6 Shipping Tips for Emerging E-Commerce Retailers
4. Look at more than one carrier. Different carriers are very useful as your business and product lines expand. Selling mainly low to mid-value smaller products? The USPS is a great option that features order tracking and lower costs. Bigger packages and shipments to international destinations or businesses are often best suited to one of the other major carriers like UPS or FedEx. Software solutions are now available that allow you to easily compare rates from different carriers based upon multiple inputs.
- Companies:
- Federal Express
Robert Gilbreath is the general manager of Auctane’s ShipStation, the trusted leader in shipping software that helps online sellers scale their businesses and deliver exceptional customer experiences. Gilbreath has been part of the team for nearly a decade but spent a larger portion of his professional life in online retail as part of what was once the new world of ecommerce. Like ShipStation, he’s based in Austin, Texas. When not getting ship done, he enjoys time outdoors with his wife and three children.
