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Order Fulfillment Service for Small Business

Grow your e-business domestically and internationally while also cutting shipping time and costs by outsourcing ecommerce order fulfillment. Warehouses are available in the U.S., Canada and Europe at low monthly rates and nominal per item shipping fees. Save through economies of scale previously only available to large e-tailers.




Why Order Fulfillment Service?

An ecommerce order fulfillment service allows you to store your business inventory in warehouses located in the U.S., Canada and Europe and rely on experts for import, customs, freight, returns and related logistics. While you to focus on your marketing and sales objectives to grow your business, order fulfillment is being taken care of cost-effectively, reliably and efficiently through an outsourced provider.

Why International Order Fulfillment Service?

As a sales growth strategy, an ecommerce order fulfillment service helps you to enter new markets and act like a local merchant offering local shipping rates. By aligning order fulfillment with your Web site shopping cart or payment solution, orders may be packed and shipped in "real time."

How the Order Fulfillment Service Works

Working with a professional ecommerce order fulfillment service is as easy as 1 2 3

  1. You ship your merchandise to the order fulfillment provider's warehouse(s)
  2. Sales through your ecommerce Web site are communicated to the fulfillment provider
  3. The fulfillment provider "picks and ships" your order accordingly and communicates tracking details. In the event of a product return, the fulfillment provider may also receive packages
Cost/Benefit Equation to Order Fulfillment Outsourcing

Increase sales and reduce fixed costs by using ecommerce order fulfillment services that offer the following features and benefits:

  • Cost containment with a nominal, fixed monthly fee for space and per order processing fee
  • Economies of scale where you become part of a bigger shipping operation that qualifies for volume shipping discounts
  • Business focus remains on growing your business while enjoying the confidence that product shipments will be processed efficiently and reliably
  • Time & cost savings where the lowest price and fastest method are employed for all shipments
  • Flexibility where seasonal, growth and international order fluctuations are seamlessly supported
  • Scalability on demand when your business increases and reduced if your sales decrease - great for seasonal and growing businesses
  • International sales advantages where shipping rates are aligned with local costs when your inventory is shipped from within the country instead of internationally

Ongoing Sales Support

In addition to leaving the hassles of shipping to the professionals, a savvy ecommerce order fulfillment service provider will offer ongoing support to help you and your business find other ways and incentives for increasing ecommerce sales including:

Optimizating Shipping Time & Cost

Save money by shipping products from warehouses that are closer to your buyers, especially international ecommerce order fulfillment.

10 Great Reasons for Outsourcing Order Fulfillment

In addition to saving time, money and expanding sales, below are 10 great reasons for outsourcing ecommerce order fulfillment service functions for your business ecommerce sales:

  1. Process eCommerce Web store shipping and fulfillment in real time
  2. Minimize shipping time and costs by warehousing inventory closer to buyers and large markets particularly internationally
  3. Rely on the experts to handle shipping, import, customs, freight and logistics while assuring the lowest shipping cost at the fastest shipping speed
  4. Align sales with eBay Auction, Yahoo Store, PayPal and ProStores fulfillment services
  5. Count on 24/7 order fulfillment customer service support
  6. Integrate order fulfillment with many different types of shopping carts
  7. Take advantage of sales support tips and tools, such as a blog, help center, case studies, seasonal specials and sales techniques
  8. Save money, time and the liability associated with in-house shipping functions
  9. Read the Order Fulfillment Guide to learn more about how to expand eSales internationally while also saving in shipping costs and shipping time
  10. Focus more on growing your business and not on processing orders

Where to Begin

To learn more about how you can expand sales and cut costs using an ecommerce order fulfillment service, select any one of the following links:

  1. Have an order fulfillment representative contact me
  2. Access a free Order Fulfillment Guide
  3. Take a tour
  4. Sign up for a Free Trial
  5. Call 1-888-744-7947

About Your Educational Champion

Gebbie Press "Shipwire is a full ecommerce order fulfillment service and on-demand global logistics transportation warehouse distribution service that takes care of all the hassles of storage and shipping for e-tailers. With warehouse locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe, Shipwire retailers enjoy an easy, affordable scalable way to establish a local and overseas presence, while dramatically reducing shipping costs and cutting shipping times. For e-tailers of any size, Shipwire takes the hassle out of the entire order fulfillment and logistics transportation process allowing business owners to focus on growing their business."

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