Tag: Shipping

April 1, 2024

Walmart has bumped up return shipping rates for seller-fulfilled orders as businesses try to strike the right balance between consumer-friendly returns policies and minimizing reverse logistics costs. Some are charging returns fees or toughening up their policies in other ways. […]

February 28, 2024

One of the Postal Service’s biggest fans says he’s encountering a big problem with Priority Mail Flat Rate packages. We don’t know the root cause of the problem, but if he’s experiencing the issue, it’s possible others are as well. […]

January 30, 2024

Last June, on a whim, I canceled Amazon Prime. I’d seen the FTC’s lawsuit claiming the company “sabotaged” people’s attempts to disenroll and thought it might be worth experiencing firsthand. Within a few clicks, I was out. Life Without Prime […]

December 27, 2023

Shipping impacts consumers’ online purchasing decisions and overall satisfaction with the buying experience. Shoppers prioritize free delivery as the most important shipping factor, according to Statista’s September 2023 survey of 6,000 U.S. consumers. The Statista survey also queried shipping preferences […]

December 6, 2023

eBay added a key capability to its International Shipping (EIS) program: combined shipping, which enables buyers to purchase multiple items from one seller and pay reduced shipping costs. eBay announced the availability of combined shipping for EIS on Wednesday, saying […]

September 13, 2023

When Amazon announced a new shipping service for independent sellers on Wednesday, which it said expanded access to Amazon’s delivery network at competitive rates across the contiguous US, it sounded revolutionary. Small sellers looking for a competitor to USPS, UPS, […]

August 30, 2023

Amid rising operational and delivery costs, Amazon is experimenting with threshold minimums for shipping. “We continually evaluate our offerings and make adjustments based on those assessments,” an Amazon spokesperson said in an email to Retail Dive. In its Q2 earnings […]

June 30, 2023

TikTok’s trying out another way to get users interested in its in-app shopping options, by offering a range of retailers free listings, free shipping, and zero commission on sales for an initial period, as part of its latest push to […]

November 28, 2022

Etsy said it’s been working behind the scenes to provide more accurate estimates for when buyers should expect their orders to arrive. In a post last week, Etsy described how it calculates estimated delivery dates that it displays to buyers: […]

September 23, 2022

FedEx will raise shipping rates in January and provided details on Thursday. FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Home Delivery rates will increase by an average of 6.9%. However, online sellers should look into details about fees, as rates for […]

September 20, 2022

eBay sellers were unable to print shipping labels on Tuesday evening. The Technical Issues board was inundated with reports of problems beginning around 3:30 pm. eBay displayed the following message when sellers tried to print labels: “Something went wrong. Sorry, […]

September 15, 2022

If yesterday’s news from Amazon’s seller conference seemed all about brands, regular sellers got some good news on day-two of Amazon Accelerate – including faster payouts and free access to multichannel shipping software from a service that previously cost $450/month. […]

February 21, 2022

Amazon is offering new discounts on shipping for sellers who purchase shipping labels through its Buy Shipping program. The company announced the program today (Monday), and sellers are attempting to learn more about when the new discount applies. Amazon wrote, […]

February 15, 2022

The global supply chain is in turmoil, a situation that has spelled disaster for a wide variety of industries. Grocery store shelves remain unstocked, high-demand products are off shelves, and customers are hoarding what they can get in a frenzy, […]

December 13, 2021

UPS Principal Scientist Ranganath Nuggehalli discussed holiday supply chain challenges in a new interview released by INFORMS. He also discusses what the shipping carrier is doing to anticipate and respond to the challenges. Nuggehalli said UPS processes about 20 million […]

November 5, 2021

As a result of the current pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions and evolving consumer shopping habits, a growing number of retailers are considering shuttering storefronts and selling their selected inventory with internet-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) buying options. A better option is for […]

November 2, 2021

Instagram’s leaning further into live-stream commerce with the launch of a new series of shopping-based broadcasts heading into the holidays, which will also incorporate exclusive product launches and influencer recommendations to help maximize interest. Instagram will host a range of […]

October 18, 2021

The USPS has announced their 2021 holiday shipping deadlines. Below are the final dates to send items to be delivered prior to December 25th, 2021. For more carriers’ deadlines, head to our 2021 holiday shipping deadlines blog. USPS Domestic Shipping […]

February 5, 2018

AppleInsider was tipped on Monday morning, and has confirmed with its sources not authorized to speak on behalf of the company that “early orders” of the 14-core iMac Pro have shipped to not just U.S. based customers, but to international […]

July 22, 2016

Click and collect is a distribution method in which a customer buys an item online and then picks it up at a physical location rather than paying for shipping. Shoppers are attracted to the less expensive final total, and retailers […]