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We’re Putting Our Stamp on Stamps.com!

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Wow, we have more big news to share and it involves another trusted Webgility partner.

Effective immediately, Stamps.com—leading PC postage provider for the United States Postal Service (USPS)—will grant Webgility users the lowest possible rates on USPS shipping. This gives our customers access to Commercial Plus Pricing rates for qualified USPS shipments using Stamps.com. The deal represents a significant savings for high-volume multichannel sellers who currently receive Commercial Base Pricing or Retail Rates on their shipping, allowing them to:

As an ecommerce industry innovator, we’ve long made it top priority to put our customers first and address their biggest challenges with best-in-class technology solutions. For many multichannel sellers, disconnected systems, manual processes, inefficient operations, and high shipping costs are among the top barriers to profitable growth. This agreement ensures small to medium-sized companies can get the same efficiencies and discounted pricing as big retailers and brands. These discounted rates (up to 40%) will be available to all existing Webgility customers with no downtime required for software updates. Small and medium-size businesses who sell on multiple channels will be able to take advantage of these low shipping rates with the purchase of our Webgility Unify Desktop, the industry’s most comprehensive ecommerce and accounting automation solution.

The real winners in our partnership with Stamps are Webgility customers. Now you can automate accounting, inventory, and shipping with one software and know you’ll receive the lowest possible rates for USPS shipping. We’re excited to work with Stamps in transforming ecommerce and making it easier and more cost effective for SMBs.

For more information about this partnership or to schedule a demo of Webgility software, click here.

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Go From Frenzied Fulfillment to Smooth Shipping

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Go From Frenzied Fulfillment to Smooth Shipping 10 tips for creating a multichannel distribution model that’s built to last

Turns out, profit margins like to hide out in shipping and fulfillment costs, so even though using an all-inclusive shipping software like Stamps.com might seems like overkill to some sellers, it will actually mean discounted rates, cost efficiencies, and streamlined workflows that are well worth it in the long run. And while protecting profitability makes sense, the most meaningful adjustments in fulfillment are based on what today’s ecommerce consumers are expecting. For example, it’s been quite a while now since Amazon proved that an online order can be delivered in two days, for free. The long-term effect puts tremendous pressure on sellers to efficiently process orders and get them in the hands of the buyer quickly and cheaply. Shipping automation has benefits for even the smallest merchant who wants to efficiently process orders and get them in the mail. In a world where Amazon owns airplanes and drones, it’s no wonder independent sellers feel helpless.10 tips for a multichannel ecommerce distribution model that’s built to last. #Unify @Stamps Click To Tweet

It seems that everyone’s getting in the fulfillment game—customer-facing platforms are now experimenting with multi-location warehouse fulfillment and FBA syncing to enable larger catalog sellers across additional categories to use them as an inventory-management platform. We take a simpler tack: We advise customers to go ahead and plan for success. In other words, don’t be shortsighted. Realize that when your business grows, your accounting, inventory, fulfillment, shipping, and logistics will become exponentially more complex. Robust tools will sustain much higher volume and handle far more use cases—omnichannel sales, dropshipping, multiple locations, and high volume sales—so it’s worth it to build a tech stack that will grow with you and handle unforeseen selling peaks. In other words, use software that automates and integrates everything and is built to grow with your business so you’ll never be a victim of your own success. Continue reading →

Sensible Is the New Sexy

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Sensiblel is the new sexyWhy sellers should commit to back-end operations before pursuing just another pretty piece of SaaS

At the risk of over-simplifying the ecommerce industry, most of its software falls into one of two categories — sexy and unsexy. Inevitably, the more seductive side of selling entices business owners to buy tools they must have to attract customers, such as beautiful websites, video tools, artificial intelligence, marketing automation, and the like. Because owners think they need customer-facing tools in order to sell online—and because they’re more fun to use—they put tremendous business resources toward these shiny objects.Why #online #sellers should commit to back-end ops before pursuing another pretty piece of #SaaS #Unify Click To Tweet

The truth is, sellers who first invest in the software that does the heavy lifting around data and order management are far more likely to survive their first year. Because the less showy, “boring” side of the business is what sellers actually use to run the company, without it, they are sure to fail. Among dozens of other tasks, this is the software that allows them to

  • automatically post and sync sales data to accounting, inventory, and shipping
  • easily track expenses, fees, and costs to calculate profits
  • process returns and exchanges
  • transfer payment from their customers to their bank account
  • manufacture or source their products
  • ship products, track inventory, see what’s in and out of stock
  • calculate, validate, and collect sales tax

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Better insights come from seeing the big picture

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Better insights come from seeing the big pictureAs published in Internet Retailer‘s 5 Key Ecommerce Fulfillment Trends

Mountain bike apparel retailer Club Ride recently faced a customer satisfaction challenge. The online company, which was founded in 2008, was growing rapidly, and earlier this year moved away from QuickBooks to more sophisticated tools to manage its fulfillment through its multiple sales channels. But without integration between sales, its e-commerce platform, its customers and its inventory, Club Ride often found itself unable to fulfill customers’ orders quickly—or even at all. As a result, its brand equity was suffering. Read how this apparel retailer adjusted their back-office workflows with Webgility's #Unify Click To Tweet

Club Ride’s dilemma isn’t uncommon among retailers. Many merchants now sell through multiple sales channels—including online marketplaces, their own websites and their bricks-and-mortar locations—and must deliver orders to customers accurately and quickly to compete in today’s competitive retail arena. “While this adjustment increases the seller’s ability to scale, it also creates a new kind of chaos around data management and logistics when it comes to inventory, fulfillment, and shipping,” says Parag Mamnani, CEO of Webgility, an inventory management technology provider. Continue reading →

Enter ShipStation’s Holiday Sweepstakes

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Enter ShipStation's Holiday SweepstakesA busy holiday season is quickly approaching and there’s no better time to get ahead of your shipping strategy than right now! ShipStation strongly values the success of small business owners and entrepreneurs—and wants to help you stay as efficient as possible.

With holiday productivity in mind, ShipStation is excited to announce a Holiday Sweepstakes. They are rewarding ONE lucky winner to a dream workstation valued at $4,500, and four additional runner-ups to prizes that will help you become more successful!

One GRAND PRIZE winner receives:

  • ShipStation FREE for 1 year
  • 256gb Pro Tablet
  • Thermal Printer + Labels
  • $100 gift card
  • Industrial Shipping Scale
  • Barcode Scanner
  • Hand Truck Dolly
  • Tape Gun + Stickers + Branded Tape
  • Support Visit from ShipStation + feature within our social community
  • Weekly Prizes

Four (weekly) runner-up winners receive:

  • $40 ShipStation swag
  • $25 American Express gift card

It’s simple to enter AND you can earn up to five entries! Get started on the ShipStation Holiday Sweepstakes page. Sweepstakes starts on Sept. 28 and ends Oct. 25.

Enter the ShipStation Sweepstakes at shipstation.com/sweepstakes

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Purchasing does not improve your chances of winning. The ShipStation Holiday Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. and D.C., 18 or older, and businesses that are located within the 50 U.S. or D.C. and Canada (excluding Quebec). Void in Quebec, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, outside the U.S. and where prohibited by law. Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 AM ET on 09/28/17 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on 10/25/17. Click here for entry details and Official Rules. Sponsor: ShipStation, 3800 N. Lamar Blvd #220, Austin, TX 78756.