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Shaping Up Your Company's Shipping Practices

Written by Alicia Baumann | Aug 20, 2015 4:22:52 PM

Effective Shipping Practices

CEO and Co-Founder Jeremy Bodenhamer recently wrote a thought leadership piece featured in The CEO Magazine:Shaping Up Your Company's Shipping Practices

Most retailers experience online shopping cart abandonment due to the cost of shipping.

"[M]any retailers simply don’t have a clear and easy way to calculate the costs of packing and shipping items, or a to way share those figures with potential customers. In turn, many customers come to a screeching halt during the check-out process when they finally see the shipping costs associated with their purchase, and many abandon their purchase altogether. Business suffers as consumers get cold feet due to a lack of transparent total cost and shipping estimates."/p>

Read on to learn how retailers can implement effective shipping practices through pricing, packaging, and process.