Fast delivery is no longer a bonus for online stores. Shoppers expect it, and they leave when they do not get it. The good news is that most stores can take a full day off delivery without paying more per parcel.
Keep stock closer to your buyers
Look at where your orders actually go. If most of them land on one coast and your stock sits on the other, every parcel starts the trip a day behind. Splitting stock between two warehouses often pays for itself in lower parcel rates alone.
Move your order cut off
A same day dispatch cut off at 2pm instead of noon catches the lunchtime rush. Ask your warehouse what it takes to pick later in the day. Often it is only a change of shift pattern.
Use more than one carrier
No single carrier is fastest everywhere. Routing by zip code to the carrier that performs best there cuts delays without raising your average cost.
Comments
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- Rob Hartley
Number 3 got us twice this year. Would love a follow up post on HS code mistakes.
Reply from Atlas Cargo TransGood idea, Rob. An HS code guide is on our list for next month.