their brand grow and scale is fulfillment. In addition to learning these steps, continue reading this blog for tips about best practices for eCommerce order fulfillment and how entrepreneurs can maximize their fulfillment infrastructure. 4 Steps of eCommerce Order Fulfillment.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 26, 2024

Is your ecommerce merchandise considered hazardous materials? What do you, as an ecommerce business owner, need to know about shipping hazmat products? As the owner of the merchandise, your ecommerce business is responsible for making sure that all “pre-transportation” functions are carried out in accordance with 49 CFR regulations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 30, 2023

The employee share-owned company has expanded its bestselling range of ecommerce boxes to include two new sizes following a rise in demand for them. ecommerce Boxes Ecommerce boxes are made with card obtained from renewable sources and they are widely kerbside recyclable once finished with.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As we move into the busiest time of year for ecommerce businesses, the specter of sky-high shipping costs is still haunting us all. And what do these rising costs mean for ecommerce businesses that rely on small-parcel shipping carriers to deliver their orders? What Can Ecommerce Businesses Do? respectively.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2022

This pilot is part of DHL eCommerce Solutions ’ $100 million five-year automation investment plan. Although this throughput level is substantially lower than the high-end high-speed sorters available, it is also substantially higher than many sorting alternatives. DHL’s DoraSorter in Action. DHL DoraSort to Gaylord.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

ForHIMS is a personal wellness startup that sells through the ecommerce channel. They stood up a fully functioning ecommerce distribution center in 90 days. Körber’s ability to support ecommerce warehouses also emerged as something of a theme from the sessions I watched. Ecommerce warehouses require a flexible solution.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 28, 2023

Since there are so many different types of ecommerce businesses and many operate under a combination of business models, we thought it was time to clear up some of the confusion around those ubiquitous acronyms, and add a few more. Let’s take a look at the different types of ecommerce business models out there, with some examples of each.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

But the real financial value of advanced technology resides in its ability to sense real-time demand and monitor supply availability ? Extending visibility of available capacities in the market enables a more effective result, often delivering win-wins for collaborative trading partners. Deliver ecommerce-caliber service levels.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 20, 2023

Ecommerce over the last three years has become one of the fastest-growing sectors within the supply chain. When we look for IT solutions such as WMS or even the building we occupy, how often is the right solution available without some changes? In many cases, this can also take place towards the end of the planning process.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 14, 2023

There are a lot of moving parts to managing an ecommerce supply chain. An ecommerce store owner is expected to master everything from sourcing materials to manufacturing and procurement, to fulfillment and shipping orders to customers. Today we’re going to take a look at a typical ecommerce supply chain from beginning to end.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 29, 2022

It’s not just something Keanu Reeves had in 1994 and Aaron Paul had in 2014; it’s a driving mindset behind every eCommerce order today. When Amazon introduced its next day Prime shipping model, a domino effect was set off that pushed every eCommerce business on Earth to find the fastest shipping options possible. Shipping Date.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Virtualstock platform is cloud-based and provides a frictionless connection into the retailers ensuring visibility across their supply chain – including stock availability, order status and delivery status. The post Increase Visibility and Automation Across Ecommerce appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This multichannel shopping habit makes it difficult to reach consumers, particularly if your ecommerce business is currently taking a single-channel approach to marketing and sales. Today’s ecommerce brands have a myriad of choices to consider when selling their products. What is a Sales Channel?

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Ship Monk

MAY 23, 2023

An ecommerce fulfillment center must be flexible when it comes to storing and handling inventory — after all, no two SKUs are the same. Still others may be given special handling at the request of the ecommerce business, with branded packaging for instance.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

BIXOLON Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of BIXOLON, the global manufacturer of advanced receipt, label and mobile printers, has partnered with the mail order and ecommerce retailer, Erwin Müller Versandhaus, to provide linerless labelling printers that improve operational efficiency and sustainability efforts during order fulfilment.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 7, 2021

While the end of COVID-19 is (hopefully) near, its effects will have an enduring presence on the retail landscape and, subsequently, this year’s eCommerce trends. YoY growth from 2019, it’s safe to say that eCommerce sales have absolutely skyrocketed, essentially jumpstarting the industry by nearly two years. eCommerce Gets Vocal.

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Ship Monk

MAY 31, 2023

When you launch an ecommerce business, you make a lot of promises: to yourself, to your family, to your investors, and to your customers. Meeting customer expectations is the key to a successful ecommerce business. What do Ecommerce Customers Expect? Which one do you think it is? We can help you with that! Inventory management.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This is an important aspect of ecommerce as it allows the movement of products from the manufacturer to the customer. It involves third-party logistics which is the term used to refer to professional ecommerce fulfillment services. How ecommerce companies can benefit from logistics management systems.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is your ecommerce business one of those that’s been growing steadily in recent years, and seen an absolute boom since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged? So what do you need to do to prevent high demand from being a double-edged sword and potentially stymieing your ability to compete in the lucrative, but fierce ecommerce marketplace?

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Ship Monk

JUNE 5, 2023

Anyone who owns an ecommerce brand has unwittingly been through a crash course in ecommerce logistics. They start out by handling fulfillment manually, but quickly learn that speed, efficiency, accuracy, partnerships, and scalability are essential to the success of their ecommerce business. Who Manages Ecommerce Returns?

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Ship Monk

JULY 11, 2022

As the hero of your business journey, every eCommerce entrepreneur also needs their own amazing method of transportation that they can count on to get their goods to customers. Established on the promise of providing affordable shipping to all Americans in the late 1700s, USPS is one of the most user-friendly shipping options available.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 30, 2023

would put you in the middle 60% of ecommerce stores according to this benchmark. Today we’re going to look at how to calculate ecommerce conversion rates, identify some things that may be turning customers away, and what you can do to improve conversion rates. What is an Ecommerce Conversion Rate? Anywhere between 0.2%

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