Dimensional Weight Pricing

April 9, 2015 / Claire Eastburn

Dimensional Weight Pricing

In January 2015, FedEx and UPS announced that they were shifting to a dimensional weight pricing structure for every box size. This pricing method allows carriers to account for the amount of space being used on their trucks, especially by bulky and oversized packages. Furthermore, carriers believe that dimensional (DIM) weight pricing will force retailers and customers to reduce the size of their packaging, since many e-commerce retailers are shipping lighter items in oversized packaging.

How to Attract Customers through Shipping

March 21, 2015 / Claire Eastburn

How to Attract Customers through Shipping

Every e-commerce business owner is looking for ways to improve conversion rates and appeal to more customers. Offering creative shipping options has quickly become a way to attract customers, increase shopping cart value, and convert more sales.

Why Online Buyers Abandon Shopping Carts

March 16, 2015 / Claire Eastburn

Shopping Cart Abandonment

Almost everyone can relate to that feeling of spending hours perfecting your online shopping cart, only to end up abandoning it. According to BI Intelligence, almost $4 trillion worth of merchandise will be abandoned and left unpurchased this year alone.* This figure is especially troubling for online retailers, who want to prevent this sudden shopping cart abandonment and are looking for reasons why consumers suddenly abandon shopping carts.

Why Online Retailers Offer Free Shipping

March 6, 2015 / Claire Eastburn

Why Online Retailers Offer Free Shipping

One of the biggest challenges online retailers face is how much to charge for shipping products to their customers. Should they offer free shipping or should they charge an additional fee? Shipping is the #1 reason for shopping cart abandonment and last year alone there was over $4 trillion* worth of merchandise left unpurchased in the shopping cart.