There are many benefits and reasons to outsource your order fulfillment. It allows you to focus more of your time on the core of your business. Not only does a third party order fulfillment company save you time though it can also help you save money! And if there’s one thing that every small business could use it’s more money and better cash flow.
So let’s dive in and discuss a few of the ways that outsourcing your order fulfillment can help you save big bucks.
Cut Down On Overhead Costs
Overhead costs add up, big time! This is especially true when you have a large warehouse full of products that you’re shipping. A few of these overhead costs include:
- Warehouse lease
- Insurance
- Order management software
- Warehouse management software
- Heating, cooling costs
While all these expenses are costly they don’t provide any direct benefit to your brand or your customer.
Customers don’t care how their order gets to their doorstep they just care that it gets there on time and in one piece. Outsourcing your order fulfillment helps you save on all the pesky overhead costs that come with it. Not to mention additional expensive costs like forklifts and other warehouse equipment.
Cut Down on Labor
Creating jobs in your community can be extremely satisfying. You’re giving back and helping your community grow. All good things! But like they say you can’t help others if you can’t help yourself.
In order to create stable, valuable jobs it’s important to have a stable business with good cash flow. Outsourcing your fulfillment can help you save on labor allowing you to reinvest in and grow your business.
Plus, growing and scaling your business while keeping order fulfillment in-house is very difficult. It can mean fluctuations in labor needs and the potential need for temp workers. Third party order fulfillment companies are equipped to deal with these fluctuations while your rates stay the same!
Cut Down on Shipping Rates
One of the most significant ways that outsourcing your fulfillment can help you save money is on your shipping rates. Almost every year every shipping carrier raises their rates. It’s something we all have to deal with but it’s even worse if you’re shipping orders all by yourself.
Here at Ship Central we can help you save on your shipping costs in 2 ways. First and foremost because we ship so many packages every day we’re able to negotiate better shipping rates. And you get to take advantage of these amazing rates that you would never be able to achieve on your own.
In addition we’ll help you review your current shipping strategies to see where you can save more money. With our years of experience working with many different e-commerce companies we’re able to notice where and how we can make changes to maximize your savings.