Working in 2020 is getting to be a challenging thing. I am completely sold on eCommerce with all of the insane regulations and shutdowns happening all across the country. This has led me to learn a whole new industry and I have been trying to strive to be successful and to help out other companies that are moving from a brick and mortar store into the crazy world of online shipping. Now, this whole industry is crazy competitive and I am learning that the places that you shop for your shipping supplies can be the difference between success and failure. Many companies are paying super high costs to simply send their packages to the buyer. The cost of the boxes and bags and the stuffing that needs to go in some of them to protect them can be very expensive and really costly to a company that does not have the extra capital to waste. That is why I want to talk about the best places to get that stuffing you may so desperately need.
What I noticed very quickly is that when sending items to buyers the biggest issue that could happen is that the item was damaged in transit. This means that the cost of the whole thing is going to most likely go back to the seller. That means the cost of a product bouncing around in a box could cost a lot of money compared to a quick bit of newsprint stuffing that could have gone in to shore up the room for the item to bounce around and break. This can be a small price to pay in comparison to losing a company over returns. But I really found was that shipping supplies companies could not only help with that product but give the best advice on what products to package with all around.
I found for myself that I was spending a lot more money actually 36% more by purchasing the wrong box versus bag that I needed for the vast majority of all my products. Not only was the cost of the bag with bubble wrap cheaper than the box with stuffing but I could mail it for less than half the cost of the previous box. The overall look was actually branded to my company as well and the price savings was huge. That allowed me to spend 36% less in packaging and mailing and move that money into more marketing to sell more. It has been a huge deal and it continues to grow all based on that simple decision to call a company.
The customer service agent was basically a marketing expert and gave me more information than my questions had. That was a good feeling to know that they cared and since they had delt with every major seller in the industry and helped them all with tons of different products they have multiple options for me all of which were less expensive than where I was purchasing from. The best thing is that it didn't take but 30 minutes on the phone and I had a great deal. I had experience on the other end of the line and someone who wanted me to succeed. Also, because they wanted me to rock the market and purchase from them again. That was a win all around and it got me some loyalty with them.
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