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Unveiling the Benefits of a 3PL

A Simple Way to Streamline Your E-Commerce Business Entrepreneurs face numerous challenges in today’s thriving e-commerce landscape regarding order fulfillment, inventory management, and shipping logistics. This is where Third-Party Logistics (3PL) providers step in to revolutionize the way businesses operate. In this blog post, we will explore what a 3PL is and delve into the significant benefits it offers to entrepreneurs of growing e-commerce businesses. Defining a 3PL A Third-Party Logistics (3PL) provider is an external company that takes charge of various aspects of the supply chain for businesses. These services typically include inventory storage, order fulfillment, packaging, and shipping logistics. 3PLs act as intermediaries between companies and their customers, facilitating the efficient movement of products from the point of origin to the final destination. By outsourcing these critical tasks, entrepreneurs can focus on core business activities, such as marketing, product development, and customer service. Benefits of Using a 3PL for E-commerce Entrepreneurs Scalability and Flexibility As an entrepreneur of a growing e-commerce business, managing fluctuations in demand and scaling operations can be challenging. However, partnering with a 3PL offers the flexibility and scalability necessary to handle rapid growth. 3PLs like Shipping Pilot have the infrastructure and resources to accommodate

A Letter To Potential Customers

To Our Potential Customers, My name is Greg Airel and I am the President & Founder of Shipping Pilot. We probably have a lot in common although we haven’t met. I started doing eCommerce in 2018 with 3 care crate companies called The Care Crate Co., My College Crate & My Hero Crate. It started small but quickly grew into a multi-million dollar machine. When I first began, I was like you, boxing my own orders, shipping my own orders, and trying to grow my business at the same time out of my basement. Let me tell you, it’s a lot on top of raising a family and working a day job! But you and I both have something we truly believe in, a dream and business we are willing to work hard for. In order for me to live that dream, I had to learn to figure out shipping logistics & order fulfillment. I needed to ship cost-effectively and efficiently in order to scale my business properly and survive. I made a lot of mistakes figuring that out, overpaying for shipping, spending time fulfilling orders, and getting into horrific warehouse contracts significantly slowed down my ability to focus on

Effective Ways to Grow Your Ecommerce Business

Harbor Marketing Agency Partners with our 3PL Company to Help Business Owners Like You! Subscription boxes are surging in popularity, especially as more and more people opt to shop from home. So if you’ve come up with a spectacular subscription box idea, you’re in excellent company. In the competitive market of subscription boxes, it can be hard to break through. But if you know you have a great, in-demand idea, with a bit of ingenuity and strategic digital marketing, you can make major waves with your target demographic! Steve Krakower, CEO and founder of Harbor Marketing Agency, a direct response and ecommerce firm, sat down with us to answer the big questions people starting a new subscription box might have on their mind. Let’s start with the million-dollar question! What’s the secret to marketing a subscription box? Steve: You have to put a lot of time and energy into a product offering and the right business idea. You have to have a compelling offer to bring to the market. Half the battle is getting the right product out there. Let’s say you have a compelling offer, and you’re ready to make sales. What’s the first marketing tactic a business owner