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A Guide to the RFP Process: Steps for a Successful 3PL Search
Streamline your eCommerce logistics with the right 3PL or 4PL partner. Learn the essential RFP process steps to identify the best provider.
Reverse Logistics: Best Practices to Make Returns Your Competitive Advantage
Does your return process leave much to be desired? Discover how to harness reverse logistics with this guide.
10 Critical Questions to Ask Before Choosing Your Fulfillment Partner
Choosing a fulfillment service can be overwhelming. Here are 10 critical questions to ask before deciding.
Amazon Brand Protection: How to Protect My Brand on Amazon
Are you wondering how to protect my brand on Amazon better? Learn about the strategies and tools available for brand protection on Amazon
10 Ways to Optimize Logistics to Protect Your Brand
When you optimize your logistics, you guard your buyer experience, prevent poor reviews and mishaps, and protect your brand.
6 Common Amazon Seller Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
We’ve gathered 6 Amazon FBA mistakes sellers commonly make and show you how to avoid these pitfalls in your own eCommerce activities.
Amazon Inbound Placement Fees: What They Are and How to Reduce Shipping Costs
Learn how to reduce costs despite the new Amazon inbound placement fees with MyFBAPrep's strategic Amazon partnerships.
9 Signs it’s Time to Shift From Your Own Warehouse to a Nationwide Network
Like any healthy relationship, sometimes you need more space. Read the 9 signs it might be time to expand to a nationwide warehouse network.
A Guide to Cross-Selling for Higher Average Order Values
Learn how cross-selling can help you boost your average order values, enhance your buyer experience, and spread your brand further.
Channel Diversification: Diving Into DTC and Other Marketplaces
Maintain brand consistency while investing in channel diversification to protect your brand, acquire more customers, and mitigate risks.
Videos
How to Craft Your Bundling Strategy For DTC Success
Perfect pairs exist all around us — salt and pepper, lemon and lime, milk and cookies. Chances are your favorite online store also hosts its own perfect pairs in a smart bundling strategy. Crafting a DTC bundling strategy is the secret to leveraging the sales potential of these perfect pairs and ensuring your brand stands out against competitors.
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From Cart to Customer: How to Optimize Your eCommerce Logistics with Taylor Smits [Ep.158]
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Prime Talk: PT131- Taylor Smits - Co-Founder & Chief Supply Chain Officer at My FBA Prep
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The Opportunity Podcast: How to Get the Most Out of Your 3PL Fulfillment With Taylor Smits [Ep. 99]
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Two Amazon Sellers and a Microphone: #198 - How Enterprise Level Amazon Sellers Can Benefit From Using A 3PL Network with Taylor Smits
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Return on Podcast: Structuring Your E-Commerce Logistics - Return on Podcast Ep. 3 with Taylor Smits
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Riverbend Consulting: eCommerce Logistics
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Amazon Seller Insights: Leverage 3PL Expertise to Win Amazon Race— Taylor Smits
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The Smartest Amazon Seller: Episode 106: FBA Scales. Getting inventory into FBA doesn't. Best solutions with Taylor Smits
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Next Level eCommerce: The Amazon Mafia vs. The Ticket Mafia: Choose Your Own Adventure - Taylor Smits
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808 Podcast: #423 Taylor Smits - My FBA Prep
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This is a guest post from Rafael Veloz. Rafael is a three-time Telly Award-winning entrepreneur in marketing and film. With over 14 years of experience, he’s worked with big names like Nickelodeon, CNN, RedBull TV, Telemundo, and Viacom, as well as in high-level commercials and feature films. In the competitive world of Amazon, driving visibility and...
A product bundling strategy is quickly becoming a go-to for merchants — and it’s easy to see why. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that selling by product bundling helps merchants increase profits by an impressive 30%. For merchants who don’t offer product bundling yet, Q4 is a great time to...
For Amazon sellers, returns and reverse logistics are an important part of your business. Amazon revolutionized online selling with their “try before you buy” and fast, free returns policies, resulting in an average return rate of 5%–15% across categories on the platform. At the same time, that policy yields high extra costs for sellers, some...
Successful selling on Amazon is the culmination of meticulous planning, marketing, and setting up your business to gain momentum and continue making sales after launch. It requires a strong sales strategy that carefully curates every aspect of your go-to-market strategy to ensure your promotion, product, and infrastructure build a brand that customers know and want...
As of September 12, 2024, Amazon now requires full truckload (FTL) and intermodal shipments to be sealed with an ISO-17712-compliant, Amazon-approved RFID seal at pickup. If you are shipping less than a truckload (LTL), ISO-compliant seals will be placed at a carrier consolidation terminal before a shipment arrives at an Amazon facility. Amazon’s updated seal...
If you’re stepping into the world of eCommerce, Amazon is the place to be. In the U.S., they own 37.6% of the eCommerce market share, with Walmart in a distant second place at 6.4%. For sellers who want to access a large pool of customers, leverage consumer trust in the marketplace to earn sales, and...
This is a guest post from the HelpCrunch team. Will it sell? This is the question every business owner asks themselves whenever they think of a new product idea. With a local market research though, they can take the guesswork out of the equation. There are many types of market research, and you may need...
The Amazon marketplace is one of the largest in the world, with an estimated 37.6% of the U.S. eCommerce market in 2023. While much of those transactions occur through Amazon’s own sales, a significant portion of the platform’s revenue goes through third-party (3P) sellers. In fact, in Q1 of 2024, 3P sellers made up 61%...
Of the estimated 2.5 million active sellers on Amazon, nearly 60% are third-party (3P) sellers. The remaining are 1P sellers who directly sell to Amazon via Vendor Central (be aware though, this program is invite-only). If you’re starting out on the marketplace, Amazon 1P selling is a promising option that can allow you to sell...
Most eCommerce businesses will likely see their biggest sales during Q4 thanks to the snowball of holiday shopping events. But there are other important eCommerce holiday planning dates and “seasons” throughout the year that you must be aware of to cover all your bases (even the overlooked ones). Sales seasonality is nothing new for retailers,...
With Q4 nearing, we decided to share some of the key Amazon Q4 dates Amazon sellers should look out for starting this September. Open your calendars and read on to make sure you know the important dates to track for your Amazon business. September 2 – Labor Day is a Federal holiday, so USPS, UPS,...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) — historically the busiest shopping weekend of the year. For millions of shoppers, BFCM marketing presents an unmissable opportunity to gain a head start on their holiday shopping and cash in on some massive savings. 2023 brought an expected surge in sales during the annual shopping spree, with merchants...
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