Black Friday is almost here — and whether you’re a growing brand or a fully established eCommerce business, the last few days before the rush can feel chaotic. The good news? You don’t need a perfect months-long plan to succeed. A focused last-minute checklist  can make all the difference. Here’s a streamlined checklist to help you finish strong and avoid the most common Black Friday pitfalls. Double-check your inventory and reorder any fast movers. Even if you checked inven

Another year has come and gone and it is once again time for our annual e-commerce holiday shipping deadlines blog! To ensure your...

For small eCommerce businesses, tariffs in 2025 are more than just headline news—they are daily operational challenges. It isn’t all bad...

This is a blog post I have avoided for a while. It’s also probably the most common question we get…which shipping carrier should my 3PL fulfillment provider use for my small business order fulfillment? So today I am finally going to tackle it, but the fact is that I don’t have a revolutionary answer for you. I don’t have a favorite and over the years, my answer has changed, changed and then changed again. USPS Let’s start with the Post Office . In most cases, this is the chea

Lost packages are a headache for EVERYONE ! There is the recipient who feels like they should get what they paid for. And then there is...

When eCommerce has been around long enough to have an age-old question, I predict it will have to do with supply chain management. And...

With tariffs, prices, and worries going up, we wondered if we could dig even deeper and come up with even more ideas to save on eCommerce postage costs. We devised 10 ways to save with new details and updated information. Here they are: Get the address right the first time! As soon as you are rerouting or returning a package, your costs are going up exponentially. While most shipping programs flag inaccurate US addresses, they can often be ignored. Don’t override them! And w

Isn’t small business ownership a roller coaster? And these last few weeks we all seem to have jumped on a tariff roller coaster. I must...

This new year has brought several new customers to Key Fulfillment, several of whom came to us after bad experiences with big box fulfillment providers. They left the old place feeling as if no one cared about their business….orders were not shipping, their requests were being ignored, and they were being asked to jump through one hoop after another. One customer even reported that they weren’t allowed to have a phone conversation with the customer service person assigned to

Recently I spoke with a small business owner who had finally found a good order fulfillment provider after 5 bad experiences! He detailed...

This time of year can be especially challenging for small eCommerce fulfillment businesses. Keeping up with order shipping and...