Shipping
10 May 2024
Royal Mail Parcel Sizes: Your Complete Guide to Dimensions & Pricing
When sending a parcel with Royal Mail, understanding the various parcel sizes is essential for ensuring your items are delivered swiftly and securely. If you’re looking to ship anything from birthday cards and letters to larger items such as shoes,...
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Shipping
25 March 2024
What is Discreet Shipping?
By selecting discreet shipping at checkout, customers are able to ensure that nobody can guess what’s inside, thanks to plain, unassuming packaging.
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Shipping
5 March 2024
What is expedited shipping
Today, consumers expect their orders to arrive fast. Next-day delivery has become the norm for a lot of people, and same-day shipping has grown in popularity, too.
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Shipping
6 February 2024
How to ship golf clubs: ensuring safe and secure delivery
As a sport, millions of consumers enjoy teeing off on the golf course, making it an ideal income source for eCommerce retailers. That said, shipping golf clubs can be a complicated process, as they are fragile and easy to break...
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Shipping
5 February 2024
How long does international shipping take?
For any online retailer who is shipping internationally, it’s important to know how long shipping will take for each destination they are serving. This enables them to be transparent with their customers, and helps the customer to make an informed...
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Shipping
13 November 2023
Flat rate shipping – Understanding costs, speeds and optimisation strategies
Shipping costs can be a bit of a headache for eCommerce businesses, but opting to use flat rate shipping can help make things a bit more manageable. Flat rate pricing is far easier for both businesses and customers to wrap...
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Shipping
5 October 2023
Free Carrier (FCA) Incoterms Explained
Incoterms are a globally recognised set of commercial terms that are put forward by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). They are designed to prevent confusion and disagreements between buyers and sellers – especially during international trade – by helping...
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Shipping
22 June 2023
How to generate a return label
Returns happen all the time. Sometimes an item isn’t quite what the customer expected, and other times the pair of jeans doesn’t quite fit. There might be times when the wrong item turns up, or gets damaged during transit. And...
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Shipping
12 April 2023
A Guide to Crafting a Great Shipping Policy: Templates & Examples
We take a look at the importance of a good shipping policy, what to include, where to put it on your website, and some great examples of existing shipping policies. We’ve even thrown in a free shipping policy template to...
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Shipping
12 April 2023
What is DDP?
Understanding Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) is essential for any business considering trading internationally. DDP is a popular shipping method for B2B traders, but there is quite a bit to unpack to ensure it’s a cost-effective shipping solution for your business....
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Shipping
14 October 2022
Should you buy shipping insurance?
When you’re shipping high value items or large quantities of goods, you’ll naturally want to be protected if things go wrong. In the same way we insure our cards, houses, and mobile phones, shipping insurance provides us with some financial...
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Shipping
22 August 2022
DDP vs DAP Shipping
Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) shipping is where the seller takes all responsibility for fees and risks of shipping goods until they are delivered to an agreed place by the buyer and seller.
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