As a merchant preparing for Black Friday Cyber Monday and the bustling holiday season, you may encounter significant challenges when it comes to shipping and fulfillment. High costs, peak-time shipping surcharges, and the need to meet delivery expectations can be daunting. This is where Shopify comes in, with the lowest shipping rates, a seamless experience,…
Month: November 2024
Guide to Management Information Systems (MIS) (2023)
Building a successful company requires leaders to make thousands of small and large decisions. Instinct and experience can provide helpful guidance, but data enables leaders to make the most strategic choices. Management information systems (MIS) do more than just collect data; they organize and interpret it, helping owners make tactical choices that align with their…
Hybrid Fulfillment: A Solution for Fast, Flexible Growth
You’ve probably heard of hybrid cars and hybrid work, but are you familiar with hybrid fulfillment? The principle is much the same: combine different things to try and get the best of both worlds. Order fulfillment is one of the most complex, resource-intensive parts of ecommerce. And it’s not just a struggle for new businesses…
Shopify supports multi-currency payouts
Shopify now supports payouts in multiple currencies for European merchants. For many larger online retailers, this eliminates a key reason to operate multiple stores simultaneously or opt for alternative ecommerce software. Managing multi-currency payouts was reportedly high on the wishlist of Shopify merchants. This feature is now available for users of Shopify Advanced and Plus…
Amazon experiencing bottlenecks in logistics
Ecommerce giant Amazon is currently having capacity problems in its logistics centers in Europe. It is now warning sellers that it cannot accept all shipments. This means that merchants might have issues getting their inventory to the marketplace in time for the holidays. Deliveries delayed The online marketplace announced its bottlenecks in logistics on its…
How This Sports Company Found a Competitive Advantage (2024)
Richard Lee started out hosting table tennis competitions. When a longtime table tennis paddle maker from Germany approached him about US distribution, he decided to jump at the opportunity. In 2019, he acquired the company. Through this experience Richard learned almost everything there was to know about developing new technology for paddles, so when pickleball…
Amazon FSx for Lustre increases throughput to GPU instances by up to 15x
Today, we are announcing support for Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) and NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage (GDS) on Amazon FSx for Lustre. EFA is a network interface for Amazon EC2 instances that makes it possible to run applications requiring high levels of inter-node communications at scale. GDS is a technology that creates a direct data path between…
Order Fulfillment Cycle Time: What It Is and How To Improve It (2024)
Your customer finds the perfect silky kaftan after browsing countless online stores. They’re ready to buy—credit card in hand—when they notice your vague delivery estimates and reviews mentioning inconsistent shipping. Just like that, they abandon their cart. Fast, reliable delivery is no longer optional. Your customers expect it, and meeting those expectations helps build loyalty…
Time-based snapshot copy for Amazon EBS
You can now specify a desired completion duration (15 minutes to 48 hours) when you copy an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshot within or between AWS Regions and/or accounts. This will help you to meet time-based compliance and business requirements for critical workloads. For example: Testing – Distribute fresh data on a timely…
Why Authenticity Is Key And How Collabs Community Guidelines Can Help (2024)
In today’s hyper-digital landscape, Shopify Collabs—Shopify’s affiliate marketing platform—has become a powerful tool for brands to reach and engage with their target audiences. However, as the influencer and affiliate marketing industry has grown, so has the noise. Consumers are bombarded with sponsored content daily, and many are increasingly skeptical about the authenticity of the messages…