Running any kind of business isn’t easy but owning an e-commerce business poses its own unique challenges. One of these unique challenges is order fulfillment.
As any e-commerce business owner knows, order fulfillment challenges can overwhelm your life and hinder your business.
When you’re the one fulfilling all of your orders it means you can’t take a day off, let alone a vacation. It also makes it difficult to run a big sale unless you want to get backlogged for weeks. Plus it can feel like you’re half your profits on packaging and shipping.
That’s why a 3rd party order fulfillment company like Ship Central can truly change your life and your business.
Take Time Off
When you run your own e-commerce business you basically have to be on call 365 days a year to fulfill and ship orders; Not to mention processing returns. That doesn’t leave you much (or any) time for taking days off let alone a vacation.
Shipping and fulfillment have become a huge part of the customer experience. Customers expect orders to get shipped out quickly and end up on their doorstep within a couple of days. If you can’t meet those expectations customers will be less likely to buy from you again.
Even the most passionate and dedicated entrepreneur needs a day off or vacation every now and then. In fact, that’s probably why you started your e-commerce business in the first place. One of the great things about owning your own business and being your own boss is the freedom. But as long as you’re fulfilling your orders yourself you won’t be able to achieve that freedom you desire.
A third-party order fulfillment company like Ship Central can give you back your time and help you work towards that freedom. You don’t have to be on call 365 days a year to ship orders and keep your customers happy. Instead we take care of all of that for you.
At Ship Central we guarantee that all orders get fulfilled within 24 hours of when they are received. No more back orders piling up and no more unhappy customers waiting grumpily for their package to show up. And now you can take time off to spend time with your family, relax or energize so that you can keep giving your business your all.
Grow Your Business
Growing your business can be a dream or a nightmare. The dream is reaching more customers, making more sales and getting to grow your team. The nightmare is growing too quickly and not being able to keep up with demand.
Keeping your order fulfillment in house gets very expensive. Just some of these expenses include…
- Warehouse lease
- Insurance
- Forklifts
- Warehouse racks
- Employees
- Warehouse management software
- Inventory software
In addition growing your business sometimes means having fluctuations in demand. Having a big sale can often mean weeks of long hours fulfilling orders. It can also mean all hands on deck, recruiting help from other departments that have other more valuable tasks they could be working on.
We can help your business grow because we already have all the resources and the team to handle the big sales and the growing demand. There is no need to tie up your precious cash flow warehouse equipment when you can outsource this menial task to us!
With a third-party order fulfillment company by your side you don’t have to worry about growing too big too fast.
Save Money
Many people think that choosing to use a third-party order fulfillment company is only going to end up costing them tons of money. In reality we can help you save money in addition to help you make money by growing your business.
At Ship Central we can help you save money on…
- Labor
- Storage
- Shipping costs
- Packaging materials
We consult with each new customer to review their shipping and find ways to save you more money. Whether that’s finding savings in packaging or figuring out which mail carrier will work best for you. We help most of our customers find savings before we even ship a single order.
With all these savings you now have more money to reinvest in your e-commerce business! Whether that’s increasing your marketing budget or launching a new product, these savings can really change your business for the better.