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Anyone that has ever done a small e-commerce thing has had to struggle with the issues around packaging and shipping. It’s a big pain. And if you are just starting out with a test concept you have enough to worry about besides figuring out how to optimize in that area. It seems that a service like Shipwire is a great solution for small-mid sized shippers. You create a unique SKU for each individual product you offer and then choose your maximum monthly budget, and enter credit card information. The online software creates an RMA # (return number for returns) for you, and gives you
a shipping address. You can either provide custom boxes or just dump all your inventory in their lap and they will “pick and pack” on your behalf. You then deliver orders via XML, select the US Postal Service, UPS, or FedEx Freight to deliver the goods and they handle the rest. They pay shipping costs and it goes to your account. Pretty cool.

Shipwire

September 3, 2007 | Filed Under Technology 

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One Response to “Rather interesting service”

  1. Benjamin Curtis on September 5th, 2007

    I wonder how they will do against Amazon:

    http://www.amazonservices.com/fulfillment/

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