What is a Clearance Delay?
A “clearance delay” is the term used when packages or shipments are held at customs. If you’re shipping internationally or importing product across a border, the last thing you want is a clearance delay. In the day and age of fast, even free shipping, you can’t afford lengthy delays on imports. Bottlenecks due to hang […]
How to Ship Perfume & Cologne in the Mail
Perfume is a lucrative industry. In fact, it was estimated to be worth more than $50 billion in 2022! (yes, that is with a “B”). If you need to know how to ship perfume – whether it’s from your eCommerce marketplace to a customer or just a personal shipment to a friend – it pays […]
Fulfillment Center vs Warehouse: What Are the Differences?
A fulfillment center is really just a warehouse that packs and ships products to consumers. Yet despite the two terms being used almost interchangeably, the truth is, warehousing and fulfillment centers mean pretty different things. True, both use large buildings to store product – but a key difference is that a warehouse stores product or […]
Calculating Dimensional (Volumetric) Weight
Knowing how to calculate dimensional weight (also referred to DIM weight) is key to understanding an accurate cost of shipping product to customers. Regardless of if you decide to handle shipping logistics yourself, or if you outsource the process to a 3PL, it’s important to understand what dimensional weight is and how to calculate it. […]
What is Cold Chain Logistics & Management?
Cold chain logistics is the technology and process that allows for the safe transport of temperature-sensitive goods and products along the supply chain. It relies heavily on science to evaluate and accommodate for the link between temperature and perishability. Any product known to be or labeled “perishable” will likely need cold chain management. This could […]
FedEx Ground Economy, Formerly FedEx SmartPost, Guide for Business Owners
In 2021 FedEx changed the name of FedEx SmartPost to FedEx Ground Economy. The services provided and information in this article have remained the same Shipping costs have become an essential, often difficult to navigate, component of business for eCommerce brands to manage. Up against the brand power of giants like Amazon and other big […]
What is FOB Shipping? Understanding FOB Shipping Point vs. Destination
International Commercial Terms (incoterms) were designed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to make international trade easier by creating a universal standard language, a list of terms uniformly recognized throughout the world in regards to shipping and transporting goods internationally. There are many industry terms importers and exporters need to be well-versed in to […]
Understanding Amazon FNSKU and How to Create One
Fulfillment Network Stock Keeping Unit (FNSKU) is an Amazon-unique term. FNSKUs are the barcodes that help the eCommerce guru identify and track products and connect them to you, the seller. The product-identifying code is similar to a UPC, and it’s used to help Amazon label your product in their fulfillment centers. FNSKU labels are essential […]
Standard Pallet Size and Dimensions
Pallets are great resources for business owners shipping product. Not only do they help protect items during transit, they also maximize space and drastically reduce load and unload times for carriers, making the entire process of shipping and delivering goods more efficient. Learn everything you need to know about pallets, from industry terminology to regulations […]
Seller Fulfilled Prime Guide
The 2015 launching of Amazon’s Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) was exciting for merchants with Professional Selling Accounts who had longed to see the Amazon golden touch grow their revenue. The program allows high-volume sellers to proudly boast the Prime label on their eCommerce store, giving them instant recognition and earned trust with consumers. The addition […]
