As a small business, it’s important when taking orders through your e-commerce website that you ship your orders quickly, simply and professionally.
There are so many tools available that it can be difficult to know what to choose to help make your shipping easier for your business and most importantly, your customers.
It can be hard to find the right shipping option for your business’s website, thankfully WPS, experts in Worldwide Parcel Delivery, are here to provide a introduction to 5 great online shipping options for small businesses.
WooCommerce
Many businesses will already be using WooCommerce to power the e-commerce section of their websites. As one of the leading e-commerce platforms, you’ll be pleased to know that WooCommerce also has WooCommerce Shipping built in.
WooCommerce Shipping is fully integrated with the woocommerce platform and lets you print your own labels simply and easy as part of order fulfillment.
Save time and money by preparing packages at your premises, rather than organising shipping at the post office.
Shopify
Like WooCommerce, Shopify lets you control your shipping from your own Shopify account. With Shopify Shipping, you can buy labels within the Shopify platform and use them to have complete control over your order fulfillment.
Once you’ve setup Shopify Shipping, you may be eligible for discounts from leading couriers in the US and Canada, including USPS, DHL Express, UPS and Canada Post.
If you already have Shopify setup and are handling your shipping manually, activating Shopify shipping could be a great way to save on your shipping without switching platform.
ShipStation
ShipStation integrates with a wide range of ecommerce platforms, including WooCommerce and Shopify, and states you can be up and running within minutes.
It also allows you to choose from a range of couriers to connect with including Royal Mail, Hermes, DPD, Parcel Force, UPS, Amazon, DHL and FedEx.
ShipStation also allows for automation rules to be setup to speed up the shipping process and reduce the manual aspects of online shipping without losing control.
Shippo
Like many other options in this list, Shippo lets you create shipping labels for orders placed through your online store. Shippo can also connect to a range of sales tools including Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Magento and more.
Another great feature is Shippo’s built-in post-purchase tracking features, which allow you to keep your customers up to date once they have placed an order - a great way of ensuring control over the customer experience from order to door!
Shipping Easy
Shipping Easy emphasises how it can be used to manage the customer data of those who place orders, letting you easily use this data for marketing campaigns and inventory automation.
With a full library of email templates at your disposal, Shipping Easy not only allows you to manage your shipping, inventory and customer data, but helps you keep in contact with your customers. Use its template library to create professional feedback emails, updates to orders or to promote the latest sale.
And that finishes our list of key shipping options for small businesses - but don’t just take our word for it! This article is a great starting point but make sure you dive deep into each tool to make sure the ones that stand out are right for your business!
