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This is a guest post from the Payability team. Growing a business is one of the most challenging and rewarding journeys a person can embark on. Every phase of business growth comes with excitement and requires significant investment. While each one is different, all businesses share certain similarities in their life cycles, from the early stages of development to an initial public offering (IPO). One consistent, long-term need that small businesses share is cash flow. Every stage of growth requires an injection of capital, either from business profits or outside investors –– sometimes from both. Read on to discover the different growth...

By Guest on February 15, 2022

For many eCommerce professionals, a lot of time and marketing budget is spent on acquiring new customers to increase revenue. Granted, attracting new customers is important for your overall business success, but it’s equally important to convert new customers into repeat business. This channels your marketing efforts and resources into customer retention, which can actually be more profitable for your business. According to a survey of 1,000 small businesses, more than half of annual revenues were generated from repeat customers. Additionally, those repeat customers were found to spend over two-thirds more than new customers. Look at it this way: If you...

By Rachel Andrea Go on February 03, 2022

2021 was an amazing year for eCommerce, albeit a challenging one for logistics in many instances. MyFBAPrep was fortunate to have grown our team, warehouse network, and merchants significantly each quarter. Below you’ll find some of our top highlights, including what we’re planning next. In 2021, MyFBAPrep… Doubled our warehouse capacity We expanded our warehouse network and went international with locations in Canada, Germany, the UK, Poland, Italy, Germany, and more (with APAC to come). This brings our full network to more than 3 million square feet of prep and warehouse space. Thanks to our expanded logistics network of 50+ warehouses...

By Rachel Andrea Go on January 25, 2022

For eCommerce professionals wanting to scale up, it’s imperative to find ways to build out your business to reach new customers and expand into new territories. One of the most important considerations when moving beyond your current geographical area is finding a partner to support your logistics to ensure your goods make it to other areas. This is where freight forwarding comes in. What is freight forwarding? Freight forwarding is the coordination and shipment of goods from one location to another via one or more carriers. It can include air, ship, rail, or highway carrier options. Freight forwarders essentially act as...

By Rachel Andrea Go on January 11, 2022

For many eCommerce professionals, the early days of January bring a welcome break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. For weeks, if not months, you and your team have fulfilled orders, managed customer inquiries, and navigated the rocky supply chain of our Covid-19 reality. It probably feels like as good a time as any to put up your feet and revel in some well-earned quiet time — and after this year, it’s no wonder you might be feeling a little more tired than usual! Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, eCommerce has exploded. With...

By Rachel Andrea Go on January 04, 2022

Our mission: MyFBAPrep is the largest Amazon prep and e-commerce fulfillment network in the United States. We are on a mission to flatten the supply chain learning curve in eCommerce. As the entire world is going more and more online, we are changing how sellers, brands and companies look at e-commerce from a fulfillment perspective. We offer a complete set of tools companies need to get their goods at scale to a marketplace or to a customer. We do Amazon FBA prep, FBM fulfillment, direct-to-consumer fulfillment, bundling, kitting, returns processing…you name it. We’re looking for an killer sales professional to add...

By Tom Wicky on January 01, 2022

We are looking for a strong engineer to lead integration efforts, including API, EDI and other methods of data transfer. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with the warehousing and logistics space and a passion for building best-in-class, user-friendly software. The Preptopia® platform is built on a robust API that enables connectivity and scalability for both our customers and warehouse partners. The Engineer will manage partnership engagements, assist warehouses and customers with connectivity, trouble-shoot issues and build and maintain our developer documentation. This position will be critical for increasing adoption and scalability as well as establishing a leading position in the...

By Bart Boughton on January 01, 2022

This is a contract role with an estimated time committment of 10-20 hours per week at $20-30/hour. The partner marketing manager will be the primary contact for our marketing partners, and the liaison between external partners, the internal marketing team, and other departments as related to co-marketing initiatives. They will report to the director of marketing, and manage and organize the partnerships Asana board. Responsibilities: Plan, coordinate, and execute marketing activities between our partners. Manage and organize communications between partners to keep all conversations moving forward smoothly. Coordinate with partners and the marketing team to execute webinars, newsletter swaps, social takeovers,...

By Rachel Andrea Go on January 01, 2022

MyFBAPrep is thrilled to announce that Hans Hickler has joined us as an advisor! With more than 25 years of executive leadership experience with three multinational corporations, Hans advises CEOs across the logistics, security, eCommerce, and retail industries. Before starting his own business in 2012, he was Agility Logistics’ Chief Executive of Asia Pacific, managing more than 20 countries and 7,000 employees. He was also DHL’s CEO for Global Customer Solutions, leading the development and sales of customer solutions across DHL Supply Chain, Warehousing & Distribution, Forwarding and Express Business Units. Prior to that role, he was CEO of DHL Express...

By Rachel Andrea Go on December 30, 2021

Customer acquisition and conversion rate are important for eCommerce success. An often overlooked tool to boost both of these is user-generated content (UGC), which merchants can encourage and utilize within the buying process. User-generated content is a goldmine of social proof, referral networks, and interesting new use cases for your products. In this article, we’ll explore what UGC is, why it’s important, and how you can leverage (and request) this content for your business moving forward. What is UGC? UGC refers to the photos, videos, text, and/or audio content your buyers post online featuring your products. This content can live in...

By Rachel Andrea Go on December 28, 2021

MyFBAPrep’s very own Taylor Smits joined the Riverbend Consulting Amazon Seller Happy Hour this month, to talk about all things FBA – from outsourcing, to prep, to all things in between. Check out the recording below! How to stay in stock on FBA Staying in stock is vital for every business, no matter the season. Taylor explains how MyFBAPrep helps Amazon sellers ensure they don’t lose out on sales by keeping inventory replenished with smart fulfillment strategies. Amazon scales, but FBA does not Logistics is not most sellers’ core business, nor do they want it to be. Taylor discusses when it’s...

By Rachel Andrea Go on December 23, 2021

It’s hard to remember a time when Amazon was just a bookseller. But in 1994, when Bezos hatched his idea for an online store, books were nothing short of a godsend.  Books not only promised high demand and low costs, but a large variety of titles to choose from. Sure enough, within just two months of launching Amazon, Bezos was earning $20,000 a week—purely from book sales.  It stands to reason that books remain near and dear to Amazon’s heart, and continue to ring in a hefty load of sales. Today, Amazon accounts for more than 50% of the entire U.S....

By Rachel Andrea Go on December 16, 2021