What You Should Know Prior to Contacting a Fulfillment Provider
We at Ottawa Logistics receive many inquiries for e-commerce fulfillment, and we strive to respond to each request promptly. To help us get a quote to you as quickly as possible, we have created the below list of what you should know prior to contacting a fulfillment provider. Please take a moment to review and […]
Shopify Interviews Ottawa Logistics!
Whether you’re thinking about starting an ecommerce business, or you’ve been selling products for a while, you’ve probably thought about warehousing, shipping, and fulfillment.Sure, making sales is the exciting part. But what happens after the order is placed? Somehow your product needs to end up in your customers’ hands.There are three ways this could happen.You […]
Everything You Need to Know for Offering Free Shipping on Your Web Store
More consumers are going online to make their purchases rather than go to traditional retail shops. Similarly, an increasing number of companies are offering product sales online through e-commerce web stores – which means competition to win this growing percentage of the sales pie is intensifying. Savvy online retailers are doing everything they can to […]
E-commerce Expansion from Canada to the Us – Are Multiple Warehouses the Best Solution?
For e-commerce merchants selling in Canada, the U.S. market is a logical next step to unearth new sales. International expansion can be a great opportunity, offering sales growth into new markets. However, with growth also come great challenges – more specifically the challenge of satisfying international customers with timely shipments that aren’t cost prohibitive, especially […]
Shipping and warehousing nutraceutical, health, and beauty products
Industries with a need to ship especially sensitive products must conform to higher operational and safety standards, and keeping up with regulations and duties is a full time job. The right logistics partner within the nutraceuticals and beauty industries will have the experience to watch for pitfalls and the creativity to work around new concerns. […]
Logistics Lingo – a Glossary of Common Terms
At Ottawa Logistics, we aim to provide all of our customers with the best service possible. To help with that process, we have produced a glossary of common terms or logistics lingo. 3PL: third-party logistics; provides outsourced logistics services Bar Code: a code printed on a product for identification in the format of numbers and a […]
Hey Ottawa! Avoid the Trip, PigeonShip!
Ottawa Logistics is excited to announce our newly created partnership with Pigeonship. PigeonShip is a Utah Based, crowd sourced, on demand delivery service. Founded in 2012 by Jared Overton, PigeonShip has made a significant impact on the US final mile shipping industry and is now launching in Canada. PigeonShip provides a platform for connecting businesses […]
Deciding Between in House Warehousing and Outsourced Fulfillment
When researching in house warehousing versus outsourced fulfillment online, it’s amazing the number of sources that indicate that this decision is best decided by looking at the costs alone. In fact, quite a few sources say that there is a magical number of orders that you need to be shipping in order for outsourced fulfillment […]
Meeting Fulfillment Demands Following Dragon’s Den – An Ottawa Logistics Case Study
Dragon’s Den is Canada’s favorite reality show in which entrepreneurs pitch their business idea’s in order to secure investment finance from a panel of venture capitalists. Following a successful pitch to the Dragon’s, EZclipse was able to gain the backing of Dragon Manjit Minhas. CLICK THE IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF
Why You Should Consider Ottawa for Canadian Distribution Instead of Toronto
Especially for US companies, the first place that comes to mind when choosing a location for expanding warehousing and distribution within Canada is Toronto. After all Toronto, some would argue, is the largest, most popular and well known city within Canada. But assuming that Toronto is the best location for all companies would be making […]